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ABUS30 KDLH 071613
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MNZ001>098-072200-

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1115 AM CDT TUE JUL 6 2004


A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES COMBINED 
WITH ITS ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE WESTERN END OF THE 
UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN CONTINUE TO BRING CLOUDS AND AREAS OF 
LIGHT RAIN TO MINNESOTA. 11 AM TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM MIDDLE 50S 
TO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 60S ACROSS THE STATE. INTERNATIONAL FALLS 
WAS THE HOT SPOT WITH A READING OF 65 DEGREES.

THE LOW WILL PUSH EAST LATER IN THE DAY AND DRIER AIR WILL INVADE 
THE AREA AS A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE STATE 
TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION IN EASTERN MINNESOTA IS EXPECTED TO END 
BY EARLY AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD RANGE 
FROM THE UPPER 50S IN THE FAR NORTHEAST...TO AROUND 70 IN THE FAR 
WEST.   

SKIES WILL PARTLY CLOUDY AND WINDS WILL DROP TONIGHT. HOWEVER...WITH 
MOIST AIR IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE...FOG MAY 
DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. OVERNIGHT LOW 
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM UPPER 40S...TO THE MIDDLE 
50S.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ENTER THE FORECAST PICTURE AFTER TONIGHT 
AS HUMID AND WARM AIR FROM THE PLAINS STATES PUSHES NORTHWARD FOR 
THE WEEKEND. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY SHOULD BE MAINLY IN THE 
70S...THEN INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 80S STATEWIDE BY THE WEEKEND. 
 
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WJC