000
AWUS83 KMPX 042128
RWSMN
MNZ001>098-051130-

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
430 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008

PARTLY CLOUDY AND DRY CONDITIONS PREVAILED ACROSS THE STATE THIS
AFTERNOON.  LATE AFTERNOON READINGS RANGED FROM THE MID 70S TO MID
80S.

HIGH PRESSURE POSITIONED OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION WAS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS OVER THE REGION.  THIS
WEATHER FEATURE WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST THROUGH SATURDAY.  EXPECT
MOSTLY CLEAR CONDITIONS AND TEMPERATURES COOLING BACK TO THE UPPER
50S TO MID 60S.

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY SATURDAY AHEAD OF AN
ADVANCING COLD FRONT OVER THE DAKOTAS.  EXPECT PLENTY OF SUNSHINE
AND WARM TEMPERATURES TO CONTINUE.  HIGHS WILL RANGE IN THE LOWER
80S TO LOWER 90S...BUT A BIT COOLER IN THE FAR NORTHEAST NEAR LAKE
SUPERIOR.  THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA BY SUNDAY
MORNING.  THIS WILL GENERATE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
TO MUCH OF THE REGION.  LOWS SATURDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE IN THE MID
50S NORTHEAST TO THE MID 60S SOUTHWEST.

THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY.  ALL BUT THE
NORTHWEST PART OF THE STATE WILL SEE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.   SUNDAY AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE
MAINLY IN THE LOWER 80S TO LOWER 90S...BUT ONLY IN THE MID 70S FAR
NORTHEAST.

THE FORECAST FOR THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK IS ONE THAT HAS MORE
FREQUENT PRECIPITATION CHANCES THAN THIS PAST WEEK...AS THE FRONT
STALLS CLOSE TO THE REGION. TEMPERATURES LOOK TO BE NEAR EARLY JULY
NORMALS.

$$

000
AWUS83 KFSD 042059
RWSFSD
SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-IAZ001>003-
012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-050300-

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL UNITED STATES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
400 PM CDT FRI JUL 4 2008

HIGH PRESSURE BRINGING FAIR SKIES AND PLEASANT TEMPERATURES WILL
MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH THE EASTERN PART OF THE REGION TONIGHT.
DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR FOURTH OF JULY ACTIVITIES
TONIGHT. THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH
FLOW OF WARMER AND MORE HUMID AIR IN THE REGION THIS WEEKEND. A
FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD INTO THE DAKOTAS AND MINNESOTA
LATER SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. AS VARIOUS UPPER LEVEL WAVES
MOVE EAST OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS...THERE WILL BE INCREASING
CHANCES OF MAINLY LATE AFTERNOON AND NIGHTTIME THUNDERSTORMS...
FROM LATER THIS WEEKEND THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM THE LOWER TO MID
60S WEST AND SOUTH IN THE REGION...TO THE 50S NORTHEAST...EXCEPT MID
40S IN FAR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA. HIGHS SATURDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE
80S EAST IN THE REGION...TO THE 90S WEST...EXCEPT NEAR 100 IN
WESTERN NEBRASKA.

$$
RYRHOLM

000
AWUS83 KARX 042030
RWSARX
IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-032>034-
041>044-053>055-061-050130-

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
330 PM CDT FRI JUL 4 2008

A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE COVERED THE UPPER MIDWEST AND NORTHERN
PLAINS AT MID AFTERNOON.  THIS WAS PROVIDING PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AND
TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL OF OUR WEATHER TONIGHT AND
SATURDAY.  BUT OFF TO THE WEST...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE
INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS ON SATURDAY AND BRING AN INCREASE IN
SOUTHERLY BREEZES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS MINNESOTA AND IOWA.

THE LOWS TONIGHT ARE GOING TO RANGE MOSTLY IN THE 50S...THOUGH 60S
ARE ON TAP FOR THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND IOWA.  THE
WARM SOUTHERLY BREEZES ON SATURDAY WILL PUSH THE AFTERNOON
TEMPERATURES INTO THE 80S...THOUGH 70S ARE EXPECTED OVER EASTERN
WISCONSIN.

$$
TMS

      
      

  
    
    
  
  
    
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