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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MINNESOTA...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1249 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016

LOW PRESSURE STRETCHED FROM EASTERN NEW MEXICO ACROSS THE PLAINS
AND INTO NORTHERN MINNESOTA AT MIDDAY. A STATIONARY FRONT WAS
POSITIONED ALONG THE AXIS OF THE LOW PRESSURE FROM NORTHERN TEXAS
TO EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND ACROSS NORTHWEST MINNESOTA INTO
ONTARIO. SKIES OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE WERE PARTLY TO
MAINLY CLOUDY WITH MOSTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS OVER THE EAST. A FEW
VERY ISOLATED SHOWERS MOVED THROUGH NORTH-CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS
MORNING. WINDS WERE FROM THE NORTH AT 5 TO 15 MPH WEST OF THE
FRONT IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...WHILE WINDS WERE GENERALLY
SOUTHERLY OVER THE REST OF THE STATE AT 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH A FEW
GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN THE SOUTH. A DISTINCT CONTRAST IN TEMPERATURES
WAS OBSERVED ACROSS THE FRONT WITH 40S IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...
AND 60S AND 70S OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE.

THE STATIONARY FRONT WILL LINGER OVER EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEVERAL POCKETS OF
LOW PRESSURE MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE BOUNDARY. THIS FRONT WILL
DIVIDE THE STATE BETWEEN COOL AND RAINY CONDITIONS NORTHWEST AND
MAINLY DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS SOUTH. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
OVER THE NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH UP TO
TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE. DRY...WARM...AND BREEZY
CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON FROM NEAR DULUTH TO
APPLETON AND LOCATIONS SOUTH...RESULTING IN AN ELEVATED WILDFIRE
RISK. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS
DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON SOUTH OF THE FRONT. TEMPERATURES WILL
TOP OUT IN THE UPPER 40S NORTHWEST...AND NEAR 80 DEGREES CENTRAL
AND SOUTH. LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE MIDDLE 30S
NORTHWEST...TO THE MIDDLE 50S EAST-CENTRAL.

THE FRONT WILL EDGE SLIGHTLY SOUTHEASTWARD ON SUNDAY...GRADUALLY
MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE STATE. A CHANCE OF RAIN
WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXPAND ACROSS NORTHERN
MINNESOTA...WITH DRY...WARM...AND BREEZY CONDITIONS ONCE AGAIN
OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE
UPPER 40S NORTHWEST...AND THE UPPER 70S SOUTHEAST.

THE FRONT WILL SHIFT SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE
THROUGH TUESDAY. THE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN WILL REMAIN NORTH OF THE
BOUNDARY AS IT PROGRESSES SOUTH. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD FROM
ONTARIO SLOWLY ERODING THE CLOUDS FROM THE NORTH. PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA MAY SEE A WELCOME RELIEF FROM THE VERY DRY
CONDITIONS MONDAY INTO TUESDAY AS RAIN CHANCES INCREASE OVER THOSE
AREAS. RAINFALL TOTALS STATEWIDE WILL VARY NOW THROUGH TUESDAY.
SOME LOCALES IN THE NORTHWEST MAY RECEIVE UP TO 2 INCHES OF
RAIN...WITH AMOUNTS GREATER THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH POSSIBLE NORTH
AND WEST OF A LINE FROM DULUTH TO ALEXANDRIA TO WORTHINGTON. LOW
PRESSURE ALOFT WILL LINGER OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND THE UPPER
MIDWEST THROUGHOUT THE UPCOMING WEEK...WITH PERIODS OF CLOUDY
SKIES AND LIGHT RAIN.

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