5:43 PM Sunday, June 25, 2023
The week ahead will hold a few more chances for rain, but rainfall should be a bit more scattered in the days ahead compared to what we saw the last few days, so there’s no guarantee that everyone in the Northland will be seeing rain the next few days.
Will continue to see scattered showers in the Northland tonight on the backside of an area of low pressure which will continue to move farther away from the area as it tracks ESE out of central/southern Wisconsin. Isolated showers are also possible on Monday with a somewhat greater chance for scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms for Tuesday and Wednesday.
0.61″ of rain at the Duluth Airport on June 24, 2023, this is the greatest calendar day precipitation total since April 20 when the Duluth Airport recorded 0.79″ of precipitation, and also 3.2″ of snow.
Rainfall totals for June 2023 are still running about 1 to 2 inches below normal to date in much of the Northland.
Rainfall Anomalies for June 2023 (thru 5 PM on the 25th)
Ashland, WI: -2.80″ below normal
Duluth, MN: -2.64″ below normal
Hibbing, MN: -2.39″ below normal
Brainerd, MN: -1.44″ below normal
International Falls, MN: -0.99″ below normal
A widespread rain event in the Northland the last few days, and of course there was quite a bit of variation in rainfall totals which is pretty typical when dealing with summer rainfall patterns.
There were a few pockets of 2 to 3 inch plus rainfall totals across the Northland over the last few days, but on average we saw anywhere from around one-half inch to an inch of rain in the area since Friday.
Rainfall Reports through early Sunday afternoon, June 25, 2023
Source: National Weather Service Duluth, Minnesota; MesoWest
4 SSE Webster, WI: 3.00″
2 NNE Brainerd, MN: 2.25″
3 N Sawyer, MN: 2.23″
Siren, WI: 2.12″
3 SSE Ironton, MN: 2.01″
4.9 NE Tofte, MN: 1.76″
1.3 S Nisswa, MN: 1.64″
3.6 WNW Two Harbors, MN: 1.55″
Schroeder, MN: 1.50″
4.1 SSE Hurley, WI: 1.49″
2 SW Two Harbors, MN: 1.48″
Grand Marais, MN: 1.47″
Brainerd, MN: 1.44″
Webb Lake, WI: 1.42″
13.1 NW Spooner, WI: 1.37″
0.6 SSW Grantsburg, WI: 1.32″
2 N Pillager, MN: 1.25″
Wolf Ridge, MN: 1.13″
0.7 N Aitkin, MN: 0.98″
Isabella, MN: 0.93″
1.8 ENE Pine City, MN: 0.90″
Longville, MN: 0.87″
Hurley, WI: 0.85″
Bay of Grand Marais, MN: 0.83″
Glidden, WI: 0.77″
8.3 NW Tower, MN: 0.74″
Isabella, MN: 0.74″
Duluth Sky Harbor Airport: 0.74″
Walker, MN: 0.73″
Orr, MN: 0.72″
4.3 NE Duluth, MN: 0.68″
Cass Lake, MN: 0.68″
10 NE Deer River, MN: 0.65″
2 W Drummond, WI: 0.64″
Cable, WI: 0.63″
9 N Bayfield, WI: 0.62″
Spooner, WI: 0.62″
Lutsen, MN: 0.62″
Two Harbors, MN: 0.62″
Walker, MN: 0.57″
Silver Bay, MN: 0.54″
0.6 NW International Falls, MN: 0.53″
Littlefork, MN: 0.53″
8.1 W Solon Springs, WI: 0.52″
Hayward, WI: 0.52″
Winton, MN: 0.47″
Solon Springs, WI: 0.45″
Superior Airport: 0.44″
Moose Lake, MN: 0.44″
Minong, WI: 0.43″
Ely, MN: 0.39″
Winter, WI: 0.37″
Grand Rapids, MN: 0.35″
Brimson, MN: 0.34″
4 W Clam Lake, WI: 0.34″
Pine River, MN: 0.34″
Northome, MN: 0.34″
Deer River, MN: 0.33″
International Falls, MN: 0.31″
Hayward, WI: 0.31″
Embarrass, MN: 0.27″
Hill City, MN: 0.25″
McGregor, MN: 0.24″
Floodwood, MN: 0.23″
Bigfork, MN: 0.22″
Poplar, WI: 0.20″
Ashland, WI: 0.18″
French River, MN: 0.17″
Duluth Airport: 0.13″
Butternut, WI: 0.12″
18z NAM 3km model radar forecast through 7 PM Monday.
Note — The bulk of this rain falls tonight with only isolated showers expected for Monday.
A small area of severe thunderstorms developed Saturday afternoon-evening over parts of northwest Minnesota with over a dozen tornadoes reported.
Low pressure at the surface and aloft was over the central/southern portions of the Badger state (aka Wisconsin) late this afternoon. This system will continue to move off to the south/east through Monday.
Here’s a look at today’s system via Goes-16 water vapor imagery. (Loop time ends 4:56 PM CT, Sunday, June 25, 2023)
A pretty impressive looking system for this time of year.
Visible satellite loop from Sunday, June 25, 2023 (loop time ends 4:56 PM CT)
Tim
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