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Hot, humid; some storms

Severe weather possible north and east

Tue highs 9am
Forecast high temperatures Tuesday
National Weather Service

Showers and clouds will move out across southern Minnesota Tuesday morning. Expect a hot, muggy afternoon with storms redeveloping north late Tuesday. Some storms could be strong there.

Hot, muggy Tuesday with some storms

Scattered showers and clouds will move out of southern Minnesota through the morning. Most of central and southeastern Minnesota will see temperatures back in the 90s.

Tue highs ALT 7am
Forecast high temperatures Tuesday
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, via Pivotal Weather

Spotty storms will redevelop late Tuesday afternoon and evening, primarily in northeastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin ahead of a cool front.

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Forecast precipitation Tuesday into Tuesday night
College of DuPage

There’s a risk that what few storms do develop could be strong to severe. There’s a slight risk (level 2 out of 5) of severe storms.

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Forecast risk for severe weather Tuesday
National Weather Service

Cool front drops dew points, temps slightly

We’ll see a temporary push of dry air move in this evening and overnight. Dew points will drop into the 50s and even 40s for some.

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Forecast dew points by Tuesday evening
National Weather Service

Overall, temperatures stay pretty warm though in the upper 80s and low 90s into the weekend for much of southern and western Minnesota.

NWS temps
High temperatures the next several days across the region
National Weather Service

Extreme heat in the UK and Europe

The United Kingdom preliminarily broke its all time record high, reaching 40 degrees Celsius for the first time ever.

These are some temperatures at 1 p.m. local time, many are still warming.

UK temps
Temperature readings across the United Kingdom early Tuesday afternoon (local time)
UK Met Office

The extreme heat that first struck Spain and Portugal, then France, and now the U.K. has created a high fire risk for many areas as well.

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Fire risk across Europe
Copernicus / European Union

The European heat wave undoubtedly, has the finger prints of human-caused climate change. Heat waves are becoming more frequent, longer and more extreme globally.