Brian D

I see we had some excitement yesterday. Pretty wild. Good thing that tornado wasn't real strong, or that would have been devastating. All quiet up my way. Just dry, and pleasant wx with temps a little cool near the lake. Drought conditions rapidly increasing though as we have moved into moderate conditions here along the shore. Only 0.41" of precip since May 1, and 0.05" since June 1. Chance of shwrs/stms this weekend, so hopefully some of that will fall imby.

Low 80's here yesterday with dews in the upper 50's. A rather warm, yet comfortable day. When the winds turn more offshore we get summer near the lake shore. Part of that is the downsloping winds that increase the temps a little. During the summer, there are times when near shore can be warmer than inland areas.

Lots of smoke in my area that started last night. Had my window open, and started smelling smoke after midnight. Nasty sky today.

Gardening away from the lake can be a challenge, and tomatoes need to be started indoors early. Many get their plants from greenhouses, so they have a good start, or they have their own. Must always be ready to protect them around here in the early season, and sometimes in the midst of summer. A friend of mine grows his in his own makeshift greenhouse throughout the growing season. And we are not exactly a good corn growing area either. Growing season is basically from Memorial day through Labor day around here. And gardens generally don't really take off until we get warm, humid nights. You can almost watch them grow when that happens.

Temps on the cooler side today again. Upper 50's-low 60's. Scattered frost this morning being reported as temps away from the lake dipped to the low-mid 30's.

Just a thought here, but with all the smoke that has been wafting around our region the last few weeks, it must have an effect on precip development. I liken it to the same phenomena as Sahara dust over the Atlantic inhibiting precip/stm development to some degree. I'm not sure, just throwing that out there. Someone with more knowledge could answer that better.

Showers moving through here today in town. Shwrs/stms yesterday fizzled as they arrived from the NW, so missed out on them. Very cool out right now at 54. Dropped 10 degrees from 8 am as wind switched off the lake. Far cry from the 81 we had yesterday with dews of 55-60. It was very nice.

My highs for the day, and my furnace still kicks in. Take a trip my way soon, and you'll be in heaven.

And it's been in the 60's along the shore for June so far with lows in the 40's. Since mid May, been a roller coaster of temps here, and bone dry. 81 back on May 16 was tied for 3rd warmest. Although since its now a 7 am station since 2020 (previous records are aftrn max readings), it shows max temps from previous day. Technically it would be May 15 max which would make it 2nd. 2023-05-15 54 35 2023-05-16 81 38 2023-05-17 67 35 2023-05-18 46 37 2023-05-19 54 39 2023-05-20 61 42 2023-05-21 77 44 2023-05-22 54 40 2023-05-23 48 38 2023-05-24 68 41 2023-05-25 46 39 2023-05-26 53 37 2023-05-27 61 38 2023-05-28 76 41 2023-05-29 66 43 2023-05-30 58 44 2023-05-31 61 44 2023-06-01 63 44 2023-06-02 69 44 2023-06-03 62 45 2023-06-04 64 42 2023-06-05 67 47 2023-06-06 61 46

Prelim data in for May. Near avg on the + side. Spring is the same. 5/10 yr trend charts shown respectively.

Interesting 180deg turn in anom temp profile across the country from April to May.

3rd driest May on record here TH, and 4th driest in Duluth. Yet everything is still really green from the abundant snowmelt. Have only seen scattered stms the past couple days across the area, so very hit n miss on that front. Two Harbors 1976 0.08 1915 0.31 *2023 0.36 1990 0.69 1948 0.73 Duluth (tied 4th) 1871 0.00 1976 0.15 1900 0.62 1967/*2023 0.80 1980 0.82

Timing off here as rain chances don't start to enter the region until Monday, and then throughout the week, with high pressure pushing down from the north by weeks end.

From here on out, it gets like this every weekend. And either starting this year, or next, 61 through town is getting a makeover, so that should slow things down a bit. Out state Senator was able to secure the needed funding to cover the cost increase for the project. With supply issues, and inflation, the project got a bit more expensive.

Dews shouldn't be issue tho. Air pretty dry. Near critical fire wx on tap here with the S winds. A little unusual with that flow to have low dews, but the closer the front gets, that will change.

Beautiful holiday weekend on tap here. 70's with clear blue skies. NO SMOKE! North bound traffic along the shore was pretty intense yesterday, and again today. Sunday into Monday will be just as bad heading south. Reminds me of NJ traffic along the Garden State Parkway decades ago. Same weekend phenomena. Ev1 heads south on Friday, and north on Sunday. When I would go visit my aunt n uncle in Paramus on the weekend from the base, I would have clear driving as I was heading the opposite of the heavy traffic.

One good thing about being near the lake is I don't have to worry about frost now. Water keeps temps just warm enough, unlike inland areas. Hell, I've seen frost in July, and August away from lake in the past, including the recent past. Couldn't imagine what it was like in the "Year without a Summer" in 1816. Probably snowed half the time up here.

Nice day in the 70's here by the lake. Milky white skies from the smoke. Front moving through this evening will bring some rain, and some smoke will mix down. Winds switch to the NE quickly after passage bringing temps into the 50's again for tomorrow.

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That little bugger hiding under the cliff rock. NOOO! I don't want to go! LOL! Wx the same today. 50's near the lake to 80's further inland. Typical. Still a smoky sky, too.

Cooler today in the mid 50's with a stiff E wind off the lake. Still have thick smoke aloft, tho, and that looks to be spread across the N sub, and over the Plains region. Thinning out some as it goes over NE WI/L MI.

70's here too. Wonderful day for this time of year. 11 pm, and still have my window open with calm winds. Very nice!

Friendship Day in early Aug looks rather warm with a threat of shwrs/stms. Something possible in the S/SE sections of the sub to watch, might be tropical in nature.

Smoky skies returning here today. Thick stuff on it's way over the next few days across the plains, and w sub region.

I watched them for a few minutes last night when they came out around 10:30-11 pm. Very nice show. Not as intense as I've seen in the past, but cool nonetheless.