6:40 PM Thursday, January 25, 2024
Areas of fog will linger in the Northland tonight and Friday and some of the fog could be dense with visibilities of a half mile or less. Patchy drizzle is also possible tonight and Friday, and some of that drizzle could be in the form of freezing drizzle late tonight into early Friday morning.
More areas of fog are possible Friday night into Saturday.
Today’s highs and departures from normal for January 25th.
Ashland: 40 (+18 degrees above normal)
Brainerd: 36 (+14 degrees above normal)
Duluth: 34 (+14 degrees above normal)
International Falls: 33 (+17 degrees above normal)
Hibbing: 32 (+15 degrees above normal)
Note: Low temperature anomalies from this morning were running about +30 to +35 degrees above normal in the Northland.
Here’s the HRRR model visibility forecast through 6 PM Friday.
Darker colored areas represent visibility <1 mile.
Red=Freezing Fog (visibility 1/2 mile or less)
Gray=Fog (visibility 1/2 mile or less)
It’s been a warm winter in the Northland with average temperatures running some +7 to +10 degrees above normal in the Northland from December 1st through January 24th — See below.
Superior, WI: 25.5 degrees, +7.9 degrees above normal
Brainerd, MN: 22.3 degrees, +8.2 degrees above normal
Duluth, MN: 22.3 degrees, +7.8 degrees above normal
Cass Lake, MN: 19.7 degrees, +8.5 degrees above normal
International Falls, MN: 19.2 degrees, +10.5 degrees above normal
Hibbing, MN: 19.1 degrees, +9.5 degrees above normal
Winter 2023-2024 Average Temperature Ranks by State (through January 24th)
- Minnesota 3rd warmest so far
- Wisconsin 3rd warmest so far
- Michigan 4th warmest so far
79% of days this winter have been warmer than average in Duluth compared to just 18% of days which have been colder than average.
A widespread area of rain is lifting northeast across parts of the Midwest late this afternoon. This system will miss the Northland to the southeast tonight.
Regional radar loop ending 4:55 PM Thursday.
Thanks for reading!
Tim
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