Tag: Lake Superior
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🌤️💨Mostly Dry Week Expected for NE Minnesota and NW Wisconsin, with Patchy Frost Possible Monday Morning in Far Northern Minnesota
The week ahead promises mostly dry conditions across northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin, with Thursday bringing a few scattered showers, though nothing that suggests a drenching downpour. Expect a touch of frost Monday morning if you’re up in far northern Minnesota or the Arrowhead—temperatures could dip to around 33 degrees.…
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Strong Ontario High Drives NE Winds; Only Brief Lake‑Effect Showers Expected
A cold front will move south across our region tonight, followed by a strong high-pressure system settling over Ontario. This will bring gusty northeast winds near Lake Superior from late tonight through Monday, with gusts expected between 15 and 30 mph. Although most of the Northland is expected to remain…
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Showers End Tonight, Then a Long Dry Stretch Begins
As expected, there was a sharp gradient in rainfall across the region today, with southern parts of the Northland experiencing some rain, while northern Wisconsin, northern Minnesota, and areas near Lake Superior remained dry. The weather system responsible for today’s rain is expected to move southeast tonight, with lingering showers…
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Sharp Northward Rain Cutoff Friday — Duluth May Only See a Few Showers
The Friday setup resembles a winter pattern more than a typical September scenario, though such events can occur occasionally. High pressure over Ontario channels dry air southward on breezy northeast winds, while low pressure over Nebraska moves east-southeast, pulling abundant moisture northward ahead of the system. The boundary between rain…
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Light Showers Tonight: Northland on the Northern Edge of Friday’s Rainfall with Lake‑Effect Drips and Drizzles Along the Shoreline
A system on Friday is expected to bring widespread rain across much of the Upper Midwest; however, the Northland—particularly northern Minnesota, the Arrowhead, and the North Shore south to Duluth—may see significantly less rain, with little to none currently anticipated. The heaviest rainfall is expected across southern and central Minnesota,…
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🌧️💨🌊Systems on the Move and Gales on Lake Superior Tuesday
Over the next several days, today’s system will move quickly northeast by late tonight, while a strong upper-level ridge over the southeastern U.S. expands westward. Meanwhile, another system over the Pacific Northwest is forecast to dip south before lifting northeast out of the Rockies later this week and into the…
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Upper 20s to Near 50: A Classic Early‑Fall Temperature Split
On Monday morning, many parts of the Northland saw temperatures in the 30s, with some areas in northeast Minnesota dropping into the upper 20s. Near Lake Superior, however, the lake’s warmer waters kept temperatures higher, ranging from the 40s to around 50 degrees. Note that normal lows in our area…