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Scattered thunderstorms are expected over much of northern Minnesota overnight, and some storms could also spread into central Minnesota.  Even the northern portion of the Twin Cities metro area could see an isolated thunderstorm toward Monday morning.

The Storm Prediction Center of the National Weather Service shows a slight risk of severe weather over parts of northern and central Minnesota overnight. The outlook also indicates a marginal risk of severe weather over the remainder of northern and central Minnesota and part of southern Minnesota. The marginal risk outline includes the Twin Cities metro area:

A slight risk of severe weather means that scattered severe thunderstorms are possible.

Here are the risk categories that are used by the Storm Prediction Center:

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More thunderstorms Monday afternoon and evening

A cold front is expected to ignite another batch of thunderstorms over central Minnesota Monday afternoon, with the thunderstorms expanding into southern Minnesota during the evening hours:

Highs in the mid to upper 80s are expected over central and southern Minnesota on Monday:

Dew points will be in the tropical lower 70s in many locations:

Drier and cooler air will spread over Minnesota on Tuesday.

The National Hurricane Center is watching a tropical depression in the Florida Straits. It is expected to move into the southeastern Gulf of Mexico by Monday morning.

Here is the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center:

The National Hurricane Center forecast graphic shows that the tropical depression is expected to become a tropical storm by Monday evening:

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Ron Trenda

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Scattered thunderstorms are expected over much of northern Minnesota overnight, and some storms could also spread into central Minnesota.  Even the northern portion of the Twin Cities metro area could see an isolated thunderstorm toward Monday morning. The Storm Prediction Center of the National Weather Service shows a slight risk of severe weather over parts…

Scattered t-storms northern MN overnight, steamy Monday

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