579 ABUS30 KDLH 071613 SWSMN MNZ001>098-072200- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MINNESOTA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 1115 AM CDT TUE JUL 6 2004 A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES COMBINED WITH ITS ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE WESTERN END OF THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN CONTINUE TO BRING CLOUDS AND AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN TO MINNESOTA. 11 AM TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM MIDDLE 50S TO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 60S ACROSS THE STATE. INTERNATIONAL FALLS WAS THE HOT SPOT WITH A READING OF 65 DEGREES. THE LOW WILL PUSH EAST LATER IN THE DAY AND DRIER AIR WILL INVADE THE AREA AS A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE STATE TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION IN EASTERN MINNESOTA IS EXPECTED TO END BY EARLY AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD RANGE FROM THE UPPER 50S IN THE FAR NORTHEAST...TO AROUND 70 IN THE FAR WEST. SKIES WILL PARTLY CLOUDY AND WINDS WILL DROP TONIGHT. HOWEVER...WITH MOIST AIR IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE...FOG MAY DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM UPPER 40S...TO THE MIDDLE 50S. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ENTER THE FORECAST PICTURE AFTER TONIGHT AS HUMID AND WARM AIR FROM THE PLAINS STATES PUSHES NORTHWARD FOR THE WEEKEND. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY SHOULD BE MAINLY IN THE 70S...THEN INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 80S STATEWIDE BY THE WEEKEND. $$ WJC