October 30, 2015 Weather Report – Light rain develops this evening in parts of the Northland; Scattered shower (Isolated thunder?) potential for Halloween; European model from today cranks out a decent snow event in the Northland next Fri (Nov 6) Very low confidence of it actually occurring though
/Issued 3:56 PM CDT, Friday, October 30, 2015/ Upper Midwest radar loop ending at 3:30 PM CDT today. Source, WSI. Light rain is beginning to move into Southwest Minnesota late this afternoon – Expect this area of light rain to push northeast into East Central Minnesota and Northwest Wisconsin including the Twin Ports after 6-7 […]
Read MoreOctober 29, 2015 Weather Report – Light rain returns Friday evening; Snowfall report included in this post
/Issued 5:12 PM CDT, Thursday, October 29, 2015/ A decent trough (Lower heights/cooler temperatures) sets up over the Western U.S. next week while a ridge (Higher heights/warmer temperatures) develops east of the Rockies. The map below shows the 500mb heights for Wednesday, November 4, 2015. Source, 12z EUROPEAN ensemble model; TropicalTidbits.com Blue colors=Lower heights/cooler tempsOrange/red […]
Read MoreOctober 28, 2015 Weather Report – Active pattern into next week; Lingering snow/rain tonight; Seasonable temperatures on Thursday
/Issued 4:51 PM CDT, Wednesday, October 28, 2015/ Down to 986mb! The surface low late this afternoon continues to strengthen with the pressure down to 986mb, further deepening of the low occurs tonight with pressures bottoming out between 980-983mb by Thursday morning. Here’s the water vapor satellite image from 4:15 PM CDT today, October 28, […]
Read MoreOctober 28, 2015 Weather Update – Rain is changing to snow in parts of the Northland early this afternoon
/Issued 11:53 AM CDT, Wednesday, October 28, 2015/ Upper Midwest radar loop ending at 11:30 AM CDT this morning. Source, WSI. Blue=SnowGreen=Rain The rain-snow line has moved into far Western-Southwest portions of the Northland as of 12 PM today, pretty much as expected. Should see the rain-snow line advance farther to the south/east during the […]
Read MoreOctober 27, 2015 Weather Report – Rain develops tonight; Gloomy/raw Wednesday ahead
/Issued 5:48 PM CDT, Tuesday, October 27, 2015/ Upper Midwest radar loop ending at 5:30 PM CDT, October 27, 2015. Source, WSI. Water vapor satellite loop ending late this afternoon, October 27, 2015. Source, http://weather.cod.edu/forecast/ Here’s a still water vapor satellite image from late this afternoon showing the different pieces of energy which will come together […]
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