Monday Morning Northland Forecast: 9/30/2024

Warm & Windy Monday

It looks like today will be the warmest day of the coming week. I’m all for that. We are in the second week of autumn, and it’s about time to cool things down a bit. We had 3 record highs in a row last week, from Thursday through Saturday. At this point, I don’t see us setting any new record highs this week. While we will tap the 70s today and Wednesday, every other day this week will be in the 60s, which is where we should be. Late this week, our low temps will be down in the 30s. That is quite Fall-like! I would still like to see us have some better chances for rain, but we’ll take one challenge at a time.

A Red Flag Warning is in effect from 10am to 9pm today for the western half of Minnesota, and the Dakotas, and even into eastern Montana. That is for high winds and low humidity, which increases the wildfire danger. It’s not for the Twin Ports directly, but for counties in the western part of the viewing area, like Cass, Crow Wing and Aitkin.

Ahead of a cold front to our west, we will see warm temps and strong south winds today, which will bring us into the mid 70s for today’s high. Behind the cold front, we will have strong west winds, and cooler temps, making tomorrow’s high only about 60 degrees. We will warm up a bit on Wednesday, to a high of 70, but after that, it’ll be highs in the 60s the rest of the week. There are a few light showers in far northwestern Minnesota today. I don’t see the rain making it to Duluth today, but the fact there is some rain anywhere in the region implies that the jet stream is changing, and might begin to bring some showers our way in the not to distant future. I hope so!

Have a great Monday!

FOX 21 Meteorologist Karl Spring