Brian D

All on top, no borer signs thankfully. Good chance of shwrs/stms this weekend could net up to 2-3" of rain for some around here. Much needed, and very welcome. Temps got rather hot away from the lake yesterday. 88 at the TH arpt, but only 71 at the shoreline.

Typical around Lake Superior watershed. Big hills, and lots of swamp/creek/river areas in between them. Been very nice here recently with low-mid 70's near the shore. Need rain tho. Lawns a little on the golden side now. Trees are just fine, and very lush. Deep moisture still good. My neighbors ash tree looks the best it has in quite some time. Thick with new growth. The co-op site down on the shore at Agate Bay has only broke the 70 mark once this month so far, so still staying a little cooler down there. You don't need to go to far from the shoreline to see temps 5-10 degrees warmer, and even more, at times, further inland.

0.06" last night, 0.11" for the month. Hopefully a little better totals later this week into the weekend.

Labor Day looks like a front moving into the region to end the weekend. It also looks like a front will be making it's way through to start the weekend as well.

Senior Citizen's Day looking like a front moving through bringing some wet weather.

A shot at some rain later today, and starting mid week. Would be nice to see some moisture. In the words of my son who passed "Happy Pappy's Day".

Father's day front ended up as a trough that washes out. Energy along the southernmost part of the sub moves through. Maps off for Father's day, but decent for Juneteenth. Forecast so-so.

Looking at my modelling method, it looks like off n on chances of precip the next 6-7 weeks with Aug looking like the best month for sustained chances. Not looking for summer to extend too far into Sept either. Labor day week looks very Fallish. Sept has a drier feel as well. So we shall see how this pans. Precip is a fickle beast that can be rather hard to cast.

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.