It was still 90F with a dew point of 75F in Minneapolis as of 9:50pm. Crazy stuff.
2nd summer in a row here with severe drought. Plants and some trees that aren’t getting supplemental water are showing signs of stress. MCS out in western Minnesota is giving me a little hope this evening.
MSP has been mentioning a flash drought developing in numerous AFDs over the past 10 days. We’ve fallen 0.70” below average year to date and over 2” below average for June.
Ouch. We are looking at a few thousand in repairs, but the previous owners didn’t disclose a known issue so we might be getting a new system paid for by them.
Staying on topic, high of 97 here today.
May 2018 was a crazy month. Latest ice out ever on the metro lakes. The urban lakes didn’t go ice free until May 2nd/3rd followed by the earliest 100 degree reading on record in Minneapolis a few weeks later.
Going up to Lutsen MN this upcoming weekend for some late April skiing. (We downhill ski into May most years in Northeast Minnesota) There is still a very solid snowpack up there. Looks like for the second year in a row my timing will be poor. Cold rain Saturday with a stiff east wind off Superior.
Morning low of 25 with pixie dust. Still have some patches of snow from Thursday night. Looks like we might some sloppy snow followed by rain tomorrow night.
Confirmed EF-2 tornado in Taopi MN last night. Destroyed much of that tiny town.
https://m.startribune.com/storms-inflict-heavy-damage-on-taopi-in-mower-county/600164599/
We had beautiful weekend weather here with highs in the upper 50s low 60s region wide. Lake Nokomis is officially ice free as of April 10th. Average is April 4th so a little later this year.