TODAY:  SUNNY EAST, INCREASING CLOUDS WEST.  HIGH: NEAR 80 TO 84.  MOSTLY LIGHT NORTHWEST BREEZE.   SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG HIGHWAY 281 LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

TONIGHT:  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY.  LOW: NEAR 60.  NORTH WIND 5 TO 10, HIGHER NEAR THE THUNDERSTORMS.

4TH OF JULY:  MOSTLY CLOUDY AND BREEZY.  PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING, THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING, ALTHOUGH CLEARING ALONG HIGHWAY 281 BY THE EVENING.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOSTLY IN MINNESOTA BY TOMORROW EVENING.

WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY: COOL AND DRY UNDER A MOSTLY SUNNY SKY.  HIGH WEDNESDAY ONLY ABOUT 70, THURSDAY MORNING LOW IN THE UPPER 40S.  THEN HIGHS NEAR 80 AND LOWS IN THE 50S.

THE WEEKEND:  A FEW SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.  MOSTLY TO PARTLY SUNNY.  HIGHS: LOW 80S.  LOWS: 50S.

THE WET THREAT LINGERS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.