Sunshine Friday; warm weekend with some storms

Warmer and brighter Friday

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Temperatures early Friday morning
NOAA via pivotal weather

Sunshine returns to almost all of Minnesota Friday. Temperatures will be much warmer, well into the 70s for most. Temperatures warm more over the weekend with some thunderstorm chances.

Warmer, bright sunshine Friday

Temperatures are cool once again as skies cleared out overnight and led to some patchy fog. Thanks to the sunshine it will be much warmer Friday; well into the 70s for most of the state.

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Forecast high temperatures Friday
NOAA via pivotal weather

The weekend will bring even warmer temperatures; well into the 70s and 80s for most areas except right near Lake Superior. By Memorial Day we could see 90 in much of southern Minnesota, including the Twin Cities.

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Forecast high temperatures Memorial Day
NOAA via pivotal weather

The big question all weekend will be the risk of thunderstorms as a very slow-moving, almost stalled area of low pressure and front tries to trek east.

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Thunderstorms will develop near an area of low pressure and drift east periodically through the weekend
NOAA via pivotal weather

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