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Showers, thunder late Monday with dry weather midweek

More storms are possible Friday

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Severe weather outlook for Monday into Monday night
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, via Iowa Environmental Mesonet of Iowa State University

Monday will be seasonably warm with partly cloudy skies. Storms develop west late Monday and track east overnight. Midweek should be mostly dry before more storms Friday.

Partly cloudy Monday with showers, thunder late 

 We’ll have sun and mostly dry weather most of the day for eastern Minnesota. Highs will be in the low to mid-80s in southern Minnesota with upper 70s north.

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Forecast highs Monday
National Weather Service

A clipper system will develop scattered showers and thunderstorms late Monday afternoon and evening in western Minnesota. Those showers and storms will then track east overnight. We could have a lingering isolated shower or thunderstorm popping up in eastern Minnesota Tuesday afternoon.

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Forecast simulated radar 8 a.m. Monday through 7 p.m. Tuesday
NOAA, via Pivotal Weather

There’s a marginal risk (level 1 of 5) of a severe storm or two also for much of the state with a slight risk (level 2 of 5) forecast for far western Minnesota.

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Severe weather outlook for Monday into Monday night
NOAA, via Iowa Environmental Mesonet of Iowa State University

In particular, we’re looking for an elevated threat of damaging wind gusts in some storms late Monday, especially in far western Minnesota:

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Severe weather outlook for Monday into Monday night
NOAA, via Pivotal Weather

Rainfall amounts look to be fairly modest for most. Some locally higher amounts are possible in some storms, especially in western Minnesota late Monday.

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Forecast rainfall Monday into Tuesday
NOAA, via Pivotal Weather

Other than an isolated shower or storm Tuesday, it will be pleasant with partly cloudy skies and highs back in the 80s for most.

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Forecast higs Tuesday
National Weather Service

Wednesday and Thursday should be dry and pleasant with plenty of sunshine. Wednesday will be comfortable but dew points will start to increase Thursday ahead of the next storm system which will deliver more rain and thunder to the state by Thursday night and Friday.