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ABUS30 KMSP 282309
SWSMN 

MINNESOTA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
510 PM CST THU FEB 28 2002

A COLD NORTHWEST WIND WAS OBSERVED OVER MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. 
THIS WIND WAS BETWEEN A COLD FRONT MOVING AWAY THROUGH IOWA AND 
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN AND A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE APPROACHING FROM 
CANADA. WIND CHILLS DROPPED INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS 
BELOW ZERO OVER MOST OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA. AT 4 PM... 
WITH PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES...READINGS RANGED FROM 1 ABOVE 
ZERO AT FLAG ISLAND... IN LAKE OF THE WOODS...TO 28 AT WINONA.

THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL DRIFT FROM SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN 
INTO NORTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT. CLEAR SKIES WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES 
TO TUMBLE TO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO OVER THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE 
STATE. MEANWHILE...THE COLD FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY ACROSS 
NORTHERN MISSOURI. CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT WILL DEVELOP 
OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES AND FILTER INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. A 
FEW FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT FROM WORTHINGTON TO MANKATO AND 
ALBERT LEA. 

THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL COME TO REST OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON 
FRIDAY. COLD TEMPERATURES AND GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS CAN BE 
ANTICIPATED. HIGHS IN THE TEENS ARE FORECAST AT MOST LOCATIONS. 

A STORM SYSTEM OVER THE ROCKIES IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL 
PLAINS STATES FRIDAY AND JOIN FORCES WITH THE STATIONARY FRONT 
ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI. A WINTER STORM WATCH AS BEEN POSTED JUST 
SOUTH OF MINNESOTA FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. SOME OF THIS SNOW WILL 
LIKELY REACH SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA FRIDAY NIGHT.
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