Brian D

Geese were moving heavy today. Unlike last year at this time. Although last year, they were moving every few days throughout Aug into Sept. This year had some movement in Aug, and now they are really on the move. Movement seems more typical this year than last. Flocks of migrating tweeties (various small birds) have been moving hard, too. Strong cold fronts get them moving good. Looking forward to more shwrs/stms tomorrow. Need a few more inches in the bucket.

Yeah, and it's still lingers in from CA from time to time even now. Hopefully enough acreage has burned in recent years, that the next few years will be mellow.

As for our summer this year, looks like near avg on the + side. June being the warmer month this summer. 5 & 10 yr trend charts shown respectively.

Prelim data in for Aug, and as expected pretty avg with the warmer W sub, and cooler E sub. 5 & 10 yr trend charts shown respectively.

Had a general 1-2+" of rain up here the other day, so that will help some across NE MN/N WI. New precip data didn't make the latest release as it came in on the 5th-6th.

Yesterday's high temp in the low-mid 60's was just after midnight. Temps slowly cooled into the mid-upper 50's, and pretty much the same today. Very chilly. Furnace kicking in a little more now today as my house slowly cooled off from the weekend heat. Very Oct like wx with cool, cloudy conditions. What a 180 turn. Softening those strong + anoms to start the month. BTW updated my holiday thread with Vet's day, Thanksgiving forecasts.

Thanksgiving Day looks a little wet across the S sub, with another front coming into the W sub.

Veteran's Day this year looks like a front moving through with a little energy possible running ahead or along the boundary. Chilly, blustery wx coming behind this one should kick up some LER/S.

1.46" of rain from yesterday evening into early this morning. Another 0.1-0.2 should be tallied after these showers move out today. One of the better rainfalls around here. June 28 & 29 was the last event that was over an inch. Now the cool, early fall wx moves in with temps hovering around avg to below for the next few days. Unfortunately, not much rain.

Yeah, your anoms in recent years are a bit warmer than the rest of the sub, but the SE sub did have warmer conditions. UHI is always on the table to some degree (even in small towns). It depends on siting. Datasets will start updating by the end of this week into early next week. The start of this month with a holiday weekend will delay things a little. Others update later in the month, so I'll have my chart up in about a week or so with prelim data. The sub was split, so should be near avg overall I believe.

89'd for TH co-op on the shore yesterday, but that temp is marked for today (typical of a.m. stns), and is a record beating 1897 (87). Yesterday it would have been 2nd to 1925 (91). That was the hottest day of the year for the co-op site. Awesome heat wave for 45N in the sub. Looking forward to potential heavy rains tomorrow into Wed. BRING IT! Need lots to make up for the deficit we have. Since May 1st only 7.74" (15.06" avg) so running at ~50%. YTD is 16.05" (21.42" avg) so that's a little better.

Records around my area. Looked at PWS's, and around the S end of the Duluth Harbor, and Superior, WI many 100+ away from the lake shore. This area is close to lake level (600'), and the hills (~1100') to the west have down sloping winds (even if they are light) that produce a mini chinook style heating. Interesting tho was the PWS's in the Duluth downtown, and neighborhoods along the lake shore only made it to low-mid 90's as the airport hit 97, which is about 5 miles inland. Normally it gets hotter like the other areas did, but the lake (including the main harbor) must have helped keep the temps subdued slightly. Exact wind direction is a big factor. West to W/SW tends to up the temps, but more SW runs parallel to the shoreline/ridgeline. Didn't realize it was so darn hot in 76'. Just a kid then, so ya don't pay attention to that stuff. HOT WHEELS was the thing LOL! Currently in the mid-upper 60's at 2:30 am. Feels really nice coming through the window. Main floor of my house was up to 82. Sweatin!

93-96/75-78 (heat index around 105-113) around here, with 80 in the house. Hottest day of year here. Won't see the official co-op temp on the shoreline until tomorrow morning.

Some of you may remember I mentioned a few weeks ago about Labor Day week looking Fallish. This is what I was expecting to see. Highs will be near to or lower than current lows this weekend here in the N sub. Fast switch over.

84 lakeshore, and 88 at the airport here yesterday. Peak heat today. Will see how close we can get to 90 on the shore. 87 is the highest temp so far this summer. I haven't needed to use a window A/C this year, and not going to put it in for this. 77 in the house right now, and expect that to be 80+ later this aftrn. Fan will suffice.

So-so forecast here. Not much rain to speak of, with some showers moving through the C Lakes region today. Front does move in today, but turns stationary with high pressure moving along S CA bringing in another front from the N by Monday over the N areas. Hot weekend to be sure in the W sub. Enjoy your holiday weekend everyone

Duluth is looking at possible 90+ over the weekend, so Sept 2-4 will be near record, record territory. Labor Day 1 1929 - 90 2 1978 - 88 Sept 1 1894 - 94 Sept 2 1983 - 92 Sept 3 1960 - 89 Sept 4 1897 - 89 Sept 5 1947 - 90

Looks like Sunday will be the hottest day here with a possible 90+ temp. Would be the first for the summer here in town if that pans, and rival the record. Labor day itself will be in the 80's, and that being near record territory for that holiday. But because TH co-op has switched to a.m. readings for the 1st time in it's history in 2021 (as far as I can tell), officially Sunday's high will be recorded on Monday (Labor day), so upper 80's - low 90's would be a record. In the end, it will depend on exact wind direction. If more offshore, looks good, but a little lake air in the mix, and that will suppress the temps some. But away from the shoreline is looking pretty HOT! Labor Day record high in TH: 1 1929/59/2007 - 86 2 1921/33/36/2008 - 83 As for early Sept days themselves: Sept 1 1953 - 92 Sept 2 1978 - 88 Sept 3 1925 - 91 Sept 4 1897 - 87 Sept 5 1908 - 90

After some cooler wx around here, looks like a nice, and warm weekend on tap. Rather hot just a few miles to the south of me tho. Get what you can, Fall is around the corner, especially here in the northern areas.

Going to agree with you on this. Climate change discussions end up causing too much debate that can get heated. That's why we have a Climate Change section on the forum. And just to be clear, when I post my monthly charts for temp anoms, its purpose is not to get into climate debates, just to show data, and where we stand now. The why this, and that can be discussed somewhere else if members wish to do that. At the same time, if a post is made, and comments follow, it's natural for one to want to defend his position. That's when it can get dicey, and needs to be halted.

Yeah, because you have high humidity being transported around, and add high soil moisture....nasty!

Not hard to see why dews are so high. Ample moisture to work with as the trees/crops just suck it out of the ground, and send it into the air. What a soupy mess. ISH!

Another overcast day. No fog or mist, but temps staying in the low-mid 60's. Very Fallish wx as the southern areas bake. EDIT: BTW, my furnace kicked in this morning, so that stills works, and is ready for the Fall wx coming up quick. What a contrast lol.

Cool, gray day here with a light fog, and mist this morning. 0.45" of rain in the hours before sunrise as scattered stms moved through. And yet, just a couple hrs drive south is a sauna.

OUCH!