<html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font size="3">Looks like the southern MN, northern IA gang will be dodging rain for periods this weekend. Its just Wednesday but here is a cut and paste of the NWS long range weather forecast discussion for the pending weekend.</font></div><div><font size="3"><i style=""><br></i></font></div></div></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div><font size="3"><i style="">The active pattern continues as multiple shortwaves traverse the </i><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;">region with no shortage of moisture. Pwats approach the 2" mark </i><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;">Friday through the weekend as a stalled frontal boundary sets the </i><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;">stage for multiple rounds of thunderstorms with heavy rain. The </i><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;">exact location of where the heaviest rain may set up is still </i><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;">unknown and will likely be hard to pin down until 24-36 hours out. </i><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;">Overall, QPF totals look to be highest across south central </i><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;">Minnesota and western Wisconsin, particularly for the second </i><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;">half of the weekend into early next week. Two/three day QPF </i><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;">totals may approach 3"+, with locally higher amounts.</i></font></div></div></div></blockquote><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><font size="3"><br></font></i></div><div><span style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><font size="3" style="background-color: inherit;"><br></font></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><font size="3" style="background-color: inherit;">73, Jon</font></span></div><br></div></div></body></html>