Tag: Minnesota
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🌧️⛈️Scattered Heavy Downpours Tonight, Gale‑Force West Winds Over Lake Superior Wednesday
Expect another round of heavy downpours and scattered thunderstorms across northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin tonight into early Tuesday morning. For Duluth: Occasional showers and a few thunderstorms are expected tonight, with heavy downpours likely overnight into early Tuesday morning. The rain should clear between 6-8 AM Tuesday, leading to…
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Strong El Niño Analogs: Focusing on the Winter of 1982–83
This week, I’ll review past strong El Niño events and analyze the winter conditions they produced in Duluth and across the Northland. The three winters I’m highlighting—1982-83, 1997-98, and 2015-16—were all strong El Niño events, much like the one we are experiencing now. With a strong El Niño already established…
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🌧️Rain Stays West Through Monday; Twin Ports Rain Arrives Monday Night
As expected, all off the weekend’s rain stayed west of the Twin Ports, and this pattern should continue through much of Monday. However, the chances for rain will increase Monday night into early Tuesday morning, with a few additional showers possible Tuesday afternoon. The bulk of the rainfall from this…
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Rainfall Recap + Labor Day Outlook
Weather conditions varied widely across the region today. In northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin, low clouds, fog, and mist dominated, with temperatures mostly in the 60s and cool east breezes coming off Lake Superior. Farther west and south, however, it was warmer and sunnier, with muggy conditions pushing temperatures into…
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🌧️🌩️Northland Thunderstorms Tonight: Heavy Rain, Hail and Gusty Winds
Showers and thunderstorms continue to track east across parts of the Northland late this afternoon. The main threats with these storms are from heavy downpours, lightning, gusty winds and hail. A few of the storms especially this evening may reach severe limits with winds to 65 mph and hail up…
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🌧️Stalled Front to Bring Several Rounds of Rain into early next week; A Look at Duluth’s September Averages
A nearly stationary frontal boundary extending from the western High Plains to eastern Upper Michigan will serve as the focus for several rounds of showers and thunderstorms over the next few days. Tonight, most of the rain should remain south of the Northland; however, as the boundary gradually shifts north…
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🌧️Rain Targets Southern MN and WI Tuesday Night, Northland Mostly Dry
Expect rain Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, mainly south of northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin. Duluth and most of the Northland should remain dry. Southern Minnesota and central to southern Wisconsin are expected to receive the heaviest rainfall from Tuesday night through Wednesday. Rain chances in the Northland could increase…