TODAY:  SUNNY AND VERY WARM.  A LITTLE MORE WIND AND A LITTLE MORE HUMIDITY AND A LITTLE MORE HEAT.   WITH AFTERNOON, EVENING AND NIGHT TIME THUNDERSTORMS.  SOME STRONG TO SEVERE.   HIGH: UPPER 80S.  WIND: SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH.

TONIGHT:  SOME RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS EXIT ACROSS MINNESOTA.  LOW: NEAR 65.  WIND: SOUTHEAST TO NORTHEAST 5 TO 20 MPH

FRIDAY:  SUNNY AND HOT.  HIGH: NEAR 90.  WIND: NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH

SATURDAY:  ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE EARLY AND AGAIN AT NIGHT.  OTHERWISE SUNNY AND HOT.  HIGH: LOW 90S.

SUNDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEK:  SUNNY AND HOT DAYS, CLEAR AND VERY WARM NIGHTS.  HIGHS: MID 90S.  LOWS: 70 TO 75.  CHANCE OF A FEW NIGHT TIME THUNDERSTORMS EVERY NOW AND THEN.

LONG RANGE:  ABOVE TO MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS, BELOW TO MUCH BELOW NORMAL PRECIP FOR THE LAST HALF OF JULY.