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Spotty showers Friday, dry Canadian breeze next week

Well that was nice while it lasted.

Thursday's glorious weather is a preview of coming attractions as we move deeper into September. In the meantime, one more low pressure wave zips east through Minnesota Friday, with a few more scattered showers in tow.

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This looks like the last significant low pressure wave for a while. High pressure builds in this weekend for what is looking like an excellent early meteorological fall weekend.

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NOAA

After our spotty shower chances tonight and Friday, the quick look forecast features plenty of sun the next few days.

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Twin Cities NWS

Long range forecast: Looks like September

The upper air flow over the northern tier of the U.S. favors a more west to northwest flow over the next two weeks. The result? Lots of days in the 70s, and even a few days with highs in the brisk 60s next week. Here's the upper air chart for September 22, and it looks a lot like fall.

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NOAA

The good news for drying out is, northwest flow is usually dry. Right now I see little rainfall between Saturday and next Friday.

Stay tuned.