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Unsettled weather again Tuesday. Drier, more stable air moves in Wednesday

Heat, muggy air return by the weekend

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Forecast surface weather conditions Tuesday show a cool front moving across Minnesota.
National Weather Service

A cool front moving across the state will touch off more spotty storms Tuesday but bring a drop in dew points for Wednesday. That will set us up for drier and brighter weather.

More spotty storms Tuesday, then drier and brighter 

Tuesday will be warm still in southern Minnesota with highs near 80 and muggy dew points. A cool front will already be dividing the state with highs just in the upper 60s to around 70 in northeastern Minnesota.

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Forecast highs Tuesday
National Weather Service

That cool front will be the focus for more spotty showers and thunderstorms Tuesday, especially for the southern half of the state.

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Forecast precipitation 6 a.m. through 10 p.m. Tuesday
College of DuPage weather lab

Behind the front, dew points will drop giving way to several days of dry weather and sunshine Wednesday into Saturday. Dew points will creep back up Friday into the weekend.

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Forecast dew points 7 a.m. Tuesday through 7 p.m. Friday
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, via Pivotal Weather

High pressure also settles in Wednesday through Friday making for sunshine and dry weather.

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Forecast surface weather conditions Wednesday shows high pressure moving in
National Weather Service

Some heat will be moving in for our last weekend of July with a shot at reaching 90 degrees one or both days of the weekend. 

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Global Deterministic Prediction System model forecast high temperatures Saturday
Environment Canada, via Pivotal Weather

We could be in for a prolonged stretch of steamy weather. Most models agree on keeping temperatures in the upper 80s, perhaps close to the 90 degree mark at times into next week as we begin August.

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Extended range high and low temps for the Twin Cities area
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, via WeatherBELL Analytics