Brian D

After yesterday, today is beautiful. 70's with low dews. A little chilly in the morning, but this I like.

Windy, cool day with highs in the mid 60's. Scattered showers moving through. Glad to see some of you down there finally got some precip.

Another 1/2" of rain last night with a nice lightning show. 2.92" so far with 4.23" the norm for the month. More rain chances forecast for the rest of month, so might end near normal. Looks like a little needed rain in the southern sub today.

Looks like 50-60 mph gusts, and up to 1.5" hail with these cells. Not moving to fast, either.

Cells popped around here. Under Svr stm watch. Some warned cells. Pretty good hail sigs in there.

My daughter asked me for a forecast for my grandson's B-day party, and in looking at that with my other Holiday casts, July doesn't look that hot on a consistent basis. But August may be the opposite. Has a hotter feel to it. I correctly forecast her wedding in May, and for the wet Memorial weekend, so she is really looking to me for this other stuff now. Hope I don't screw up too bad

Yesterday at Duluth, smashed the daily record. 2022 94 1 1995 88 2 1988 87 3 1941 85 4 1933 84 5 Hibbing squeaked one out too. 2022 93 1 1995 92 2 1988 88 3 1989 87 4 1987 84 5 For the 19th, top 5 heat away from the lake. I-Falls had top 5 heat yesterday, as well.

No A/C for me. Toughin it out when it gets hot. But the heat doesn't usually stay that long to really need one. But if a good stretch of heat does come, I'll pull out the old window A/C for that time. Fans do a good job, otherwise.

Yeah, this time of year, near the big water is always refreshing when it gets hot. But come the dog days, even the lake loses it's cool by then. Time to jump in for relief. Now, tho, jumping in is still like a polar plunge LOL. Only made it to 83 at the co-op site yesterday. SW wind brought in a little lake air right where it's located. Another warm one today at 85, but a little less humid on a W wind. 70's tomorrow on a NW wind.

High of 96 in town. But right along the shoreline its a little cooler. And looking at the Coop site record, I'd say it's quite variable. From none up to 6 is about what i'm seeing year over year. And June is 1 or 2 every........ last one recorded was 1992, and prior to that it was every few years. Station been in the same spot since the 60's. We shall see if it records a 90, since it's on the shore near Agate Bay, where the ore docks are located. Been looking at the PWS around here, and they are all pretty much the same. Update: There a PWS right on the shoreline up near Castle Danger reading 70. Much different than slightly inland. This morning, my son was delivering gravel near the shore. When he headed back to the pit, as he was going uphill, he hit the warm, humid air, and the windows fogged up immediately. Caught him by surprise. LOL

90 in town right now. Summer has arrived. A bit later than the rest of you, but that's to be expected.

Thank you, and yes, VERY!

Similar here, but a little cooler. Then some summer arrives Monday on a W/SW wind.

Interesting.

Close call here with front in the western sub. Front in the southern sub is being shunted all the way to the Gulf on Sat as a strong ridge settles in from the north. So a bit off with that. Some showers and storms will be moving across the northern areas during the day.

My grand daughter is moving out to the Fargo area this weekend. Getting baptized in 100 degree heat for a couple days. LOL

With all the rain, and heat coming, mosquitoes/flies are going to be ferocious. Much, much worse than cool by the lake

It gets better as summer moves along. Water temps will rise, and it's much warmer away from the shoreline. MUCH warmer.

That's right on the lake shore with a NE wind. Yeah, lake is chilly.

Next is Senior Citizen's day on Aug 21. Again, looking similar to Friendship day with warmer weather and storms.

Adding a couple more forecasts for August. Next up is Friendship Day on Aug 7. Looking rather warm, with storms, especially for the western sub.

Going to miss that here as Lake Superior will keep the heat in check. Still rather toasty further west and especially south of me. Even today has some rather hot weather away from the lake, and again to the south. The lake is still pretty cool after that harsh winter we had, so it's helping. Natural A/C.

Prelim data in for May. On the warm side this year. Spring overall ended average. (added anom map for Spring) Note: Prelim data is typically within 0.5K of the final average for the month. I'm expecting an uptick in current value after the other datasets report. It was very warm east of the Mississippi, but my coordinates take in some area to the west of that where it wasn't as warm. And my baseline is different than what anom maps are showing using 1991-2020.

Really pleasant weather on tap for the next few days. Seasonably cool, but nice. Possibly shower/stm in the mix, but not much. After 5+" of rain here in town last month, a little break from the rain will be nice. Last year was pretty warm, not this time around.

West-central part of the state has been hit pretty good. Up to golf ball sized hail in the mix, too.