April 29, 2016 Weather Report – Gusty east wind returns on Saturday; 60s in Duluth on Monday-Tuesday, 70 later next week?
/Issued 5:13 PM CDT, Friday, April 29, 2016/ Another major spring storm hitting the Rockies and southern Plains tonight with snow on one side of the storm and a heavy rain and severe weather threat on the other side. This storm won’t be hitting the Northland. Source, NWS hazards map. Tonight’s low temperature forecast. Source, […]
Read MoreApril 28, 2016 Weather Report – Dry through the weekend
/Issued 7:50 PM CDT, Thursday, April 28, 2016/ 24-hour snowfall map ending the morning of April 28, 2016. Source, Midwest Regional Climate. A swath of 4-8″+ of snow in portions of eastern Montana and the western Dakotas. Tonight’s low temperature forecast. Source, National Weather Service Duluth, Minnesota. Friday’s high temperature forecast. Source, National Weather Service […]
Read MoreApril 27, 2016 Weather Report – Looking back at the deadly tornado outbreaks of April 2011 and April 1974; "Researchers discover ‘tsunamis’ on Great Lakes". Gusty east winds continue near Lake Superior; Snow tonight in parts of South Dakota
/Issued 5:33 PM CDT, Wednesday, April 27, 2016/ Looking back at the deadly tornado outbreak 5 years ago from April 26-28, 2011. Source, NOAA. Comparing the Super Outbreaks of April 1974 and April 2011 – Source, ustornadoes.com Full story from ustornadoes.com at the following link – http://www.ustornadoes.com/2013/04/26/discussing-the-super-outbreaks-of-1974-and-2011-was-one-more-super-than-the-other/ A wicked spring storm whipped up monster size waves […]
Read MoreApril 26, 2016 Weather Report – Gusty east wind continues near Lake Superior for the next few days
/Issued 7:00 PM CDT, Tuesday, April, 26, 2016/ Closing in on 300 warnings so far today (April 26) The bulk of them have been severe thunderstorm warnings (Blue polygons) Only 11 tornado warnings (Red polygons) so far with just one preliminary tornado report in southern Kansas this afternoon. Source, http://www.nws.noaa.gov/regsci/gis/index.html Clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms […]
Read MoreApril 25, 2016 Weather Report – Severe weather outbreak possible on Tuesday across the Central Plains. 2 tornadoes in far southern Minnesota Sunday evening. 1-3" of rain in parts of the Northland since Saturday evening
/Issued 6:11 PM CDT, Monday, April 25, 2016/ Could be a big day on Tuesday for severe weather and tornadoes from southern Nebraska to central Kansas to central Oklahoma — Here’s one model’s take on how things could ‘play out’ Tuesday afternoon/evening. Source, 12z WRF-NMMB model from Pivotalweather.com Supercell (rotating thunderstorms) late Tuesday afternoon extending […]
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