000 FPUS63 KMPX 270127 AAA SFPMN MNZ001>098-271000- MINNESOTA STATE FORECAST...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 827 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2002 .TONIGHT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NORTH. PARTLY CLOUDY ELSEWHERE. LOWS FROM THE LOWER 50S NORTHEAST TO THE MIDDLE 60S SOUTHWEST. .TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS... MAINLY WEST AND NORTH. HIGHS IN THE 70S TO MIDDLE 80S SOUTHWEST. .TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...EXCEPT SOUTHEAST. LOWS FROM THE MIDDLE 50S TO MIDDLE 60S. HIGHS WEDNESDAY IN THE 70S NORTH TO THE LOWER 80S SOUTHWEST. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...EXCEPT NORTHWEST. LOWS IN THE MIDDLE 50S TO LOWER 60S. .THURSDAY...A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY EAST. HIGHS IN THE 70S TO AROUND 80. .FRIDAY...A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS NORTH AND WEST. LOWS IN THE 50S TO LOWER 60S. HIGHS IN THE 70S TO AROUND 80. .SATURDAY...A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...EXCEPT SOUTHEAST. LOWS IN THE 50S TO LOWER 60S. HIGHS IN THE MIDDLE 70S TO LOWER 80S. $$ MBK/JVM