000 ABUS30 KMSP 161700 SWSMN MINNESOTA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 1100 AM CST SAT MAR 16 2002 LATE THIS MORNING SKIES WERE SUNNY ACROSS THE STATE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CLOUDS MOVING ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER. READINGS WERE IN THE TEENS AND 20S ACROSS THE SNOW AREAS OVER THE SOUTHWEST...TO THE 30S ELSEWHERE. SUNNY SKIES WILL ALLOW HIGHS TODAY TO CLIMB BACK INTO THE 30S TO A FEW 40S. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE WESTERN STATES WILL BEGIN TO INFLUENCE THE PLAIN STATES. THE FIRST WAVE WILL ENTER THE REGION LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...WITH A STRONGER WAVE MAKING ITS WAY INTO THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THROUGH TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY WILL CLIMB INTO THE 30S AND 40S.