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MN Weather: Cool, Cloudy Stretch Gives Way To 70s Before Weekend Cooldown
Showers will linger through midweek before sunshine and warmer temps return Thursday and Friday.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN — After a gray and damp start to the week, cooler weather and scattered showers will linger across Minnesota through midweek before a big warm-up arrives.
Highs will stay in the 50s through Wednesday under mostly cloudy skies, but temperatures are expected to climb into the low 70s by Thursday and Friday before another cool front slides in over the weekend.
Here's the full National Weather Service forecast from the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport:
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Today: Showers likely, mainly after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54. Northeast wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight: Showers, mainly before midnight. Low around 47. East wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
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Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers before 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 56. East wind around 10 mph.
Wednesday Night: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 52. East wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 71. South southeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. South southeast wind 10 to 15 mph.
Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 72. South southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 51. West southwest wind around 10 mph.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 62. West wind 10 to 15 mph.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 43. West northwest wind around 10 mph.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 58. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 41. West northwest wind around 10 mph.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 64. South wind 10 to 15 mph.
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