Our brief warm-up arrives Wednesday with afternoon highs expected to reach into the lower 80s in the Duluth area. Highs reaching into the upper 80s to even the 90s are expected further south and southwest in other parts of the Midwest and the Plains regions.
Back here, though, we will also be looking out for scattered showers and storm chances as we head through the day. In the afternoon and evening, a few storms could be on the stronger side, bringing gusty winds and small hail as the main concerns. Southwest winds, helping fuel the warm-up, look sustained at 15-25 mph, with gusts a bit higher than that.
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Once storms clear out early Wednesday night, we turn partly to mostly cloudy and quieter as lows cool into the low 60s.
Thursday then looks quiet and mainly sunny, with relatively cooler temperatures in the mid-70s. We look closer to seasonable Friday, with highs only in the upper 60s, before rain chances return this weekend.