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Meteor shower this week


Weather Column: We enjoyed a beautiful day on Sunday and Monday to kick off the week! Temperatures were in the 70s and 80s with lots of sunshine and low humidity. The winds were also very light making for a great day to be out on area lakes.

We will see a change coming our way by mainly Tuesday into Wednesday as our next weather maker arrives that could bring showers and thunderstorms to the state of Minnesota. A few of these could linger mainly into early Thursday to our east.

Temperatures will cool down a bit on the backside of the system by Friday and Saturday before we warm up again by Sunday and Monday. We should return to the low- to mid-80s by late in the weekend into early next week.

By the way, if you love sky watching you are in for a treat this week. If conditions are right, you should be able to see the ?ÄúSouthern Delta Aquarid meteor shower?Äù as it reaches its peak overnight. The meteors will appear to ?Äúradiate from the constellation Aquarius.?Äù Enjoy the show!

Weather history: On this date in 1915, records show that ?Äúfrost hits northeastern Minnesota.?Äù

Weather fact: Frost is a ?Äúdeposit of small white ice crystals formed on the ground or other surfaces when the temperature falls below freezing.?Äù

MN AT A GLANCE:

Moorhead Low 64 High 81

Duluth Low 61 High 78

Central Minn. Low 65 High 80

Minneapolis Low 69 High 84

Rochester Low 67 High 82

Marshall Low 67 High 84

Wednesday: Partly to mostly cloudy, 50-percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. High 80 Low 61 Wind: ENE 10-15 mph Prec. .10?Äù-.50?Äù

Monday?Äôs sunrise: 5:59 a.m.

Monday?Äôs sunset: 8:56 p.m.

Normal High: 80

Normal Low: 59

Showers and thunderstorms chances will be with us for Wednesday before drier weather will return by Thursday. We could still see some isolated showers and thunderstorms for Thursday, but high pressure will start to build across the region. Temperatures will cool off for Thursday and Friday on the backside of the system and fall into the mid to upper 70s across much of the area. Temperatures will climb back into the 80s over the weekend.

 Thursday: Partly cloudy, 20-percent chance of showers/T-storms. High 79 Low 60 Winds: ENE 5-10 mph Prec. Trace-.20?Äù

Friday: Partly cloudy, 20-percent
chance of showers and thunderstorm. High 77 Low 60 Winds: ENE 5-10 mph Prec. Trace-.20?Äù

Saturday: Partly cloudy, 20-percent chance of showers/T-storms. High 79 Low 61 Winds: SE 5-10 mph Prec. Trace-.20?Äù

Sunday: Mostly sunny. High 83 Low 64 Winds: S 10-15 mph Prec. None

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