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ABUS30 KMSP 042139
SWSMN 

MINNESOTA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
500 PM CDT WED SEP 4 2002

THE WEATHER OVER MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON FEATURED WARM SUNSHINE AND 
INCREASING SOUTH WINDS. GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH WERE EXPERIENCED OVER 
THE BUFFALO RIDGE...THE UPPER STRETCHES OF MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY 
AND AREAS ADJACENT TO THE RED RIVER. LATE AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES AT 
MOST LOCATIONS WERE ABOUT 10 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL HIGHS FOR THIS 
TIME OF YEAR. 4 PM READINGS RANGED FROM 57 DEGREES AT THE DULUTH 
HARBOR TO 88 DEGREES AT WINONA. 

THE WEATHER MAP TONIGHT WILL SHOW AN ADVANCING LOW PRESSURE CENTER 
IN THE DAKOTAS AND A RETREATING RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE 
GREAT LAKES. PERSIST SOUTH WINDS...INCREASING CLOUDS AND A TREND FOR 
HIGHER HUMIDITIES CAN BE ANTICIPATED. THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST...GENERALLY TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE 
TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. THE BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS 
WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE NORTHWEST...FROM MOORHEAD TO BEMIDJI AND 
BAUDETTE.

A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY THURSDAY ACROSS 
THE NORTHWEST TIP OF MINNESOTA. SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF THIS LOW 
PRESSURE TROUGH WILL BE FELT OVER MOST OF THE REGION. HAZY SUNSHINE 
AND HIGH HUMIDITIES...WITH DEW POINT TEMPERATURES INCREASING TO THE 
MIDDLE 60S TO NEAR 70 DEGREES...CAN BE ANTICIPATED. A CHANCE OF 
HUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF THE LOW 
PRESSURE TROUGH...ACROSS THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE. 
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