Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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The weather maps finally look like summer across Minnesota. 

 looks pretty typical for early June. But next week the level of heat and humidity will build. A tropical air mass begins blowing into Minnesota on Monday.

Highs will reach well into the 80s across most of southern and western Minnesota Monday. temperatures will push into the 90s in southwest Minnesota.

A ribbon of tropical moisture will stream into Minnesota from the Gulf of Mexico early next week. Check out the plume of dew points in the 60s and 70s pumping into Minnesota Monday and Tuesday on NOAA’s GFS model. 

Tuesday brings the core of a steamy air mass into Minnesota. Highs will reach the 90s across most of central and southern Minnesota Tuesday afternoon. 

With dew points in the upper 60s to 70s, that will push heat index values toward the 100-degree mark. 

The good news? Our intense heat looks like a 1-day event next week. A cool front glides through late Tuesday into Wednesday. That will bring a chance for thunderstorms. It will also push highs back into  the 80s, with more comfortable dew points in the 50s starting on Wednesday.

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Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News

Next week’s weather pattern looks summery across Minnesota. 

Environment Canada via pivotal weather

NOAA

NOAA via tropical tidbits

European model (ECMWF) temperature forecast 

Lazy, hazy, crazy summer weather next week

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