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ABUS30 KMSP 132316
SWSMN 

MINNESOTA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
515 PM CST MON JAN 13 2003

A BAND OF LIGHT SNOW SWEPT ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL...CENTRAL 
INTO SOUTHEAST OF THE STATE TODAY.  UP TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW FELL 
NEAR THE ORTONVILLE AREA.  ELSEWHERE...SNOW AMOUNTS WERE BASICALLY 
AROUND AN INCH OR LESS. 

DAYTIME HIGHS RANGED FROM AROUND ZERO IN THE FAR NORTH TO THE TEENS 
IN THE FAR SOUTHWEST.  WINDS WERE NORTHERLY AT 5 TO 10 MPH.  

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL SWEEP 
SOUTHEAST INTO IOWA OVERNIGHT.  THIS SYSTEM...WILL CONTINUE TO 
GENERATE SOME LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN 
MINNESOTA.  SOME ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS 
ANTICIPATED OVER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE.  SKIES WILL 
BECOME MOSTLY CLEAR OVER NORTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT. LIGHT WINDS 
ALONG WITH A RE-ENFORCED ARCTIC AIRMASS...WILL SENT TEMPERATURES 
TUMBLING WELL BELOW ZERO ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE. 

NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL USHER DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION TUESDAY 
INTO WEDNESDAY.  HIGHS TUESDAY WILL VARY FROM NEAR ZERO DEGREE IN 
THE FAR NORTH TO TEENS SOUTH. 

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