Tag: wind
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🌬️⛈️Cold Front Exits Tonight, Breezy Wednesday; Next Systems Arrive Friday and Early Next Week
A cold front is moving east across Minnesota this afternoon and is expected to clear the Northland by late tonight. Behind the front, a much drier airmass will return on Wednesday, with dew points dropping from the 60s and low 70s today to the 40s and 50s. Some instability has…
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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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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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🌬️ Pattern Change Possible This Weekend into Next Week; 🌧️ Occasional Showers and Storms but Low Confidence in Widespread Rain
A pattern change could occur this weekend into next week, potentially bringing more persistent southwesterly winds aloft across the Upper Midwest. This is notable, as much of the summer has been dominated by a generally northwest flow aloft. It remains uncertain whether this will result in a wetter pattern for…
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Northland Storms: Hail, Funnel Clouds and Heavy Rain – Aug. 25
Today, the Northland saw scattered showers and thunderstorms, featuring hail from quarter- to half-dollar size, isolated funnel clouds, and localized wind damage in Duluth’s Morgan Park area. Local Storm Reports – August 25, 2026 7:32 PM: Funnel Cloud. 6 SW Webb Lake, WI (Burnett County). Funnel over County C and…
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🌦️ Another Uneven Rain Event: Some Areas Soak, Others Miss Out
There’s another opportunity for rain in the Northland from late tonight through Tuesday evening, though, as we’ve seen this summer, some areas will receive more rain than others. Rainfall totals are anticipated to vary through Tuesday evening, ranging from approximately 0.05 inches to as much as one inch in locations…