Tag: gales
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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 Scattered showers at times tonight will transition to wet snow or a rain/snow mix across northern Minnesota and the Arrowhead early Monday morning, and this precipitation will linger into Monday evening. East-central Minnesota, including Duluth and northwest Wisconsin, will see scattered showers tonight, with…
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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…
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Rain and Wind: Gales on Lake Superior; Colder temps arrive Wednesday
5:50 PM Monday, November 18, 2024 A potent low-pressure area situated southwest of Concordia, KS, late this afternoon is forecasted to move north-northeast into northern Minnesota by Tuesday afternoon. The surface low has been intensifying, with the latest pressure dropping to 983mb/29.03 inches as of 5 PM today. However, it…