Tag: drought
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Warm on Friday; Some rain and a few t-storms at times Friday night through the weekend; Dry/Pleasant weather early next week; Drought Update
5:57 PM Thursday, August 4, 2022 Soil moisture conditions currently range from dry to very dry across southern portions of the Northland, with parts of eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin running very dry, with soil moisture of just 2% to 10%, while soil conditions are running on the wet side…
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Scattered showers continue this evening; Dry Friday-Saturday; Warmer temperatures the next few days
5:39 PM Thursday, July 28, 2022 The water temperature of Lake Superior continues to run well below normal here in late July. Typically, by this time of year the average water temperature of Lake Superior is between 56-58 degrees, but this year we still have an average water temperature of…
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Some rain/isolated t-storms tonight-early Friday AM; Mainly dry this weekend
5:05 PM Thursday, July 14, 2022 Rain chances have increased quite a bit in much of the Northland tonight into early Friday morning thanks to an upper-level disturbance which will move east-southeast out of the Northern Plains tonight. The greatest amounts of rain tonight into early Friday morning are forecast…
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Long Range Forecast for July 2022
5:52 PM Thursday, June 30, 2022 Persistent ridging over the Southwest US into parts of the southern Plains and Rockies with a trough centered north of the Great Lakes is expected during the month of July with some brief changes to this pattern likely at times throughout the month. This…
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A mild Christmas Eve ahead (highs near 40 in parts of the Northland) Snow chances Christmas Day, Sunday PM-Monday and again mid to late next week
Widespread accumulating snow is possible in the Northland from Sunday afternoon through Monday, in addition to the system snow, an easterly wind coming off Lake Superior may lead to some heavier lake enhanced snow Sunday night and Monday along the North Shore of Lake Superior where snow totals of 6″+…
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Drought Update 9/28/2021
There wasn’t a whole lot of change in drought conditions across the region this week. 23% of Minnesota is in Extreme Drought, unchanged from last week. 50% of Minnesota is in Severe Drought, unchanged from last week. 76% of Minnesota is in Moderate Drought, unchanged from last week. 93% of…
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Drought Update
Drought conditions continue to slowly improve in Minnesota. 0% of Minnesota is in Exceptional Drought, this is down from 5% last week. 23% of Minnesota is in Extreme Drought, this is down from 36% last week. 50% of Minnesota is in Severe Drought, this is down from 58% last week.…