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Temps will be going from 20 AN to 20 BN this week. Will be quite the shock to the system.

It reached 91 in Minneapolis today. This is the warmest October temperature on record. It had previously gotten to 90 twice in October in 1997 and 1928.

Going big with the line of storms that just blasted through. KMSP 300153Z 33013G57KT 2SM +TSRA SCT029 BKN055CB OVC085 19/16 A3002 RMK AO2 PK WND 30057/0146 LTG DSNT SW-N RAB40 TSB40 SLP165 TS OHD MOV E P0021 T01890156

Solid cluster of storms moving through this morning. Thunder was my alarm clock.

It’s the old analogy of the frog in the pot of water slowly boiling that does nothing but toss the frog into the boiling water and it jumps right out. We are way past the point of no return.

Definitely on board with a warm spell into the foreseeable future. Way less bite to the heat this time of year. When a cold front shakes things up for a few days or the pattern changes in mid/late October going BN means flakes.

There was a moose down in Cedar Rapids Iowa around 2012, and the infamous Chicago Mountain Lion that police shot and killed on the NW side of the city back in like 2006.

Saturday through Tuesday rainfall. Extremely beneficial. We could still use more.

A rainy weekend has become a rainy Monday with some thunder to boot. Seems like it’s been forever since we’ve had a washout day like this. I think we’ve about doubling our precipitation since June 1st the past several days.

It’s been so long I’d forgotten the simple joy of hearing rainfall on the roof. 1.30” overnight

Looks like the rain shield associated with the vort max slid just NW of you. Ouch. Feels like Mother Nature is trolling me, higher probabilities of heavy rain all around but a wedge of 10% right through the metro.

Colors are definitely off to an early start this year.

With the days quickly shortening I thought it was time to post an update on where we stand with the 3rd consecutive summer of flash drought in Minneapolis. The epic winter of 22/23 has blunted the YTD impact compared to last year. April 2023: 2.39” (-0.52” Ave 2.91”) May 2023: 1.62” (-2.29” Ave 3.91”) June 2023: 0.93” (-3.65” Ave 4.58”) July 2023: 2.57” (-1.49” Ave 4.05”) August 2023: 2.29” (-2.05” Ave 4.34”) September 2023: (Through 9/20) 0.64” (-1.35” Ave 1.99”) YTD: 17.79” (-7.44” Ave 25.23”)

Models were teasing with a 1-2”+ rainfall event this weekend but they’ve pulled back and it’s looking more like a 0.25-0.50” event. There are a few sandbar islands appearing on the Mississippi in town.

Yeah I absolutely love the 4 very distinct seasons the Midwest enjoys where weather changes every 90 days or so. Bismarck ND and the plains are way more extreme, they can be 100+ for a week and -10 for a week.

Minneapolis ftw! Most days above 90 and most days below 0 in the subforum. Best Climo

Picture perfect weather this weekend. High around 70 and beginning to get that fall “crisp” feel to the air. Was outside with the family from around 9am til 5pm today. Little guy is all tuckered out early today.

0.30” of morning commute rainfall with the cold front.

Up the shore from @Brian DDefinitely a couple weeks early this year.

Overnight low of 45, coldest temperature in Minneapolis since May 20. Patchy frost outside the UHI

Frost advisories for northern Minnesota. There will be patchy frost outside the metro area tonight as well. Warms up quick late week though.

Counting my lucky stars. A small storm dropped 0.22” imby overnight.

Only mustered 0.06” here over the weekend. That’s also our rainfall total since August 14. Bone dry is an understatement

Typical early autumn weather today. Scattered showers and mild temps. Won’t amount to much at all, maybe 0.25” but a nice change of pace to see something falling from the sky.

The lake by our house was steaming this morning. Car thermometer read 48 when I pulled into work.