May 2025 General Discussion

[OrdIowPitMsp]

3 blocks from my house, the water is glass, can’t beat this. 

[roardog]

2 hours ago, TheClimateChanger said:

Spartaman is not going to like the Old Farmer’s Almanac outlook for the summer. Hot and dry pretty much everywhere, except in Ohio and surrounding areas. At least it’ll still be hot - although with all that rain, you have to assume it would be more from warmer minimum temperatures.
 

If you're going to Miami this summer, make sure to take a hoodie. It's going to be cool there.

[cyclone77]

3 hours ago, A-L-E-K said:

today sunnier and nicer than expected so far

Nice thing about May is the sun will make it feel much better than the actual temp if it's out.  

[sbnwx85]

First time trying to grow grass. The rain and garden hose are getting the job done. Tomorrow’s rain will be welcome. Look at these little babies.

[cyclone77]

Got down to 38 here this morning.  

[Brian D]

Improved drought status from all the recent precip we've had up my way. We'll see if we can at least maintain that in the coming weeks. Doesn't look like much precip in the forecast/models for my area. I'm expecting better potential late May into June for some heavier stuff.

[nwohweather]

Absolute fire hose off the lake today. Would love to see this in November

[Harry Perry]

On 5/3/2025 at 11:33 AM, OrdIowPitMsp said:

3 blocks from my house, the water is glass, can’t beat this. 

Could’ve swore that was one of my kids on our lake at first glance haha (also 3 blocks from my house). 
 

We don’t get too many nice glass days, it’s always windy and cold, or windy and hot with tons of wake from all the boats. Awesome picture. 

[A-L-E-K]

Some cold rain incoming 

[michsnowfreak]

Cold raw and rainy day today. Yesterday was a cool spring day but nice for a walk.

[OrdIowPitMsp]

80 and sunny at msp. 
 

First official 80 of 2025

[Jackstraw]

11 hours ago, cyclone77 said:

Got down to 38 here this morning.  

42 this morning here. Been stuck under the core of that cutoff all day and haven't broke out of the 40's with rain up until a couple of hours ago. The wind was blowing pretty good this morning had a wind chill of 35 lol. I woke up with very chilly bones. Had to go pull the propane tank off the grill and hook it up to my Mr. Buddy for a few hours. Need a break from those Winter heating bills 

Edit: And its raining again and 47. I'm going back to sleep lol.

[TheNiño]

Sunset up here was pretty cool especially out over the lake. The sky turned several different shades as the sun went down. Also caught this in Racine just north of the system which was a nice bonus 

[michsnowfreak]

5 hours ago, OrdIowPitMsp said:

80 and sunny at msp. 
 

First official 80 of 2025

Meanwhile I wore a sweater and the heat ran all day. Lol spring in the midwest

[Stevo6899]

1 hour ago, michsnowfreak said:

Meanwhile I wore a sweater and the heat ran all day. Lol spring in the midwest

I have been home from Florida for 65 days and I think we've had maybe 20 decent days. I'd be okay if we deleted march and April from the calendar.

[Spartman]

Don't be pushing for a repeat of this past weekend now, NWS ILN!
From NWS ILN's recent Long Term 

Ensemble guidance seems to be in fairly good agreement showing an
influx of very dry air from the N into the daytime Friday, even with
the details regarding the digging S/W into the ern Great Lakes and
NE CONUS still somewhat uncertain. Should this feature dig to the SW
a bit more into the ern OH Vly, some of the driest air may be
shunted a bit more to the W of the local area into Saturday, but
latest guidance still maintains a dry fcst locally during this
period. This being said, the ensemble data points toward a cutoff
low that develops further to the W closer to the ILN FA Friday into
Saturday, which would likely mean daytime temps that may be quite a
bit cooler than the blended fcst currently suggests. Certainly the
trends portend that we may have another cutoff low to contend with
immediately to our E into Saturday and the interaction between the
digging S/W NE CONUS trof and the lumbering broad cutoff low in the
S mid MS Rvr Vly will be watched closely for adjustments to the
fcst. The exact evolution of this pattern into next weekend still
has some uncertainties at these time ranges given the weak flow and
interaction between various relatively weak systems. But for now,
near to slightly below normal temperatures and drier conditions are
favored mid to late week before a gradual warming trend evolves by
late next weekend into early next week.

 

[Brian D]

Going to be another hot one away from the Lake today. Max temps across MN will running +15-20. Almost the whole state again. Similar to yesterday. 

[A-L-E-K]

Beautiful afternoon 

[michsnowfreak]

Got 1.13" of rain yesterday. Seasonable May day today. 

[madwx]

Was an amazing day out. Got up to 69 at the house. Rest of the week should be beautiful too - in the 60s and 70s

[OrdIowPitMsp]

Basically a July temperature forecast here. Can’t even muster up any precipitation, drought starting earlier this year. 

[michsnowfreak]

20 hours ago, Stevo6899 said:

I have been home from Florida for 65 days and I think we've had maybe 20 decent days. I'd be okay if we deleted march and April from the calendar.

I like march but yeah April sucks.

[cyclone77]

Pesky ULL kept clouds overhead all day keeping temps in the 60s.  Should be mostly 70s and 80s from tomorrow on.  Hope storminess returns 2nd half of month.

[A-L-E-K]

weather looks incredible for being out and about in the city but cosign the hope for a return to more active weather later in the month for sure

[Baum]

early summery  period may have been delayed, but denied. I'm all in.

[A-L-E-K]

honestly impressed that we've avoided one of these global death ridges for so long, our time will come and we should probably savor the comfort 

[Powerball]

That extremely late-in-the-season PV split during early April kind of helped to reset the pattern from what was looking to be a torchy Spring (after the unusually warm/dry March).

That said, there are early indications of a transition to more heat/ridging by mid-month.

[SchaumburgStormer]

Its May, Its Green. I am all in on warmth. 

[sbnwx85]

1 hour ago, SchaumburgStormer said:

Its May, Its Green. I am all in on warmth. 

Yeah, let's get those soil temps up!

[Spartman]

5 hours ago, Powerball said:

That extremly late-in-the-season PV split during early April kind of helped to reset the pattern from what was looking to be a torchy Spring (after the unusually warm/dry March).

That said, there are early indications of a transition to more heat/ridging by mid-month.

Wouldn't count on it. Models hinting another cutoff low for next week.

12z GFS:

12z Canadian:

It gets worse on the 12z GFS run that it keeps us pretty much in Cutoff Land for a good portion of the month, especially about a week after next.