Brian D

Snow showers moving through today. Already seen a few flakes early this morning. More convective stuff slated for the afternoon. Could see a little white on the grass, if I get hit good.

0.88" final tally. 1.65" for the month so far (2.65" April avg). Nice day today with seasonable temps. Green up continues.

0.70" so far from this system with light rn atm as LP leaves the area.. Wind gusts topped out in the low 50's yesterday. Pretty decent April storm. No thunder, tho.

Power outage for about 1/2 hr this aftrn. Winds really whipping this aftrn/eve. Rain is edging closer.

Very windy today with NE winds off the Lake with approaching LP. Rain still S & W of me. Wind Advisory in effect for winds up to 40-50 mph for the rest of the day.

When MN Fishing opener is over, then the white stuff is over. That would be the 2nd weekend of May.

Beautiful day here with temps running in the mid-upper 60's. Low humidity has fire danger up a little with some gusty winds. Yesterday saw very warm temps as well in the mid-upper 60's. Take it while you can. April loves to swing hard.

Typical Spring wet wx on tap Tues-Wed. Winds expected to be up to 40-50 mph along the shore. Then cool wx for a few days before the next round. Backside snow showers across N MN also possible.

Daa BEST!

Businesses that suffered from lack of winter income are chomping at the bit.

Grass is getting greener real quick here, too. Budding will take a little more time closer to the lake, as we tend to stay a little cooler. Longer days, and warmer temps. Time for summer season.

A very summery looking sky with cumulus, and scattered showers throughout the area. Temps in the low 60's. Looks good.

Prelim data in for March. Another warm month in the books. 5 & 10 yr trend charts shown respectively.

0.74" of rain from Sun pm thru Mon pm. Nice temps on tap in the 50's coming for the week. Should start to see green emerging.

Overcast n rainy for me today. Peak eclipse time was 2:05 pm. It got a little darker here akin to near sunset lighting with heavy overcast. Not enough to get the street lights to come on, but noticeable. It was around 70% up my way.

Looking at posts on grading the Winter season, I'll say it was a D my way. Winter is generally Nov-Mar here, and we've had just enough to keep it from an epic fail. But A+ on the heating bill.

Windy off the Lake today as system approaches up to 30-35 mph. Looks like a good rain shield to my south. Messy wx starting later in the evening, but the precip will be welcome.

Basically running 24-36 hrs behind in my forecasts for this stretch. Mentioned a front 7th-8th which ended up being a weak trough, with a new system coming in on the 9th. Good luck in finding a good spot for eclipse viewing, as those limited areas will probably be quite packed due to cloud issues.

It'll being a rainy day for me, so when the eclipse hits it's peak for my area, a little added darkening to the gloomy day is all I get. Might be enough to get the street lights to come on. Monday Rain. High near 43. Breezy, with a northeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Back in Feb 1979, when I was in school, we had a total eclipse nearby here. I remember the teacher had us poke a hole in a piece of construction paper, and aim it at the Sun during the eclipse. And had us lay a piece of paper flat behind it. You could watch the shadow of the moon on that flat paper slowly cover part of the Sun. No eclipse glasses back then, at least not for us. Got about as dark as when a strong storm complex moves in, and the street lights come on. Here's the path of that eclipse from NASA files. https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEhistory/SEplot/SE1979Feb26T.pdf Jan of 1925 was the last time a total eclipse went over the Great Lakes. Started right over N MN. https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEhistory/SEplot/SE1925Jan24T.pdf

Didn't you have a big one last year on Mayday? Record snow for May I thought.

@weatherbo under the gun for a couple days. Light snow falling here atm.

For Memorial Day, looks like some wet weather will be moving through that weekend. Clearing out in the N sub on Monday.

For Mother's day, I'm expecting a storm system to affect our region. Here in MN, it's also MN Fishing Opener weekend.

And the "Wolf's Head" of western Lake Superior over the top keeping hungry eyes on that bird.