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ABUS30 KMSP 271008
SWSMN 

MINNESOTA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
415 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2002

CLOUDS COVERED MUCH OF THE STATE DURING THE NIGHT.  THE THICKEST 
CLOUD COVER WAS FOUND OVER ABOUT THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE.  
EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO 
IN THE NORTHWEST TO THE LOWER 40S IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST.

A COLD FRONT SAGGED SLOWLY INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT.  THE 
COLD AIR AND LOW CLOUDS ARE FORECAST TO MOVE INTO ALL OF THE STATE 
BY LATE AFTERNOON.  TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE TO REBOUND INTO THE 
TEENS IN THE NORTHWEST AND SHOULD TOP OUT AROUND 50 IN THE FAR 
SOUTHEAST BEFORE THE COLDER AIR ARRIVES LATER THIS AFTERNOON. 

OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND INTO MONDAY...CLOUDS AND THE THREAT OF LIGHT 
SNOW WILL BE ON THE INCREASE.  THE COLD...CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE 
SYSTEM WILL DROP INTO THE NORTH DAKOTA AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM 
DEVELOPS OVER KANSAS AND MOVES TOWARD MISSOURI.  THIS WILL MAINTAIN 
THE LOW CLOUDS AND WILL BRING THE THREAT OF LIGHT SNOW TO NORTHERN 
MINNESOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT.  LIGHT SNOW CHANCES WILL THEN AFFECT 
THE REST OF THE STATE DURING THE DAY MONDAY.  TEMPERATURES WILL DROP 
BELOW ZERO OVER THE NORTH TONIGHT AND AROUND 20 IN THE SOUTHEAST.  
HIGHS ON MONDAY WILL REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS OVER THE FAR NORTH 
AND IN THE 20S OVER THE SOUTH.