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ABUS30 KMSP 111048
SWSMN 

MINNESOTA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
500 AM CST MON FEB 11 2002

...A WINDY DAY AHEAD...

INCREASING HIGH CLOUDS WERE OBSERVED OVER MINNESOTA DURING THE 
NIGHT. THESE CLOUDS WERE IN ADVANCE ON A LOW PRESSURE CENTER 
APPROACHING THE LAKE WINNIPEG AREA. SOUTH WINDS WERE INCREASING 
ACROSS THE REGION AND TEMPERATURES CLIMBED AT MANY LOCATIONS. AT 
4 AM...READINGS RANGED FROM 14 DEGREES AT TWO HARBORS TO 28 DEGREES 
AT WARROAD...THIEF RIVER FALLS AND MADISON.  

A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE AREAS ADJACENT TO THE 
RED RIVER VALLEY...IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...THIS AFTERNOON AND 
EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN POSTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER 
OF WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS ARE FORECAST 
TO INCREASE ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE TODAY BUT WILL BE ESPECIALLY 
STRONG...WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF THE 
WEST. 

THESE WINDS ARE A RESULT OF A DEEPENING CANADIAN LOW PRESSURE CENTER 
THAT WILL SKIRT THE NORTHERN BORDER OF MINNESOTA TODAY. RELATIVELY 
MILD TEMPERATURES WILL ONCE AGAIN BE REALIZED IN THE BRISK SOUTH TO 
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW EARLY TODAY. THIS FLOW WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT TO THE 
WEST AND INCREASE AROUND MIDDAY. LIGHT SNOW IS ALSO FORECAST TO 
SPREAD ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS 
SWING TO THE NORTHWEST AND BEGIN TO USHER COLDER AIR INTO THE STATE.

STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING THEN BEGIN TO GRADUALLY 
SUBSIDE BY MIDNIGHT. SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY THE COLDER AS IT 
INVADES THE REGION. THERE IS LIKELY TO BE JUST ENOUGH SNOW TO 
RESTRICT VISIBILITY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WIND SWEPT RURAL 
AREAS. WINDS CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO 
ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND APPROACH ZERO 
OVER THE SOUTH.
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