917 AWUS83 KDLH 091649 RWSMN MNZ001>098-092300- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MINNESOTA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 1149 AM CDT WED APR 9 2014 REMAINING SNOW PACK CONTINUES TO MELT... DAY BY DAY ACROSS MINNESOTA AS SPRING TIME TEMPERATURES HAVE TAKEN HOLD OF THE STATE. THIS MORNING... MORNING LOWS RANGED FROM THE 20S TO UPPER 30S ACROSS THE STATE... AND TEMPERATURES HAVE ALREADY WARMED TO THE 50S AND 60S ACROSS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE STATE. WARM AND BREEZY WEATHER IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE STATE TODAY WITH MANY LOCATIONS HITTING THE 70 DEGREE MARK FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE OCTOBER. LOOK FOR MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES IN THE AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE STATE THIS EVENING AND BRING A ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS TO MAINLY NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. MILD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH MOST OF THE STATE SEEING 50S AND 60S FOR HIGHS. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR LIGHT RAIN ON FRIDAY...BUT THE BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN IN THE COMING DAYS LOOKS TO OCCUR ON SATURDAY WHERE THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SOUTH. ANY LINGERING PRECIPITATION IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WILL CHANGE OVER TO LIGHT SNOW AS TEMPERATURES COOL BEHIND ANOTHER COLD FRONT. MUCH COOLER WEATHER IS EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH 30S AND 40S FOR MOST OF THE STATE. $$ MCLOVIN