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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1159 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014

BANDS OF SNOW SPREAD ACROSS MINNESOTA THIS MORNING AS A POTENT LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVED SOUTHWARD ACROSS NEBRASKA AND IOWA. SNOW
REPORTS THUS FAR HAVE BEEN THE HIGHEST ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA
WITHIN A NARROW HEAVY BAND... WITH 7 INCHES REPORTED IN MORA... 5
INCHES IN WOODLAND AND SANDSTONE. LOWS THIS MORNING WERE IN THE
TEENS AND 20S STATEWIDE. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY FOR THE HEART
OF MINNESOTA... AND THE NARROW BAND OF HEAVY SNOW SHIFTS
NORTHEASTWARD... AND TILTS PARALLEL TO THE NORTH SHORE. SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY STAY WITHIN THE 5-10 INCH WINDOW ALONG A LINE
STRETCHING FROM DULUTH TO SIOUX FALLS... AND LESSER AMOUNTS NORTH
AND SOUTH. THIS AFTERNOON... TEMPERATURES WILL RISE ABOVE THE
FREEZING MARK ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
CAUSING A RAIN-SNOW MIX TO FALL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... BUT WILL
TRANSITION BACK TO SNOW THIS EVENING. NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
HOWEVER... WILL LIKELY REMAIN FREE OF ANY KIND OF PRECIPITATION TODAY.

HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...BRINGING A 
RESPITE FROM THE WINTRY WEATHER. HOWEVER...THE BREAK WILL BE SHORT 
AS ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED FOR THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH 
FRIDAY NIGHT WHICH WILL AGAIN BRING A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET FOR 
MUCH OF THE STATE.

WHILE TEMPERATURES REMAIN FAIRLY MILD THROUGH FRIDAY...A SURGE OF 
COLDER CANADIAN AIR BEHIND THE LATE WEEK SYSTEM WILL BRING ANOTHER 
ROUND OF COLD WINTRY AIR TO THE STATE. HIGHS OVER THE WEEKEND ARE 
EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE TEENS AND 20S WITH LOWS IN THE SINGLE 
DIGITS.

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MCLOVIN