Author: Karl Spring

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Friday Evening Northland Forecast: 2/14/2025

Warmer Temps & Light Snow
Karl Spring,

We have had below normal high temps every day, since February 2nd. That’s 12 straight days below average high temps. And many of those days, we have been way below normal! We even had a frigid overnight low in Duluth of -26 degrees, just two mornings ago, on February 12th. Even though we will warm up toward 20 tomorrow, it…

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Monday Evening Northland Forecast: 2/10/2025

Very Cold and Very Dry
Karl Spring,

There is a saying that sometimes it’s just too cold to snow. That’s not entirely accurate. It can practically snow at any temperature below the mid 30s. What is more of a factor is the origin of the airmass. Oftentimes, the winter storms that bring the most snowfall to the Northland come out of the panhandle of Oklahoma. They tap…

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Friday Evening Northland Forecast: 2/7/2025

Here Comes More Snow
Karl Spring,

We have a Winter Weather Advisory in effect from Midnight tonight til 6pm Saturday evening. It covers the whole area, except for the far northern parts of the Iron Range. It’s generally for 2-5″ of snow for the northern half of the viewing area, and 6-8″ of snow for the southern half, heading down toward the Twin Cities. The dividing…

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Thursday Evening Northland Forecast: 2/6/2025

A Super Windy Day
Karl Spring,

We had a nice, soft snowfall over much of the Northland last night and this morning. Most of us got around 3-4″ of light, fluffy snow. It was just fine to wake up to, and get going this morning. No big deal. Then, the high pressure came blasting in behind the storm system, and the pressure gradient between the low…

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Friday Evening Northland Forecast: 1/31/2025

Winter Weather Advisories
Karl Spring,

We need more snow. At this point in the winter season, we should have had about 52″ of snowfall. We are sitting at 24″ in Duluth, some 28″ short of where we should be. It’s been cold enough for snow in the last couple months. It’s just been too dry. There’s been more snow in Iowa and up in Canada…

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Friday Evening Northland Forecast: 1/24/2025

A Warmer Weekend
Karl Spring,

A week ago tonight, I was telling you about an Extreme Cold Warning that was imminent. From Saturday thru Tuesday, we fought off the coldest air of the winter. Overnight low temps got down to -20, and the accompanying windchills dove down to -50. It was a brutal 4-day stretch. And, that’s why I live here. It’s a challenge I…

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Friday Evening Northland Forecast: 1/17/2025

Extreme Cold Warning
Karl Spring,

The National Weather Service is using a new product this winter, called an Extreme Cold Warning. It’s pretty self-explanatory. And they have issued one for most of the Northland, which will be in effect from 6pm Saturday night, til Noon on Tuesday. It includes all of the FOX 21 TV viewing area in northern MN and WI, but it does…

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Friday Evening Northland Forecast: 1/10/2025

More Snow, Then Cold
Karl Spring,

We are about halfway through winter. That seems hard to believe, since we’ve hardly had any snow yet. I was pleased to see we got 1-2″ yesterday. But, I want more….lots more! I want a low pressure system to park itself over Lake Superior, and throw 1-2 FEET of snow our way! I keep looking at extended forecasts that go…

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Friday Evening Northland Forecast: 1/3/2025

First Weekend of 2025
Karl Spring,

Welcome to the first weekend of 2025. It seems a lot colder than just a week ago. That’s because it is. Just last Friday evening, we were talking about temps close to 40 degrees, and a dense fog advisory. Wow! What a difference a week makes in the Northland! Today, we’ve had a high of 9, and low of 2,…

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Friday Evening Northland Forecast: 12/27/2024

A Foggy Friday Night
Karl Spring,

Well, this is ridiculous. We finally got to the Winter Solstice last Saturday, and today we have thick fog and rain. That is not making the kids happy who want to take their new sleds down the hill! A persistent flow of warm air from the south has turned what little snow we do have to mush, and even that…

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Friday Evening Northland Forecast: 12/20/2024

A Quiet Weekend
Karl Spring,

The Winter Solstice is finally here! Saturday is the shortest day of the year, and we can now start the slow climb to more minutes of light each day. But, I doubt if you will notice it. For the next week, we literally add only seconds each day. We have to wait til mid-January to see a couple of minutes…

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Friday Evening Northland Forecast: 12/13/2024

