Strong to severe storms are possible early Friday morning across central and eastern Minnesota with damaging wind risk.

A line of storms is pushing into the Red River Valley with a severe thunderstorm watch for northwestern Minnesota until 7 a.m. WCCO

A heat advisory is in effect Friday afternoon for the Twin Cities metro with heat indices near 100 degrees. Humidity will be oppressive with dewpoints in the mid-to-upper 70s.

Friday night into Saturday morning could bring another severe storm complex.

A late summer pattern takes over next week with seasonable temperatures and scattered storm chances.

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