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Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News
Ron Trenda

Sunny and pleasant; a warmup Thursday and Friday

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No need for air conditioning today!

If you like sunshine and highs in the 70s, you'll enjoy today and tomorrow. A high-pressure system will linger over the upper Midwest through Wednesday:

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We'll have a chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms late Wednesday night and Thursday morning, as a low pressure system approaches.

Highs will be in the 60s over much of Minnesota today, with some lower 70s in the south.

Cold northeast tonight

International Falls, Minn., saw a low temp this morning of 33 degrees. That was only 2 degrees from their record low of 31 for this date!

Light winds will bring another night of chilly readings to much of northern Minnesota. The National Weather Service has issued a frost advisory for 1 a.m. to 7 a.m. Wednesday for most of St. Louis, Lake and Cook counties:

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NWS Duluth

Warming trend

Highs tomorrow will be a notch higher than today in most areas:

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Mid to upper 70s will be common, with some lower 80s in the southwest. Some spots in northeastern Minnesota will top out in the upper 60s.

On Thursday, the 80s spread into central and northwestern Minnesota, with some lower 90s in the southwest:

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You'll notice an increase in humidity as well.

Friday will be humid, and even warmer:

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We could see 90s Friday in southern, central and northwestern Minnesota. High dew points could bring us some heat index values near 100 degrees over parts of southern and central Minnesota, including the Twin Cities.

Saturday highs will be similar to the Friday readings, followed by somewhat cooler highs on Sunday.

Tropical storm Colin

Tropical storm Colin crossed Florida overnight, and was centered 45 miles south of Wilmington, North Carolina at 7 a.m. this morning. It had maximum sustained winds of 50 miles per hour, and was moving northeastward:

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NOAA/National Hurricane Center

Tropical storm warnings are in effect today for much of the North Carolina coast.

Colin will move away from the U.S. coast tonight.

Tropical storm and hurricane updates from the National Hurricane Center can be found here .