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A powerful springtime warm front is driving a huge temperature contrast across Minnesota Monday. Want 30s? Head to the North Shore and brace yourself against bracing easterly breezes off blowing in frigid Lake Superior. 

Feel like summer? Enjoy a leisurely stroll in towns along the Interstate 90 corridor in southern Minnesota where temperatures will push into the 70s. If you’re really fleeing the need for heat, a trip to western Iowa or Omaha will get you closer to the 90-degree mark late Monday afternoon. 

A check of temperatures across the nation today shows the depth of the springy, even summery air mass in the central Plains. Temperatures in the 70s and 80s are building south of Minnesota.

As the heat tries to ride north, it bumps into the residual cold air of early spring. That’s will continue to trigger some scattered showers and thunderstorms across Minnesota. Showers and some thunder favor central and northern Minnesota Monday. Scattered thunderstorms are likely across southern Minnesota Tuesday. The Twin Cities rides the edge of both waves.

NOAA’s NAM 3km resolution model shows clusters of thunderstorms marching across southern Minnesota Tuesday. 

A closer look shows some potentially strong to severe cells south of the Twin Cities along Interstate 35 around 3 p.m. Tuesday.

There is a marginal risk for severe weather from the Twin Cities south and east Tuesday.

 There are signs the warmth will finally nudge into Minnesota by this upcoming weekend. 

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Paul Huttner

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A strong warm front brings temperatures in the 30s to near 80 degrees today across Minnesota.

Three-season weather porch: Huge temperature contrast across Minnesota

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