A Messy Weekend
Karl Spring,

The bitter cold arctic blast we had a couple days ago is gone. So are the fierce northwest winds that felt like icy knives. Wednesday and Thursday were pretty rough this week. Now we transition into a different situation….a Winter Weather Advisory in effect from 4pm Saturday to 3pm Sunday. Not so much for snow, but for freezing precipitation that…

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Thursday Evening Northland Forecast: 12/12/2024

One More Frigid Night
Karl Spring,

We have been enjoying mid-January cold temperatures the last few days, and it’s not quite mid-December yet. In fact, the normal high and low temp for today is 26 and 11. We had a high of -3, and a low of -18. Yikes! The record low maximum for today is -5 (set in 1922). We only missed it by 2…

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Friday Evening Northland Forecast: 12/6/2024

A Mild Weekend Coming
Karl Spring,

We have had a little bit of everything in the last week. Some light snow. A little light mist/rain in the air (in Lakeside). Some chilly, arctic air, and some VERY strong winds on Wednesday. If you’ve lived in the Twin Ports for a few years, you know the weather up here is never dull! The winter solstice is 2…

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Sunday Evening Northland Forecast: 12/1/2024

A Cold, Snowy and Windy Week
Karl Spring,

Today (Sunday) is December 1st. Did you change your calendar yet? We continue to have January temperatures about a month early. The normal high and low for today is 30 and 15. We had 19 and 6. So, yes! It was a cold day! The colder than average temps are here early, but the snowfall continues to lag behind what…

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Friday Evening Northland Forecast: 11/29/2024

A Chilly Weekend!
Karl Spring,

Do you know what the average high and low for today is? That would be 31 and 16. We had a high and low temp of 17 and 10. So, what’s the deal? We are having January temps in late November. And, that is how you get average or normal temps. We had above normal temps for much of late…

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Friday Evening Northland Forecast: 11/22/2024

Mild Weekend Forecast
Karl Spring,

The average high and low temp for today is 34 and 19. All this weekend, we will be above those temps. But, starting on Monday, we will be below those numbers for the whole week. We are turning another page, as we head toward winter (which is still 29 days away). One good thing about November, so far, is that…

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Friday Evening Northland Forecast: 11/15/2024

A Windy Weekend
Karl Spring,

We have been quite fortunate to have had the mild autumn we’ve enjoyed so far. While we haven’t had record warmth, it has been a handful of degrees above average almost every day, since fall started, back in September. It’s only snowed once in the Twin Ports, so far. So we’ve really had it easy. That may be about to…

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Thursday Morning Northland Forecast: 11/14/2024

Cloudy Thursday
Karl Spring,

We all know how dry it’s been in the Northland this year. We continue to be more than 4″ below where we should be, precipitation wise. But, we did get .11″ of rain late last night. And, every little bit helps. Now, the area of rain has moved off to the east, and we are left with a mostly cloudy,…

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Wednesday Morning Northland Forecast: 11/13/2024

A Little Rain Possible
Karl Spring,

Yes, we can use the rain. We continue to have a more than 4″ deficit in the rain barrel for the year, so any contribution, in whatever form, is welcomed. While we might get a little bit of rain later today, it won’t be too impressive. The probability of rain today has been decreasing for the last two days. What…

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Tuesday Morning Northland Forecast: 11/12/2024

Windy Tuesday
Karl Spring,

Yesterday, the winds were quite strong out of the NW. I remember, as the wind about took the door off my car when I opened it at a parking lot in Hermantown (where it’s always windy!). Today, it will be very breezy again, but from a different direction. As the next low pressure system heads this way from the Rockies,…

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Monday Morning Northland Forecast: 11/11/2024

Windy Monday Morning
Karl Spring,

Today is Veteran’s Day. Please tell any veteran you see, “Thank you!.” It will be partly cloudy this morning, becoming mostly sunny in the afternoon. It will be quite windy this morning, with north winds 20-30mph, decreasing to 5-10mph late this afternoon. The average high for today is 39 degrees, and we will hit a high about 40. Tonight will…

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Friday Evening Northland Forecast: 11/8/2024

Friday Night Weather
Karl Spring,

Weather at this latitude often tends to go in 7-day cycles. Do you remember the last two weekends? They were both a combination of a little sun, a little cloudiness, and a little rain. And this weekend, for the third in a row, that’s exactly what we’re going to have. Tomorrow will start out dry, with at least partly sunny…

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