Month: April 2018

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Dangerous fire weather conditions continue early this evening in parts of the Northland. Scattered showers and isolated t-storms Monday morning (Highs 60s and 70s, cooler near Lake Superior) Below average temps for next weekend May 5-6

/Issued 4:12 PM CDT, Sunday, April 29, 2018/ Source:  http://www.spc.noaa.gov 12z NSSL model An increasingly humid airmass with 850mb dew points of +5 to +10C well to our southwest this evening will start to push northeast later tonight thanks to a strong southwesterly low level jet which will help advect deeper moisture northeast into the Northland […]

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Fire Weather Watch in effect Sunday afternoon/evening; Breezy south winds, highs in the 60s Sunday (Cooler North Shore) Lots of sun! Scattered showers/t-storms late Sunday night-Mon AM

/Issued 6:43 PM CDT, Saturday, April 28, 2018/ Source:  http://www.spc.noaa.gov Fire Weather Outlook for Sunday — Elevated Risk covers western-southern portions of the Northland. Source:  https://www.weather.gov/dlh/ …Critical Fire Weather Conditions are possible Sunday afternoon… Fire Weather Watch in effect for Sunday afternoon through Sunday evening for north central and east central Minnesota, parts of northeast Minnesota and […]

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Winter strikes back (for one day) Coating to nearly 5 inches of snow today in parts of northeast Minnesota. Sun returns Saturday, highs 40s and 50s. Thunder potential late Sunday night!

/Issued 5:49 PM CDT, Friday, April 27, 2018/ Source:  http://weather.cod.edu Source:  http://weather.cod.edu Goes-16 visible satellite loop from Friday, April 27, 2018.  Quite an impressive system dropping south/southeast through the western Great Lakes today. Source:  https://lab.weathermodels.com Chilly April continues over a large portion of the U.S., despite the recent warmer temperatures.  Still seeing widespread temperature departures of 5 to […]

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Some clouds, breezy, few showers Thursday. Snow/Rain Friday (Much cooler) Coating of snow possible especially N/NE of Duluth. Warming up, turning more humid Sun-Tue (T-Storms?)

/Issued 7:18 PM CDT, Wednesday, April 25, 2018/ Here’s my snowfall accumulation map for early Friday morning.  •Best chance for some snow is north/east of Duluth the way it looks now. •Rain and Snow will begin late Thursday night, continuing through Friday morning before ending sometime Friday afternoon. •If there is any snow accumulation it […]

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10-15 degrees cooler Tuesday compared to Monday’s warmth, but still near average temps for late April (50s) Keeping an eye on early next week for our 1st potential T-Storm outbreak for our area

/Issued 6:25 PM CDT, Monday, April 23, 2018/ Source:  http://weather.cod.edu Source:  http://weather.cod.edu Goes-16 water vapor satellite loop from April 23, 2018 — Two well defined upper lows spinning away today, one covering the southeast U.S. toward the Ohio Valley, the other over the northern Rockies. Source:  http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov Notes   •High temperature of 68 degrees at the Duluth Airport today, […]

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