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ABUS30 KMSP 271726
SWSMN 

MINNESOTA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN               
1130 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2002

SKIES WERE CLOUDY ACROSS THE STATE WITH SCATTERED FLURRIES IN THE 
NORTH AND FOG ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE. OVER NIGHT LOWS WERE VERY 
MILD IN MOST AREAS WITH READINGS IN THE TEENS NORTH TO AROUND 30 IN 
THE SOUTH. THE EXCEPTION WAS THE NORTHWEST WERE OVERNIGHT LOWS 
DROPPED INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS.

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 IN THE MID 40S 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.