TODAY:  SUNNY, HOT AND HUMID.  HIGH: NEAR OR INTO THE 90S, HEAT INDEX IN THE MID 90S.   WIND: SOUTH 10 TO 25 MPH. THEN A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVES EAST THROUGH THE AREA MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WEATHER.

TONIGHT: THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS MINNESOTA, ENDING IN THE DAKOTAS.  MOSTLY CLOUDY.  WIND TURNING WEST/NORTHWEST 10 TO 25, GUSTING OVER 30.  LOW: 58.

SATURDAY:  CLOUDY MORNING, THEN SUNNY, COOL AND WINDY.  HIGHS: 70S.  WIND: WEST/NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH, GUSTING TO 40 MPH.

SUNDAY:  SUNNY, BREEZY AND COOL.  LOWS: LOW 50S.  HIGHS: LOW TO MID 70S.

MONDAY AND TUESDAY:  SUNNY AND WARM.  HIGHS: 80S.  LOWS: 60S.

TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY:  CONTINUED WARM.  HIGHS: 80S TO 90.  CHANCE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY AND NIGHT.