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Mild Tuesday; clouds increase ahead of the next round of showers

Highs in the 60s across southern Minnesota Tuesday

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Forecast potential rainfall Tuesday night into early Friday
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, via Pivotal Weather

Tuesday will be a nice day with increasing high clouds. High temperatures will be above normal. A clipper system will bring potential rain showers Tuesday night into Wednesday night.

A nice Tuesday

Look for a nice Tuesday with above-normal high temperatures. Southern Minnesota will see highs into the 60s while northeastern Minnesota will be a bit cooler, in the 50s.

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Forecast highs Tuesday
National Weather Service

High clouds will move into the region ahead of a clipper system, filtering the sun out at times.

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Forecast cloud cover 6 a.m. through 9 p.m. Tuesday
College of DuPage weather lab

Next chance of showers

A clipper system will drop into Minnesota Tuesday night bringing showers to northwestern Minnesota by Tuesday evening and spreading across northern Minnesota Tuesday night.

Those spotty showers will spread south and east into Wednesday and Wednesday night with a few lingering showers early Thursday in the northeast.

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Forecast precipitation 1 p.m. Tuesday through 1 a.m. Thursday
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, via Pivotal Weather

Rainfall amounts will be generally fairly light compared to recent rainfall events thanks to a relatively dry air mass in place over the region.

WPC 72
Forecast potential rainfall Tuesday night into early Friday
NOAA, via Pivotal Weather

Behind the system, temperatures will be slightly cooler with another system affecting mostly northeastern Minnesota Friday with some showers. Overall temperatures and precipitation are forecast to be above normal in the six to 10-day outlook:

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6 to 10-day temperature and precipitation outlook
NOAA Climate Prediction Center