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Hot start to September with spotty rain chances

Hot start to September with spotty rain chances

Welcome to September. It will be nearly 10 degrees above normal Tuesday, but less humid than Monday morning. Muggy air and spotty storm chances return Tuesday night.
by Sven Sundgaard

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State Fair forecast: Storms fire up late Tuesday night

State Fair forecast: Storms fire up late Tuesday night

We’ll have an initial band of rain just to the south of Minnesota on Tuesday morning. While we won’t get the rain, we will get the cloud deck.
by Ben Cathey

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Warmer-than-normal temperatures with a couple chances of storms

Warmer-than-normal temperatures with a couple chances of storms

It’ll be very warm and muggy Monday with decreasing dew points this afternoon. The next chances of thunder develop Tuesday night and Thursday.
by Sven Sundgaard

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It's a fair-ly muggy forecast; relief is on the way

It's a fair-ly muggy forecast; relief is on the way

The heat and humidity aren’t going anywhere just yet. Muggy conditions will stick around through Monday before a cold front sweeps through and brings a noticeable drop in dew points.
by Mandy Thalhuber

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Hot and muggy weather settles in for Sunday

Hot and muggy weather settles in for Sunday

Hot and humid weather will greet fairgoers today, with temperatures climbing into the 80s and heat index values approaching the lower 90s.
by Mandy Thalhuber

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Heat dome spins in shower chances across southern Minnesota

Heat dome spins in shower chances across southern Minnesota

It’s likely going to rain Saturday morning. We have a few more rounds of early rain Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. But there is no jumbo soaking rain out there hiding for Minnesota.
by Ben Cathey

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A gorgeous Friday before a more muggy, unsettled weekend

A gorgeous Friday before a more muggy, unsettled weekend

Friday will be beautiful again as high pressure starts to depart. The first of a few chances of spotty storms develops late tonight into Saturday. Muggy air also returns this weekend.
by Sven Sundgaard

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Minnesota State Fair weather sticks the landing on Friday

Minnesota State Fair weather sticks the landing on Friday

Shorts, sunscreen, sunglasses. That’s the plan for Friday's weather at the Great Minnesota Get-Together. There’ll be a little less humidity but still hot, easily 90 degrees by the afternoon. On Saturday, fairgoers may see some rain.
by Ben Cathey

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