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Heating up Thursday and Friday with storms late Friday

Steamy conditions developing into Friday and Saturday

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Forecast surface weather conditions Thursday
National Weather Service

There’s a very isolated shower or thunderstorm risk through sunset but the weather will be mild overnight. We’ll have another isolated chance mainly in southeastern Minnesota Thursday. Friday still looks hot.

Isolated thunder possible Thursday; better chances late Friday

There’s an isolated risk of a shower or thunderstorm through the evening hours Wednesday, but most will remain dry. Scattered cumulus clouds will diminish after sunset this evening making for a calm, mild overnight.

Temperatures will cool off into the 60s for most with 50s in northeastern Minnesota. 

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Forecast lows Wednesday night
National Weather Service

There’s an isolated risk of thunder Thursday, mainly in southeastern Minnesota. Otherwise, look for partly cloudy skies Thursday and highs well into the 80s with some low 90s in southwestern Minnesota.

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Forecast highs Thursday
National Weather Service

You’ll likely notice dew points increasing Thursday to near 70 degrees in portions of southern Minnesota, which is getting pretty steamy.

Friday and Saturday will see the humid air really lock in across the state. Highs Friday will be near 90 for much of southern Minnesota with a heat index into the 90s. 

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Forecast heat index Friday afternoon
National Weather Service

Storms develop ahead of a cool front and upper level disturbance in northwestern Minnesota Friday afternoon. Those showers and storms will track east and south slowly into Friday evening and Friday night.

We’ll also have more storms likely popping up Saturday before the front finally clears us Saturday night. Neither day will be a total washout, however.

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Forecast precipitation 1 a.m. Friday through 1 a.m. Sunday
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, via Pivotal Weather

Behind the front, it’ll become cooler and less humid Sunday into Monday. 

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