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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MINNESOTA...RESENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
127 PM CDT WED AUG 12 2015

A BROAD AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WAS CENTERED OVER THE MIDDLE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON...AND AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN MANITOBA. WINDS CONTINUE FROM THE
SOUTHWEST OVER MUCH OF THE STATE. SKIES WERE MAINLY SUNNY EXCEPT
IN THE FAR NORTH...WHERE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE
APPROACHING. AT 1 PM TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE UPPER 70S IN FAR
NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...TO THE LOW 90S NEAR MOORHEAD.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETREAT SOUTHEASTWARD AWAY FROM THE STATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AS THE LOW TREKS EASTWARD TO NORTHERN
HUDSON BAY BY THURSDAY MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
SPREAD SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND
OVERNIGHT AHEAD OF A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDING SOUTH
FROM THE NORTHERN LOW. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE
WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAINFALL
CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS.
TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL CLIMB INTO THE MIDDLE 90S
NORTHWEST...AND THE MIDDLE 80S SOUTHEAST. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL
BOTTOM OUT IN THE LOW 60S NORTHEAST AND THE LOW 70S SOUTHWEST.

THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF
EASTERN MINNESOTA EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...AND WINDS WILL
GRADUALLY TURN WESTERLY. WARMER AIR WILL ONCE AGAIN POUR ACROSS
MINNESOTA AT THE SURFACE WHILE A WEAK UPPER-AIR DISTURBANCE WORKS
ITS WAY ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
GIVEN THE SUNSHINE AND WARM WESTERLY BREEZES AT THE SURFACE...AND
WEAK COOL AIR ADVECTION FROM THE NORTHWEST...THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE
MIDDLE 80S ALONG THE NORTH SHORE...AND THE LOW 90S NORTHWEST.

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