Expires:201305202000;Remove:201305202000;436175
FPUS73 KMPX 201759
NOWMPX
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1259 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

MNZ045-052-053-060>063-068>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-202000-
ANOKA-BLUE EARTH-CARVER-CHISAGO-DAKOTA-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-GOODHUE-
HENNEPIN-ISANTI-KANABEC-LE SUEUR-NICOLLET-RAMSEY-RICE-SCOTT-STEELE-
WASECA-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBERT LEA...CAMBRIDGE...MANKATO...
MINNEAPOLIS...OWATONNA...RED WING...ST PAUL...ST PETER...STILLWATER
1259 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013
.NOW...
SHOWERS ARE FALLING ACROSS THE TWIN CITY METRO AREA THIS AFTERNOON.
THE SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO KEEP DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN MINNESOTA
AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON...WITH ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
FURTHER NORTH...A BROAD STEADY RAIN AREA WITH NUMEROUS EMBEDDED HEAVY
SHOWERS IS LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN DAKOTAS AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER
OF MINNESOTA.
AWAY FROM THIS STEADY RAIN SHIELD THERE ARE MULTIPLE BANDS OF LIGHT
RAIN SHOWERS FEATHERING OUT ACROSS THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF MINNESOTA
AND PARTS OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.
THE RAIN IS MOVING TO THE NORTH AND WEST OUT OF MINNESOTA INTO THE
DAKOTAS.
LIGHTER WIDE SPREAD TENTH INCH AMOUNTS WITH ISOLATED QUARTER TOTALS
ARE EXPECTED OVER EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH
300 PM.
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