6:00 PM Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Cooler temperatures will settle into the Northland on Wednesday thanks to more clouds than sun along with some rain at times, but warmer temperatures return starting on Thursday, and these warmer temperatures should persist well into next week with a chance for highs of 80 or warmer on a few days this weekend into early next week.
Scattered showers and some thunderstorms have been rumbling east across portions of northern Minnesota today and some of these storms have been producing torrential rainfall.
Radar image from late this afternoon.
Rainfall rates with some of the storms in northern Minnesota this afternoon have ranged from 0.50″ to over 2″ an hour per radar estimates.
Scattered showers and a few thunderstorms will continue in northern Minnesota especially this evening, and then will see some more rain with an occasional thunderstorm mixed in during the day Wednesday.
18z NAM 3km model radar forecast through Midnight Thursday.
Rainfall totals of at least a quarter to half inch are looking likely in northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin through Thursday with locally higher rainfall amounts of 1-2″ in spots.
Note — Most of this rain in the Duluth area comes on Wednesday, but isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible again on Thursday.
Two pieces of energy one to the northwest in Canada and the other over the western U.S. will be moving to the east/southeast over the next few days. The energy coming out of Canada will affect the Northland the most, while the energy over the western U.S. doesn’t really affect our area at all.
Goes-16 water vapor loop from Tuesday, June 27, 2023 (loop time ends 4:50 PM CT)
Warmer to the west/north, cooler to the south/east has been the trend this month.
Temperature anomalies for June 2023 (thru the 26th)
Brainerd, MN: 69.3 degrees, +4.6 degrees above average
International Falls, MN: 66.4 degrees, +6.0 degrees above average
Duluth, MN: 62.6 degrees, +2.1 degrees above average
Hibbing, MN: 62.4 degrees, +3.9 degrees above average
Ashland, WI: 60.3 degrees, -0.2 degrees below average
Note — June 2023 (thru the 26th) ranks as the 6th warmest June on record at Brainerd, and 4th warmest on record at International Falls.
Note — 8 days so far this month with a high of at least 80 in Duluth. Average number of days with a high of at least 80 in June is 5 days.
Tim