AWUS83 KMPX 292150 RWSMN MNZ001>098-301045- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MINNESOTA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN, MN 445 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008 A WEAK COLD FRONT WAS SITUATED FROM THE IRON RANGE AREA OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IT IGNITED A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN FAR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA. THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE SAW SUNSHINE. AHEAD OF THE FRONT IN SOUTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES REACHED THE LOWER 80S. SEVENTIES WERE FOUND IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. TONIGHT THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN AS IT PUSHES INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. UNDER MAINLY CLEAR SKIES LOOK FOR TEMPERATURES BY DAYBREAK TO DIP INTO THE LOWER 40S NORTHEAST TO MID 50S SOUTHWEST. THE WEEKEND WILL BRING MOSTLY SUNNY DAYS AND MAINLY CLEAR NIGHTS ALONG WITH WARMING TEMPERATURES. HIGHS ON SATURDAY SHOULD REACH THE UPPER 70S IN THE ARROWHEAD TO THE UPPER 80S IN THE SOUTH AND WEST WHICH IS ABOUT 10 DEGREES WARMER THAN IS TYPICAL FOR LATE AUGUST. HIGHS SUNDAY WILL BE IN THE 80S STATEWIDE WITH A FEW 90 DEGREE READINGS POSSIBLE IN THE WEST AND SOUTH WITH GUSTY SOUTH WINDS. LOOK FOR ANOTHER WARM DAY ON LABOR DAY. THE APPROACH OF A COLD FRONT WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES. $$ BAP