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Cool but dry Super Tuesday; 60s and rain next week?

Good news for caucus goers in Minnesota for Super Tuesday. It will be chilly, but dry as you head out Tuesday evening. Here's a look at temperatures at 7 p.m. Tuesday evening.

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Voters in the southern states will be dealing with some rain and thunder Tuesday.

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Here's a quick breakdown of the rest of the week for the Twin Cities. The next chance for any rain or snow arrives Friday.

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Weatherspark - NOAA GFS data

March rain next week?

All indications favor an unseasonable March rain event next week. An unusually warm low pressure system for March is showing up on the maps early next week. That likely means rain instead of snow with the rain-snow line pushed north to the Canadian border.

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The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts model again leads the way with an unseasonably warm air mass, and highs in the 50s and even 60s. That's 15 to 20 degrees warmer than average for early March.

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Weatherspark ECMWF data

So much for the annual Minnesota state high school tourney snow storm. It's now a rain storm.