Tag: gales
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Northland Weather: High Winds and Rainfall Totals for May 20, 2025
5:26 PM Tuesday, May 20, 2025 -Strong northeast winds will persist tonight and Wednesday near Lake Superior, including Duluth, with gusts of 25 to 45 mph, reaching up to 55 mph this evening. -Winds in Duluth have been blowing at 50 to 60 mph today, causing power outages in some…
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Northland Weather Update: Dry Air and Strong Winds
5:28 PM Monday, May 19, 2025 Strong high pressure around 1035mb over Hudson Bay, Canada, will continue pushing dry air south into the Northland, while a low-pressure system averaging 995mb moves east from the central Plains through Wednesday. A tight pressure gradient between the high to the north and low…
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Windy and cooler conditions on Monday, with some precipitation expected tonight and into Monday.
7:41 PM Sunday, April 13, 2025 There’s been a trend in the computer models throughout the day for less precipitation in parts of the Northland with this system tonight and Monday. Far northern Minnesota and the Arrowhead continue to have the highest chance for more significant amounts of precipitation, which…
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Scattered showers are expected at times through Sunday evening, followed by windy and colder conditions with snow or a rain/snow mix on Monday.
6:50 PM Saturday, April 12, 2025 A cold front moving into western Minnesota this evening will move slowly east, crossing the Northland on Sunday, while an area of low pressure initially over the central Plains Sunday morning lifts northeast, moving over western-central portions of Lake Superior by Monday morning. This…
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Windy near Lake Superior; Rain and a wintry mix including some freezing rain Friday-early Saturday
5:55 PM Thursday, March 27, 2025 The level of disagreement observed in the computer models is approaching an all-time high as we head into the weekend. I will refrain from discussing the weekend system due to the lack of consensus among the computer models. However, I must note that the…
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Busy times ahead with 3 different storms potentially impacting the Northland through next week
6:30 PM Wednesday, March 26, 2025 The pattern has been active throughout the month, but these systems have not taken a favorable track to bring significant precipitation to Duluth. Will that change over the next week or so? Time will tell, but sometimes once a pattern becomes established, it is…
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Gusty NE winds expected near Lake Superior Friday-early Sunday; Potential for some Rain and Freezing Rain (Maybe some Thunder) Friday to early Saturday
6:40 PM Tuesday, March 25, 2025 There remains a possibility of freezing rain in parts of the Northland, particularly from Friday afternoon to early Saturday morning. Temperatures aloft will be well above freezing (0°C) on Friday, while colder air moves in near the surface on strong northeasterly winds. This setup…