Robust thunderstorms across northern Minnesota, more heat and humidity south
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Thunderstorms in eastern North Dakota and northwest Minnesota this morning will move southeast with the risk of strong winds and hail before weakening at mid morning.
![visible satellite](https://img.apmcdn.org/63f55aff594120acc8027f62d45eb94c70c3ddbf/uncropped/664118-updraft-files-2013-08-g13-2013241-1102-smdlh-irbw.jpg)
Widely scattered thunderstorms were just east of the Twin Cities around 6 a.m. as seen from the bright white cloud tops on the satellite image.
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Bow echo approaching Grand Forks shortly at daybreak. Source: NOAA /Weather Underground
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The risk for severe weather is likely to be confined to northern Minnesota today.
![severe weather](https://img.apmcdn.org/6046a2b737aaf8d4231715954cb60dab4a059bac/uncropped/54af5c-updraft-files-2013-08-windhailthu.gif)
More heat and humidity are in store for southern Minnesota, where a heat advisory has been posted for today. Look for heat index values to once again approach 100 degrees this afternoon.
![regional temps](https://img.apmcdn.org/9762abf3ca8d1fb5b0f4bcc636f94eb956aad4c8/uncropped/868e55-updraft-files-2013-08-regionaltemps.png)
Rain has been hard to come by in central Minnesota since August 6. Here's the Midwest Regional Climate Center's graphic of August rainfall departure from normal.
![August precipitation](https://img.apmcdn.org/76f05bff28c162f567974d8ce98e8716bd2a2fac/uncropped/7d2f2e-updraft-files-2013-08-month-pperc.png)
A cool front will bring relief statewide on Saturday. Hopefully some showers and thunderstorms will dampen the parched landscape of central Minnesota.
![rainfall potential](https://img.apmcdn.org/615a025cca9a7ca76ac6b6caccc511f79c88b41a/uncropped/634f99-updraft-files-2013-08-3dayrain.gif)
By Labor Day morning temperatures will indeed feel more like September.
![Monday lows](https://img.apmcdn.org/ad74003066cf6ada4759bc3a3b73c5786a74ad50/uncropped/4d836e-updraft-files-2013-08-sumrnglows.gif)
Looking ahead to the first week of September, we see temperatures closer to seasonal norms.
![six to ten day outlook](https://img.apmcdn.org/a739928e2fff2d5aaaf26024607de2cf43cbb626/uncropped/39bff4-updraft-files-2013-08-tempsept.gif)
Be aware of thunderstorm threat in the Northland and take caution against the heat and humidity in the south.