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One clue to watch when monitoring severe weather potential for your area is to check out NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center’s 

 (MD). These technical severe weather discussions highlight potential severe weather areas and give guidance as to the probability of severe weather watches. 

Here’s NOAA’s MD for southern Minnesota and the Twin Cities area issued late Monday afternoon. It gives a 40 percent chance for a weather watch through Monday afternoon but indicates higher chances for a watch Monday evening.

NOAA’s latest short-range forecast models still favor storm development after dark through midnight in or near the greater Twin Cities area. Here's NOAA’s latest 18z (1 PM initiation) NAM 3 km resolution model run.

Keep an eye and ear out for possible severe weather watches and warnings tonight. And remember to check out up to the minute updates on the 

Weather and Climate News

Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News

Paul Huttner

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Developing storms may produce severe weather Monday night.

NOAA NAM 3 km model from 8 pm Monday to 2 am Tuesday

Monitoring severe weather risk tonight

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