Brian D

They are, and also younger bucks. I have some big boys on the wall, but also younger upstarts as well.

My daughter-in-law shot her deer already as opener was this past weekend. My son still waiting to get his chance. Tasty critters. I have quite a few racks on my wall from years of hunting.

3-6" of snow around here, with 6-10" much more west(NW to SW) of the Lake. Snow this time of year really helps keep things bright on a sunny day like today, but it'll slowly melt away as temps forecast to be above freezing during the upcoming aftrns. Looks pretty wet and sloppy for the upcoming weekend with rain over to snow. Back to normal Nov weather after a gorgeous Indian Summer pt 2 or 3 or 4 (can't remember how many now since the freeze of early Sept)

Duluth set monthly record at 75, so that exceeds the old record (73 11/4/2020, 11/3/1903). Should be a bunch more records that bit the dust for the daily and monthly around the broader region, again.

Sure, why not. Elections, critters, and weather (ECW for short). Seems I remember a wrestling franchise like that, which was rather wild. Seems to fit. Oh, and BTW, I don't see 2021 being boring either. At least in the weather dept.

Record daily highs have tied or fallen all over the broader region with even some monthly records these past couple of days. In the last 30 days, I think I've experienced all 4 seasons. LOL!! I knew we were in for a wild time this Fall, but this a little bit more than I expected.

A very late summer day here with temps in the mid-upper 60's here even topping 70 in some spots with mild SW winds. Pleasant weather in the 60's all week until the strong front moves through Sun into Mon next week. Top 5 record weather easy. The wild swings of Fall continue. Winter starts in a couple weeks tho. Still holding to my forecast, so we'll see how that works out.

Instead of a map, I'll just tell you if you really want to know. Stormy July 4 weekend on tap!! Folks can laugh, but I wont be using a crow feather as a toothpick on that day. I'm pretty confident about this. I've already done well with Labor day and now Halloween in the fall forecast thread. We'll see about the upcoming holidays. It's fun to watch my forecasts pan out. But I also realize I can make mistakes, so we shall see what we see.

Well, I got this one close. Map for Sat eve.

Low of 12 this morning, with rather breezy conditions out of the SW today. Heading back to normal temps for a while. Bye-bye false winter. Oh, and BTW, I did mention that winter would be starting mid - Nov in my Fall forecast, so we have a couple weeks to go yet. Seems models are hinting at such a prospect. We'll see.

I did my best to force it your way. LOL

Same look in my area. Wet at the lake, and winter in the hills.

Monthly snowfall records achieved. More snow coming this weekend. Very impressive stuff. Twin Cites, MN - 8.9" (8.2" 1991) Eau Claire, WI - 7.2" (5.9" 1925) St. Cloud, MN - 7.2" (6.4" 2002) Brainerd, MN - 10.1" (7.0" 1951) Duluth, MN is at #2 with 11.9" (record 14.0" 1933)

78 ORD would be a tie at 3rd warmest for today. Impressive. I'm looking at threadex numbers and I think ORD is used from now on in the updates. Midway was part of the record up until Jan 1980, so I don't know if they use their numbers still. If they did, then 79 would be 3rd. Either way very mild for this time of year.

If temps like that pan out, most definitely going to rival daily records, and some all time, especially in the low max category.

Yes it does feel like Nov. Yesterday's snow didn't really add up to much as they thought. 1-3" away from the shore. Just a little white on the ground today with some very light snow at the moment. Looks like C MN ended up with 6-7" out of this latest wave, tho.

Steady light snow right now, but nothing sticking. Should start seeing white in about an hour as the sun gets low.

You can have it. I'd like fall to keep going a little longer. Nov in Oct is a bit rough. Makes winter just that much longer. Here, I'll try to force it your way. lol

Still waiting on the precip. It's still trying to overcome the dry air. The head of the Lake sees this happen quite a bit. Mets here call it the "donut hole". Ne winds pool dry air here.

Looks like a narrow band of heavy snow tomorrow with a storm warning on it. Lets see if they get this one right.

Might as well put my winter thinking here. I really think everyone should be satisfied with the winter that is coming, unless your not much into it. I'm a little older now, and brutal cold is tough to deal with so I prefer not seeing much of that. Unfortunately, there will be plenty of that, especially later on in Jan and into Feb when the worst of it will make it's presence known (will it rival the cold snap of 2019?). Plenty of healthy snow chances for everyone. Some mild weather will be mixed in as well. That's normal. Oct is turning out to be as wild as I thought it would, will this winter get as cold as I think it could?

1-3" near the lakeshore with 6-7" in the ridges along the North Shore. Mainly a rain/snow mix event tomorrow for me with gusty winds off the Lake, but the higher terrain could see a another 6".

And lastly, New Years day. Looks like a clipper front New years eve with high pressure building in on New Years. My map for this day.

Come Christmas Day, I'm expecting colder weather to arrive as a front from Christmas eve passes through. It looks like a re-enforcing front or a weak clipper/trough may follow behind, so looks mainly cloudy with snow shwers possible and LES. Here's my map for this holiday.

Going to start with Thanksgiving Day. Looks like high pressure over the Lakes, with low pressure system(s) over in the plains/mtns. Our western areas may see some affects that day, but expecting some messy weather for the weekend. Not sure if it will be major or not, but inclement weather over the weekend looks likely. Something to watch. The map may look something like this.