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It felt like summer Sunday afternoon! We reached the lower 80s at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Sunday. It was our first official Twin Cities temp in the 80s since August 20. Our average Twin Cities high is only 72 degrees this time of year.

Summery 80s were widespread across central and southern Minnesota Sunday afternoon, and I’m sure that the warmth had some people thinking about getting out on our lakes and rivers.

Most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin will have highs in the 80s on Monday, with some 70s in parts of northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin:

Dew points in the upper 60s to lower 70s are expected in much of Minnesota and western Wisconsin Monday afternoon, so it’ll feel a bit steamy.

Tuesday will also be be warm in central and southern Minnesota into western Wisconsin. Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to reach the mid 80s Tuesday, followed by lower 80s Wednesday,  upper 70s Thursday and around 80 on Friday.

A few spots in eastern Minnesota and western Wis. could see some fog early Monday, and possibly some patchy drizzle to start the day.  Monday should be dry in most areas.

Western and northern Minnesota will have a chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms anytime on Tuesday, but the rain chance may hold off until Tuesday afternoon in the Twin Cities. Minnesota and western Wisconsin will have a chance of occasional showers and thunderstorms Tuesday evening and Tuesday night, plus Wednesday.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's North American Mesoscale forecast model shows the potential rain pattern Tuesday morning through Wednesday evening:

I’d pay more attention to the intermittent/patchy nature of the rain rather than the exact location of the rain.

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Tropical Storm Humberto continues to move away from the northwestern Bahamas. The 

 forecasts this track for the center of Humberto over the next few days:

Here’s a portion of the Sunday evening update from the National Hurricane Center:

Bermuda could be affected by Humberto on Wednesday.

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Ron Trenda

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It was back to the 80s Sunday afternoon, and the summery high temperatures will linger into Wednesday.  Our next shower and thunderstorm chance arrives in parts of Minnesota and western Wisconsin on Tuesday.   

Summery weather lingers; more 80s to start the week

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