Brian D

I put these charts up for the seasons and the annual for our region so you folks talking of the changes can get a glimpse of what has been, and what things look like now in comparison. I think we do a great disservice to the observers of the past by calling their work suspect. Then and now, they all do their best. It's pretty easy to point to this issue or that to discredit the data that has been collected, but the record in the US is the best in the world. The CRN network is probably the most pristine we have at the moment, but is very short. These are a fair representation of the last 200 years of our region. It'll be awesome to see how it works out over time. I think I have a few more years to go.

Gloomy weather persists up here. Area has seen around an inch of rain so far. Fairly steady light rain/drizzle since yesterday morning. Maybe another inch of rain by the end of this sometime late tomorrow into Wed. Some snow on tap, mainly west of me, with a couple inches on tap for them by Wed morning.

I posted in "Off Topic" concerning this.

I'm expecting a couple days of rain (1-2") to move in starting tomorrow. Cool, easterly fetch and wet. Very typical April weather.

Just curious, but this SO2 plume could have an effect on the coming summer. Something to watch. It is being lifted to about 16km. Any more big puffs like this and it probably will have a decent impact. Watch for real cool sunsets in the coming weeks or at least pics of them from different places around the world.

With March temp data in here's how we look on long term record. Definitely one of the warmer March's on record.

Much needed rain on its way with some thunder mixed in. Might get a little squirrely down towards the Twin Cities with the hot early April weather. Record highs possible!

So my forecast was something in between. The forecast for Good Friday was off. That sharp front came through in the days prior. Yes, there is another front moving in, but not what I was expecting. Saturday and Easter are close calls. The weather looks good overall. Enjoy your Easter holiday everyone

Just under an inch of rain here since yesterday. Pretty steady light rain with the occasional mod/hvy band working in. Winds running 15-30 mph, so nothing unusual. It has been snowing some today, inland across the Arrowhead region, but no reports as of yet. Haven't seen any flakes in town, but radar showing heavier snow out over the lake now as the colder air moves in.

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Typical Spring wx scenario. Cold, wet, and windy conditions today and tomorrow.

Gov model has the pattern I believe to be happening on the start of Easter weekend. 2 weeks to go, so we shall see.

Looks like this was close call. System a starting a little south than my map, and definitely a stm maker.

First week of May has this look with my modelling method. If that is what your looking for in a pattern for chasing. Trending more north as the month progresses.

Mother's Day forecast looks like mostly fair and cool weather for most of the region. Wet weather will be moving through in the couple days prior to this day.

5 days to go, and gov models have had something here off and on for a few days. Will I do better than last time? Hope so.

Here's the winter data for our region. Ended pretty avg in the record.

Results of last night's snow. Typical March style weather for our region, snow north with svr stms south, albeit a little early for tornadic stuff in MN.

About an inch on the ground right now. Very wet, snowman snow. Moderate snow falling right now.

Started off with some rain that quickly has gone to a rn/sn mix this afternoon. Big flakes. Should go to all snow this evening sometime.

Looks like some rain with thunder possible before the snow tonight. It's been a few weeks since this amount has been forecast for my area.

Been a while since I posted. Been real quiet on the weather front with rather mild temps at times, like today. Couple of cold snaps were mixed in there as well. Sloppy weather coming up in a couple days, though. Might see some acc snow. Feb temp data out, so here is how we stand for our region in the scheme of things. Definitely one of the colder Feb's in the record. Edit: Replaced chart with the one that should be here for our entire region, not just upper midwest.

You mean this? Right down to the Gulf coast. Very impressive

Really cold stretch ended yesterday, so I'll update my last report. Impressive Feb cold. Duluth(Hi/Low) 2/11: -4/-23 2/12: -7(R)/-19 2/13: -6(R)/-35(R) 2/14: -6(R)/-26(R) 2/15: 2/-24 2/16: 13/-28 2/17: 11/-22 I-Falls(Hi/Low) 2/11: -9/-36 2/12: -9(R)/-38 2/13: -10(R)/-42(R) 2/14: -7(R)/-35 2/15: 5/-39 2/16: 10/-36 2/17: 15/-28

Feb 1936 was a rough one.