Thursday Morning Northland Forecast: 10/17/2024

Too Warm and Too Dry

The whole area is under a Red Flag Warning from Noon til 7pm today. That is because it is very dry and will be very warm and windy, and as a result, the Fire Danger is high in the entire viewing area this afternoon and early evening. The next chance for rain is Saturday, and even that is only a 30% chance. The current models are only showing less than a tenth of an inch of rain, if we do get some.

The eastern 2/3 of the US is blanketed with high pressure. That means more sunshine for us for today and tomorrow. After a fast moving cold front passes over us on Saturday, high pressure will return to dominate the upper midwest for Sunday and Monday. The next low pressure system and cold front comes through on Tuesday. That, too will bring us about a 30% chance for rain. More importantly, the air behind that front is significantly cooler, and will drop our high temps into the 40s by Wednesday. That will be very helpful in reducing our local fire danger. As mentioned earlier, some rain would also be a huge help!

Our average high for today is 52 degrees. We are looking for high temps of 64, 67, 62, 72, 70 and 63 over the next 6 days. We will finally cool down to a high of 47 degrees by the middle of next week. At that point, we will actually be a few degrees below the average high for that date. Ideally, we will both cool down and get some precipitation, either in the from or rain or snow. Remember that Finland, MN had some light snow last weekend, so it’s not too soon to see some of the fluffy white stuff!

Enjoy another sunny, warm and windy day!

FOX 21 Meteorologist Karl Spring