Issued at 3:50 PM CDT, Saturday, September 29th, 2012 Weather Tidbits: *80s in portions of Minnesota Today. Here are some temperatures from 3 PM Today: Fosston 88F; Morris 84F; St. Cloud 84F; Fergus Falls 84F; Hallock 84F; Roseau 82F; Mankato 82F. *45 Counties in Minnesota are in severe or extreme drought as of September 25th. …
Month: September 2012
30s and 40s for daytime HIGHS in Minnesota late next week? Just how many severe weather reports were there in MN and WI this year, answers in the blog; And Fall colors are peaking pretty close to when they should be in NE Minnesota.
Issued at 3:04 PM CDT, Friday, September 28th, 2012 *My oh my what do we have here? Wow that looks awfully cold! 12z EUROPEAN model for next Friday, October 5th, 2012. Note the darker blues, even some purple colors over the Great Lakes, Upper Midwest, and Canada for next Friday, this may mean high temperatures…
77% of Minnesota and 61% of Wisconsin in drought this week details below; 70s and sunshine on Friday; Colder later next week?
Issued at 3:49 PM CDT, Thursday, September 27th, 2012 *Long Term Palmer Drought Severity Index as of September 22nd, 2012 shows that anywhere from 9-15″ of additional precipitation is needed to get back to average across the Northwest half of Minnesota. Northeast Minnesota and Northwest Wisconsin needs 3-6″ of additional precipitation to get back to…
Rain late NEXT week? Bone dry until then; A pleasant autumn weather pattern continues thru the weekend.
Issued at 3:30 PM CDT, Wednesday, September 26th, 2012 *Here’s a map showing the coldest low temperature from September 1-25, 2012. Note the pockets of warmer temperatures, 1 over the Twin Cities, the other along portions of the North Shore of Lake Superior in Northeast Minnesota. (Map from MPR Updraft blog) Weather Tidbits: *2nd driest…
Dry through the middle of next week; A pleasant fall weather pattern for the Northland.
Issued at 3:42 PM CDT, Tuesday, September 25th, 2012 *Record Event*Source: National Weather Service A record low temperature occurred at International Falls, Minnesota on Sunday, September 23rd, 2012. The low temperature was 21 degrees which broke the previous record low of 24 degrees set in 1995. Low temperature report for September 25th, 2012Source: National Weather…