MWEATHER RADAR MN PLUS
MWEATHER RADAR MN SERIES

Cloud, MN, and Vicinity ForecastĬonfidence Level: 'I Will Have to Remove Five-Foot High Snow Piles to Put Out the Trash'

Light wind nights will have the potential for dense early morning fog, including today (see NWS Aviation Weather Center METAR map).ĭetailed St. Low temperatures will generally be near 60 or in the lower 60's when the winds stay up, like Tuesday night. Highs will generally be from the middle 70's on cloudier days to as warm as the lower 80's if we can get a decent amount of sunshine. So each day's high will depend on how much sunshine we can get through the clouds. However, I don't see a completely cloudy day until perhaps Friday, because that weather system is forecast to intensify and stall as it moves into Minnesota or Iowa. In general, I can't completely rule out a chance of rain any day this week, but Tuesday night into Wednesday and again Thursday night into Friday appear to have the best chances for rain. The details of each system are a bit sketchy, with the US computer forecast favoring tomorrow with a better chance of showers and thunderstorms, but a different computer forecast favoring Tuesday night and Wednesday for the best chance of showers and thunderstorms. It also means that there will be at least a chance of showers and thunderstorms each day, so more significant rainfall is possible this week. That means high temperatures will likely a couple of degrees cooler than average, depending on how much sunshine we see each day.

MWEATHER RADAR MN SERIES

As the hot high generating the circulation drifts further to the northwest this week, spreading extreme heat into the interior west from California to Washington state ( excessive heat watches already in effect for mid-week), the air flow over Minnesota will become even more northwest-to-southeast, pushing a series of low pressure systems to our south and west. That's because the northwest-to-southeast branch of middle-level moisture from the Desert Southwest is now a bit further to the south (see Mid-Tropospheric water vapor loop from Colorado State satellite slider) than it was late last week.

MWEATHER RADAR MN PLUS

Cloud continues to be on the plus side with 1.24 inch on Friday, 2.23 inches in August, and more than five and a quarter inches above average for the year.Įven though we had sunshine yesterday, showers and thunderstorms were on our doorstep in Iowa, South Dakota, and Nebraska most of yesterday and overnight (see College of DuPage north central US radar loop). The part of central Minnesota just to our south which has been short of rain over the past 90 days is less brown than they were before the rainstorm. The Minnesota River Valley also saw more than half an inch of rain. More than an inch of rain (dark green on the NWS Minnesota 7-day rainfall map) fell from west central Minnesota through central Minnesota and over the Twin Cities. Yesterday managed to break out into significant sunshine, but the rain Friday morning and lingering clouds Saturday were worth it. Monday, Aug3:10 AM Bob Weisman Meteorology Professor Saint Cloud State University Atmospheric and Hydrologic Sciences Department Minnesota to Shower (Occasionally) While West Broils

Mweather radar mn