Category: Wildfire Smoke
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Northland Heat Wave, BWCA Fire Growth and Smoke Risk This Week
Today’s blog will take a bit longer to read, about five minutes, as there’s plenty of weather to cover, including fires and heat across the Northland. As expected, the ridge over the upper Midwest has reached near-historic levels for this far north, with the RAP model indicating 500mb heights hitting…
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80s Thursday Before East Winds Bring a Cooler Weekend
On Thursday, temperatures are expected to climb back into the 80s across much of northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin. By Friday, a cooling trend will set in, especially near Lake Superior, and linger through the weekend as east winds return. This will keep temperatures in the 50s and 60s near…
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Strong Mid‑June Low Tracks Across the Upper Midwest on Wednesday
A strong low-pressure system, with readings near 987 to 990mb (29.15 to 29.23 inches), is set to move east-southeast from eastern South Dakota on Wednesday. Much like a wintertime clipper, it will bring impressive jet dynamics and strong lift as it moves across the upper Midwest. Some rain is expected…
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There’s a chance of rain later in the week.
Rain is most likely in northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin, including Duluth, from Thursday evening into the overnight, with a chance it could stick around into Friday. The chance of rain comes from a cold front pushing east from the northern Plains, along with a strong low-pressure system moving northeast…
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Forecast: Heavy Rain and Thunderstorms Possible Late Monday-early Tuesday
Before Monday arrives, we have one more cool night ahead, with patchy frost possible in parts of northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin, especially inland from Lake Superior. Tonight’s lows will be in the 30s and 40s, but record-breaking cold is not expected, unlike the past few nights. Showers and thunderstorms…
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Scattered Showers Followed by Pleasant Weekend Temps
After taking a break from maintaining my blog, it’s finally back up and running, thanks to some excellent support from WordPress. They did an amazing job restoring everything, especially since I struggled for hours on Monday without success. I’m really grateful for their help! Most of my blog posts are…
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Weather Forecast: Warmth and some Rain for the Northland
6:27 PM Sunday, June 1, 2025 Significant warmth is present today due to an upper-level ridge positioned over the northern Plains. Temperatures near this ridge range from the middle 80s to lower 90s, while mid-70s to lower 80s are prevalent farther east in northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin. However, an…