Tag: ridge
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The forecast indicates a possibility of rain from Thursday into early Friday.
5:21 PM Wednesday, August 21, 2024 Today’s weather discussion includes a cold front moving east from the Dakotas on Thursday. However, this front is not expected to move much farther south than north-central Minnesota before it retreats northward as a warm front on Friday. Ahead of this front, southerly winds…
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Expect some wildfire smoke over the next few days; isolated downpours are likely on Wednesday afternoon especially near a lake breeze boundary
5:27 PM Tuesday, July 9, 2024 The Northland has been relatively free from wildfire smoke this summer, but today the situation has altered slightly with smoke drifting southeast from the fires in northwest Canada. While most of this smoke has remained high in the atmosphere, causing hazy skies, some has…
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Gusty NE wind near Lake Superior this weekend; Some rain arrives Sunday afternoon
5:31 PM Friday, April 5, 2024 An amplified weather pattern continues today with two strong upper-level troughs and one large upper-level ridge. The Northland is still in the ridge portion of this pattern today, but eventually this ridge gets pushed off to the east by a trough which approaches from…
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Mild temperatures continue
5:20 PM Wednesday, December 13, 2023 We saw widespread 30s in the Northland this afternoon and come Thursday afternoon temperatures should be about 10 degrees or so warmer than Wednesday afternoon which will put much of the Northland in the 40s, and a few locations might even hit 50 degrees…
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Blustery and Colder Tuesday; A few flurries/snow showers tonight-Tuesday morning; Warmer temps mid to late week with a chance for some snow/rain Friday-early Saturday
6:04 PM Monday, December 11, 2023 We have one more brief shot of colder more seasonable temperatures ahead for Tuesday, otherwise the rest of this week is looking pretty mild in the Northland. A cold front will move across the Northland this evening with increasing northwest winds and colder temperatures…
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Some rain and isolated thunderstorms late Tuesday afternoon-early Wednesday; Warm temperatures continue Tuesday followed by cooler temperatures mid to late week with additional chances for scattered rains
6:01 PM Monday, October 2, 2023 A cold front and upper-level trough over the northern Rockies this afternoon will move east and across the upper Midwest from late Tuesday into early Wednesday. Some rain is likely as this system moves across the Northland from late Tuesday afternoon through early Wednesday…
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Another warm day ahead for Thursday; Areas of fog late tonight-Thursday morning; A few showers possible in northern Minnesota tonight and Thursday; An update on rain chances this weekend
6:54 PM Wednesday, September 20, 2023 An upper-level ridge was over the area today giving us quite a bit of sunshine and very mild temperatures for late September with highs reaching the 70s and lower 80s in northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin which is well above average for this time…