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MINNESOTA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
430 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2002

A CLEAR SKY AND COOL TEMPERATURES WERE FOUND OVER THE STATE DURING 
THE NIGHT.  EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM FROM THE SINGLE 
DIGITS BELOW ZERO IN THE FAR NORTHEAST TO THE UPPER 20S IN THE 
SOUTHEAST.

A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WAS MOVING ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING 
AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEAR SKY AND COOL TEMPERATURES.  SUNSHINE 
WILL BE PREVALENT OVER THE REGION TODAY AS THE HIGH DRIFTS EAST.  
TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND THROUGH THE 30S NORTH AND AROUND 50 
DEGREES IN THE SOUTHWEST AS A SOUTHERLY BREEZE RETURNS.

CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE OVER MUCH OF THE STATE LATER TONIGHT 
AND MONDAY AS ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHWEST.  
SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON 
MONDAY.  TEMPERATURES WILL WARM THROUGH THE 40S NORTH AND NEAR 50 IN 
THE SOUTH BEFORE THE SHOWERS DEVELOP. 

AS THE WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE STATE MONDAY NIGHT AND 
TUESDAY...RAIN WILL BE A LIKELIHOOD OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.  A 
MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL PORTIONS OF 
THE STATE...AND ENOUGH COLD AIR MAY WORK INTO THE SYSTEM TO CHANGE 
IT TO ALL SNOW BY TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS THIS PART OF THE STATE.