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000 ABUS30 KMSP 191921 SWSMN .SYNOPSIS... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WESTERN IOWA...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM OVER EASTERN IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. DRYER WEATHER IS EXPECTED FARTHER WEST. AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL ALSO PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA AND MINNESOTA. HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL VARY FROM THE 30S OVER THE EASTERN DAKOTAS AND WESTERN MINNESOTA...TO THE 50S IN SOUTHEAST IOWA. AS THE LOW PUSHES EAST THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY IT WILL STRENGTHEN SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT. OCCASIONAL RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO ACCOMPANY THE LOW ACROSS EASTERN IOWA...WITH RAIN ALSO LIKELY INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN. THE RAIN MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SNOW LATER IN THE NIGHT OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN PARTS OF THE REGION. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 IN THE DAKOTAS... THE 30S OVER SOUTHERN IOWA. SOME COOLER READINGS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA. $$