Category: precip data
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🌤️🌦️Frost Advisory Tuesday Morning; Light Thursday Showers for Parts of the Northland
A Frost Advisory will be in effect early Tuesday morning for much of northeast Minnesota, excluding the North Shore, and for all of northwest Wisconsin. Forecasted temperatures reaching 34 degrees or lower are expected to produce frost, with the most significant risk occurring in areas inland from Lake Superior. No…
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🌬️⛈️Cold Front Exits Tonight, Breezy Wednesday; Next Systems Arrive Friday and Early Next Week
A cold front is moving east across Minnesota this afternoon and is expected to clear the Northland by late tonight. Behind the front, a much drier airmass will return on Wednesday, with dew points dropping from the 60s and low 70s today to the 40s and 50s. Some instability has…
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🌧️Rain Stays West Through Monday; Twin Ports Rain Arrives Monday Night
As expected, all off the weekend’s rain stayed west of the Twin Ports, and this pattern should continue through much of Monday. However, the chances for rain will increase Monday night into early Tuesday morning, with a few additional showers possible Tuesday afternoon. The bulk of the rainfall from this…
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🌧️Stalled Front to Bring Several Rounds of Rain into early next week; A Look at Duluth’s September Averages
A nearly stationary frontal boundary extending from the western High Plains to eastern Upper Michigan will serve as the focus for several rounds of showers and thunderstorms over the next few days. Tonight, most of the rain should remain south of the Northland; however, as the boundary gradually shifts north…
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🌧️ Twin Ports Rainfall Ranged from 0.4″ to Over 1″ Overnight
There was a notable rainfall gradient across the Twin Ports last night, with several rounds of showers and thunderstorms producing brief, intense downpours in parts of Duluth. Rainfall varied across the region, with totals ranging from about 0.4 inches to over an inch at the Duluth Airport and Hermantown. Other…
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Northland Drought Deepens: Severe to Extreme Conditions and a 16.43″ Deficit in Duluth
The main focus moving forward is the persistent drought affecting much of the Northland, particularly northwest Wisconsin, east-central Minnesota, and the Twin Ports region extending west to the Brainerd Lakes. All of northeast Minnesota and much of northwest Wisconsin is experiencing severe drought, classified as level 2, while some areas…
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🌧️ Heavy Downpours Hit NE Minnesota Monday; Chisholm Tops the Region With 1.99″
On Monday, scattered showers and thunderstorms moved east-southeast across the region, bringing heavy downpours to parts of northeast Minnesota. Areas north of Duluth received half an inch or more of rain, while a separate corridor of heavier rain developed from west-central to central Minnesota. It was a close call for…