A red flag warning is in effect for critical fire weather until 5 PM today in parts of northeast and east central Minnesota. Strong west winds with gusts up to 30 mph, combined with low relative humidity levels of 20 to 25 percent, will create dangerous fire weather conditions this afternoon. Any fires that start could spread quickly and be hard to control.
Relative humidity values as of early Monday afternoon.
Fire danger is rated as high (yellow shaded area on the map) today in parts of northeast and east-central Minnesota, meaning fires can start easily and spread rapidly.
Duluth has only received 3.10 inches of precipitation this fall (since September 1st) which is -3.44 inches below normal as of November 2nd.
Since January 1st, Duluth has experienced a precipitation anomaly of -9.52 inches, falling significantly below normal levels.
Over the past 60 days, the percent of normal precipitation indicates well below normal levels in the dark red areas on the map and below normal levels in the orange areas. Meanwhile, the green, blue, and purple areas show above normal precipitation, though such occurrences have been limited since early September.
Looking at the precipitation events in Duluth this fall, many have been quite minimal, particularly those in October. The last time Duluth recorded at least a quarter inch of precipitation in a single day was back on September 21st, which was about six weeks ago.
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