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MINNESOTA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN               
515 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2002

THE COLD FRONT HAD PUSHED THROUGH MOST OF MINNESOTA BY LATE THIS 
AFTERNOON EXCEPT FOR THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE. TEMPERATURES 
WERE STILL NEAR 50 DEGREES AT 4 PM IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER...WHILE 
READINGS WERE VERY CLOSE TO ZERO IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER. CLOUDS HAD 
OVERSPREAD MOST OF THE STATE AND A FLURRIES WERE NOTED IN NORTHWEST 
MINNESOTA. 

COLDER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO DRAIN INTO THE STATE FOR THE NEXT FEW 
DAYS AS HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO SETTLE OVER NORTHERN MINNESOTA. 
MEANWHILE..A SOUTHWEST FLOW IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE 
WILL CONTINUE OVER THE PLAINS STATES. THIS WILL ALLOW A COUPLE OF 
LOW PRESSURE TROUGHS TO MOVE NORTHEAST OVER THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF 
THE STATE. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE FROM NORTHERN MINNESOTA ON 
MONDAY...INTO SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE STATE ON MONDAY NIGHT AND 
TUESDAY. 

EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO OVER THE NORTH 
ON BOTH MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY NIGHT..WHILE SINGLE DIGITS WILL BE 
COMMON OVER THE SOUTH BY TUESDAY NIGHT. WE ARE ESSENTIALLY BACK TO 
MORE NORMAL JANUARY WEATHER. 

JPR