Category: weather update
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Weekend Northland Weather: Storm Chances, Low Clouds and Fog
One of the big unknowns about the weather through Saturday is just how much rain we’ll see in the Northland. And today, the computer models still don’t align very well. As has been the trend for the past few days, the Euro forecast remains much drier, especially around Lake Superior…
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Northland Severe Storms Tonight: Large Hail, Damaging Wind Risk
This afternoon, a low-pressure system over central North Dakota has a warm front stretching east-southeast through central Minnesota into northern Wisconsin, while a cold front extends southwest from the low across the eastern Dakotas. South of the warm front, temperatures climbed into the upper 80s and low 90s today, while…
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Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Central & Northern Minnesota Today
This morning, a small but intense supercell and bow echo raced northeast from southern South Dakota into west-central Minnesota. As a result, a severe thunderstorm watch is in effect downstream of the storm until 4 PM today, covering northern and central Minnesota (highlighted in yellow on the map). The main…
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Plains Storm Line May Race Into the Northland Monday, Bringing an Isolated Wind and Hail Risk
New trends are starting to emerge in the model guidance from Sunday evening for Monday. There’s a chance a line of thunderstorms could form over western Nebraska or western South Dakota overnight, then race northeast, possibly impacting parts of north-central and northeast Minnesota from mid to late Monday morning into…
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12 PM Weather Update for 4/12/2026: There’s a low chance of isolated strong to severe thunderstorms developing late this afternoon into the early evening.
Early this afternoon finds an area of low pressure over eastern North Dakota near Fargo with a warm front draped southeast through central Minnesota into central Wisconsin. For the rest of the day, the low will drift east-northeast, pushing the warm front farther north, while a cold front sweeps southeast…
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Winter Storm Update – 5:00 PM, Thursday, April 2, 2026
One winter storm is ongoing in the Northland tonight, with another expected Friday night into Saturday. Note: As of 4 PM today, the National Weather Service in Duluth, Minnesota reported 2.1 inches of snow, with an additional 2 to 4 inches expected by late tonight, which falls within my forecasted…
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Winter Storm Update – 12:00 PM, Thursday, April 2, 2026
A low pressure system of about 999mb/29.50 inches is positioned over far southwest Iowa and will move northeast, passing near Green Bay, Wisconsin by tonight. To the northeast, there is a strong arctic high of 1038mb/30.65 inches located over Quebec, Canada, which is sending colder air into the Northland with…