TODAY:  MOSTLY SUNNY EAST OF HIGHWAY 281, GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF THE DAKOTAS.  BUT MINIMAL AMOUNTS.   HIGHS: ONLY IN THE UPPER 70S TO ABOUT 80.   LIGHT SOUTHEAST BREEZE.

TONIGHT:  SCATTERED SHOWERS AND AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM.  LOW IN THE LOW 50S.  WIND: LIGHT AND VARIABLE

SATURDAY:  SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON, MOSTLY WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA, BUT A FEW ANYWHERE.  HIGH: UPPER 70S TO NEAR 80.  WIND: EAST TO SOUTHEAST, LIGHT.

SUNDAY:  PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY.  HIGH: NEAR 80.  LIGHT BREEZE.  A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS AND A THUNDERSTORM.

MONDAY & TUESDAY:  SUNNY, HOT AND WINDY.  HIGHS: NEAR OR IN THE LOW 90S.  WIND: SOUTH/SOUTHEAST 10 TO 25, GUSTING TO 30+.

WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY:   SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY, SOME STRONG TO SEVERE.