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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
415 AM CDT FRI SEP 16 2005

THE GOPHER STATE WAS WEDGED BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE WESTERN 
GREAT LAKES AND LOW PRESSURE IN FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. A FEW 
LIGHT SHOWERS WERE FOUND IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA.  TEMPERATURES ACROSS 
THE STATE RANGED FROM THE UPPER 40S TO THE MID 50S. 

SOUTH WINDS BETWEEN THESE TWO WEATHER SYSTEM WILL ELEVATE 
TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES FROM YESTERDAY.  UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY 
SKIES AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE MID 70S NORTH 
TO MID 80S SOUTH.

THE LOW PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY ADVANCE THROUGH THE DAKOTAS TONIGHT 
BRINGING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO WESTERN AND 
NORTHERN MINNESOTA...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.  WITH INCREASED CLOUD 
COVER TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN IN THE 50S OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE 
STATE.

SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE ON SATURDAY AND 
SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE LOW PRESSURE SLOWLY MOVES THROUGH THE STATE.  
ON SUNDAY THE BETTER RAIN CHANCES WILL BE CONFINED TO THE SOUTHEAST 
AND EAST CENTRAL. LOOK FOR HIGHS ON SATURDAY IN THE UPPER 60S IN THE 
NORTHWEST TO NEAR 80 IN THE SOUTH.  HIGHS ON SUNDAY WILL BE A BIT 
COOLER WITH HIGHS FROM THE LOWER 60S IN THE NORTH TO THE MID 70S 
SOUTH. 

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