First shot at Severe Storms on Sunday
Hey everyone-
I hope you’re enjoying Spring so far. It seems pretty typical for MN to me. Random warm streaks, followed by cool–all of the stuff that often makes us question why we all live here. Don’t worry–we should be thru that soon enough.
The streets have been swept and neighborhood gardens planted–it has to stay warm now, right? :)
The first shot at ‘Marginally’ Severe storms could show up for Southern MN tomorrow (Sunday 4/24). Just enough humidity creeping up along a warm front, and enough dynamics nearby to create some potentially severe storms. Read more
October 2015
Happy Saturday!
The roller coaster of fall temps continues! We had a hard freeze last evening in the metro and nearly all of MN–so if you left any plants outside, they may be in trouble. Even though we got cold, and remain cold today, we start to moderate tomorrow through Monday. Monday will be a warmer day. This time of year, usually the warmer days are quite windy also, so keep that in mind. Some parts of SW MN could be in the mid 70’s to near 80 on Monday. In MSP, upper 60’s to low 70’s look possible. Some indications are that it could be even warmer. Read more
Severe Weather Risk on Sat 8/22
Hello-
Thanks for checking in. There’s been a lot of chatter about the Severe Weather Risk for Tomorrow (Saturday 8/22/15), and for good reason–it seems like it could be an active day. The NAM & GFS seem to have a good handle on it, and soon, some of the short term high-res models will be coming into play. For the sake of highlighting the event, I am taking a look at the NAM below–and giving a brief and to the point overview. Many other factors come into play, and other models/data etc, but for the sake of simplicity here, I am just showing one. Read more
August 2015
Hello all–
Are you enjoying the summer so far? It sure is cooler than normal. Each year we average about 15 days or so above 90F, and this year, I believe we have only had 2 officially at MSP! Each year goes in waves. As we have a pretty strong El Nino going on now–this may end up taking us into a milder winter. Anyways–enough talk about winter. Our Severe Weather load has been noticeably lighter as well–and I am sure many of you are ok with that! Read more
Update on Severe Weather Expectations Today
SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE TODAY!!! See below for an extended write up!
Hello-
If you checked in several days back, I had been talking about some severe weather possibilities for this weekend. Here we are on the day this event is supposed to happen.
Just last evening, the SPC had put out a 10% probability of Tornadoes in IA & E NE, and 5% for Southern MN. That refers to the odds of tornadoes in the vicinity of any given point based on mileage. Anyways–that number has since been reduced again today.
Labor Day weekend Severe Weather?
Potential Severe Weather this weekend!
Thanks for checking in!
The title isn’t meant to scare you, but we do have the possibility of some Severe Weather this weekend in the Upper Midwest & Minnesota–particularly on Sunday. It still is a bit of a ways out, but it is worth watching. The interesting thing to note is that this potential event has come up on the day 4-8 Outlook from SPC (Storm Prediction Center)–for both Day 5 and Day 4. The next day or so should provide more clarity on the situation. The wording of Supercells and Tornadoes has come up, and it surely has generated a bit of buzz.
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