It’s the last weekend of September. We are too hot, and we are too dry. Aside from that, it’s been a beautiful week of weather! Each day has been warm, and filled with abundant amounts of sunshine. What’s not to like? But, our average high for today is 62, and we topped out at 84, setting a new high temp…
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Categories: Weather Blog, Weather Video
We may be off by a week. I was under the impression the Autumnal Equinox took place last Sunday, like 5 days ago. Yet, this week has clearly still been summer, with sunshine and highs in the upper 70s and lower 80s all week. In fact, we hit a record high temp of 81 degrees yesterday. And, today we are…
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Categories: Weather Blog, Weather Video
No matter where you live on this planet, there will be some kind of natural hazard you will have to deal with. Up here, we have thunderstorms, tornadoes, blizzards, snow, ice, heat and cold. In Florida, they don’t have most of those things, but they do have occasional hurricanes some years. Right now, Hurricane Helene is menacingly moving toward Tallahassee,…
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There is rain all the way from southern Ontario to eastern Texas. But not for us. Not today. As we look to the west, all we see is clear skies and sunshine, all the way to the West Coast. It’s beautiful weather, for sure. But, we could sure use about 2.6″ of rain in the next 5 days. I pick…
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It’s raining in southern Ontario. It’s raining in central Iowa. It’s raining in Chicago. It’s raining all around us today. But we remain quite dry. We are between 2.5 and 3.0 inches below where we should be for the month of September. And, I don’t see any rain in the forecast to cut into that deficit in the next week….
DULUTH, Minn. — Sun Country Airlines is returning to the Duluth International Airport with direct flights to Fort Myers, Florida this winter. The direct service will begin January 31 and operate on Mondays and Fridays. Flights will depart DLH at 7 p.m. and arriving at RSW at 11:35 p.m., and departing RSW at 3:05 p.m. and arriving at DLH at…
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The autumnal equinox arrived at 7:43am on Sunday. And amazingly, it feels like fall today! Last week, we had very warm high temps in the 80s, some 20 degrees above average. This week, now that it’s fall, we will instead have high temps right where they belong, in the mid 60s. They will warm up a little bit by midweek,…
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It really has been a nice long summer. Plenty of warm days, and lots of hot days! Nobody could complain that we got a short, cool or wet summer. In fact, just the opposite. We would have liked to have more rain! We are more than an inch short of precip for the year, and more than 2″ short for…
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It’s the end of the summer as we know it, and I feel fine. The autumnal equinox arrives at 7:43am this Sunday morning, and not a moment too soon. Part of the reason the cold front was so effective in producing severe weather yesterday, is that the airmass in the midwest was so hot and moist that it was just…
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Minn. — St. Louis County Sheriff Gordon Ramsay said a tornado touched down Thursday evening on Bug Creek Road just east of Cotton.  That’s where trees snapped and some minor damage to a homeowner’s shed, according to the sheriff. Bug Creek Road near Cotton FOX 21 viewers sent in pictures and videos (click the video above) of…
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It’s been a hot and dry week. We tied the record high for the date, of 84 degrees yesterday (set in 2000). And today, we are shooting for a high of 79 degrees. The record high for today is 90 (1984), so that seems safe for another year. The average high for today is only 66, so we’ve been living…
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Today is the third day in a row we will have highs in the 80s. Obviously, we are way above average, as we should have a high of 67 degrees today. The record high temp for today is 84, set in 2000. We are shooting for a high of 82, so we’ll be close! Starting tomorrow, we begin a cooldown…
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The average high temp for today is 67 degrees. We shot way over that yesterday, with our high of 86 degrees. We didn’t quite hit the record high of 89, set in 1948. The record for today is 90 degrees, set way back in 1891. I don’t see us hitting that, either! We are also about an inch and a…
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This is the final week of astronomical summer, which differs from meteorological summer. Astronomical seasons are based on the position of the Earth in relation to the sun. Meteorological seasons are based on the annual temperature cycle. So, meteorological summer ended on August 30th. Astronomical summer will end with the autumnal equinox, which arrives Sunday. So, this coming Sunday, summer…
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This has been an easy week to forecast the weather, and a terrific week to enjoy it! We had partly to mostly sunny skies each day, with above normal temps, both at night, and in the afternoons. Today has been a little more grey, as strong winds off the lake have helped to produce thick fog all day, and this…
What has been a fantastic weather week is definitely ending with kind of a thud. East winds off Lake Superior have helped to produce thick fog near the lake, and even thicker fog up over the hill. With cloud cover holding things in place, it looks like it’s going to be a Foggy Friday for a few hours. Winds and…
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Every day this week has been a meteorological treat! It’s been partly to mostly sunny all week long, with above normal temps in the 70s and 80s. And, as a bonus, for most of the week, the dew points have been very comfortable, too. It would be hard to plan a week more perfect than this has been. Now that…
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This has been the easiest week to forecast! With high pressure basically dominating the middle part of the country, each day has been incredibly similar to both the day before it, and the day after it. We call that Persistence Forecasting, where conditions basically stay the same, until something dramatic moves in, to shake things up. So, our stretch of…
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It is rare to get a week of weather that is so consistent as this one. Especially when it’s a week of so consistently fantastic weather! Maybe it’s the swan song of this nice summer, or it’s just a meteorological fluke. Either way, it’s been a lovely week so far, and it looks like it’s going to on for several…
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In most areas of life, high pressure is not a good thing. But in the world of weather, it’s often nice to have it around for a while! In our case, a big area of high pressure is continuing to provide us with sunny skies, light winds, and warm temperatures. Not much to complain about there. It won’t last forever,…
