Blizzard warnings in Northwest Minnesota, winter weather advisories across the state

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Welcome to another unusual weather week for Minnesota.

It hit 96 degrees at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Monday afternoon. That was the hottest day in nearly two years in the Twin Cities and much of Minnesota. 

I saw 97 degrees at Lakeville, Eden Prairie, Litchfield, Cambridge, Granite Falls, Faribault and St. James Monday. Minnesota rode the top of an expanding heat dome across the central United States Monday.

It was a dry heat in eastern Minnesota Monday. Dew points hovered in the 50s in the Twin Cities. But dew points near 70 degrees provided fuel for potentially severe thunderstorms across northwest Minnesota and the Red River Valley.

posted for the Red River Valley and northwest Minnesota

 today on Tropical Depression Cristobal. Expect rain to increase after midday Tuesday through Tuesday night. 

 have been issued for the potential for 2 to more than 4 inches of rain by Wednesday.

The watch zone includes southeast Minnesota and the Wisconsin portions of the Twin Cities suburbs. 

If you control irrigation systems around the Twin Cities, eastern Minnesota and Wisconsin, turning them off now will help alleviate potential flooding at your location.

Stay alert for the potential for flash flooding Tuesday and Tuesday night.

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Paul Huttner

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The hottest air mass in nearly two years visited Minnesota Monday. Tuesday brings tropical moisture with heavy rain and a flash flood threat.

96 degrees: Hottest day in nearly 2 years Monday

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