TODAY:  SUNNY AND HOT WITH A HEAT INDEX INTO THE MID 90S,  AIR TEMP ABOUT 90.  WIND: VARIABLE AND MOSTLY UNDER 10 MPH, EXCEPT NEAR THUNDERSTORMS … WHICH WILL BE PRIMARILY ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  THEN SOME STRONG/SEVERE STORMS LIKELY ANYWHERE.

TONIGHT:  RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS.  SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE, SHOULD END BY ABOUT MIDNIGHT.   LOW: MID 60S.  SOUTHEAST WIND, 5 TO 15 MPH

WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY:  SUNNY AND HOT.  MUGGY TOMORROW, LESS HUMID THURSDAY.  HIGH: 85 TO 90.  WIND: BECOMING WEST TOMORROW AND NORTHERLY ON THURSDAY.

THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY:  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY.  HIGHS 75 TO 80.  RAIN THAT IS HEAVY MOST LIKELY FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT.