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Isolated late-day thunderstorms Monday; heating up this week

Highs could be in the 90s by the weekend

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Forecast for the Twin Cities area
National Weather Service

A couple of late day showers or at thunderstorm is possible Monday. We’ll be warmer Monday but temperatures will heat up more by the end of the week.

Warmer Monday; isolated late day thunderstorm

After a cooler weekend, Monday will be warmer in the low to mid-80s.

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Forecast highs Monday
National Weather Service

We’ll also have muggier dew points by the afternoon.

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Forecast dew points by 5 p.m. Monday
National Weather Service

The combination of higher dew points and an upper-level disturbance will create a couple of late day showers or a thunderstorm is possible, mainly in eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin.

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Forecast precipitation 6 a.m. Monday through 10 p.m.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, via Pivotal Weather

The chance will be relatively isolated with slightly higher chances northeast.

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Forecast chance of rainfall Monday
National Weather Service

Here comes the heat again

Tuesday will be a bit cooler with dew points dropping again. We’ll see highs mainly in the 70s with a few low 80s in southern Minnesota.

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Forecast highs Tuesday
National Weather Service

By later in the week things are heating up again. The familiar heat dome (upper-level high pressure ridge) is building back into the north central United States for the weekend into early next week.

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An upper-level high pressure ridge is forecast to bring heat.
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, via Pivotal Weather

By as early as Saturday we could see highs near 90 in southern Minnesota. Some models give us a string of 90-degree temperatures this weekend into early next week.

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Forecast highs Sunday
National Weather Service