MPR News PM Update

July 15, 2022

We’ll have summery warmth this weekend and dew points will be in the sticky range.

Tonight it’ll be partly cloudy with lows in the 60s. Saturday is partly sunny with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms with highs reaching into the 80s. Saturday night it’s partly cloudy with lows dipping into the 60s, except in the mid-50s northeast.

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