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NOAA: 97 percent chance 2015 warmest year globally
And the global hot weather hits just keep on comin'. NOAA announces this summer was the hottest on record globally. The latest data makes it a virtual slam dunk that 2015 will indeed go down as the hottest year on record, again.
Tropical downpours, severe risk
Keep an eye out as storms begin to re-fire this afternoon. Any severe threat shifts east by Friday as cooler air sweeps in. A few showers may linger into early Saturday, but the weekend trend looks brighter and sunnier.
Spectacular weekend, aurora alert
A cool lazy fair weather Canadian high pressure system drifts over Minnesota this weekend. Southerly breezes on the back side of the high trigger a warming trend Sunday.