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ABUS30 KMSP 011037
SWSMN 

MINNESOTA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
435 AM CST WED JAN 1 2003

THIS MORNING...SKIES WERE CLOUDY. SOME LIGHT SNOW HAD MOVED INTO THE 
FAR WESTERN COUNTIES OF THE STATE AFTER MIDNIGHT.  TEMPERATURES 
VARIED FROM THE NEAR ZERO IN THE FAR NORTH TO THE MIDDLE 20S IN THE 
EXTREME SOUTHWEST WITH MOST READINGS IN THE TEENS TO LOWER 20S.  
WINDS WERE GENERALLY EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. 

HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER ONTARIO CANADA...WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL 
OF THE WEATHER ACROSS MUCH OF THE UPPER MIDWEST THROUGH THURSDAY.   
A WEAK LOW PRESURE AREA...EXTENDING FROM EASTERN MONTANA INTO THE 
TEXAS PANHANDLE...WILL MOVE LITTLE DURING THE PERIOD.  LIGHT SNOW 
WILL SPREAD INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON.  ACCUMULATIONS UP 
TO TWO INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE FAR WEST BY THIS EVENING...WITH 
LIGHTER AMOUNTS ANTICIPATED CENTRAL AND SOUTH.  

HIGHS TODAY WILL REACH THE TEENS IN THE FAR NORTH TO THE LOWER 30S 
IN THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST. 

SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT.  TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT 
WILL LOWER TO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO NORTH TO THE LOWER 20S 
SOUTH. 

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