Brian D

Been hitting the low 70's briefly here the last couple days. Definitely on the cooler side. Sept skies with aftrn popcorn shwrs. No smoke, too, makes things much nicer. That sh*t is the pits.

Constitution Citizens Day on Sept 17th, I'm expecting some showers, with a little thunder possible for some. It's possible some energy in the west may kick out along the boundary, riding it through our region. BTW, this day is a dual observed day for the adoption of the Constitution and those who became naturalized citizens.

Yep, over me right now. Thick enough to block the Sun a bit. Nasty skies.

No real issues this year my way. In town, skeeters generally not much of an issue unless you live along the woods line. Flies are the bigger deal for me, and there has been hardly a fly to be seen. Just bugs in general on the low. That includes bees. My flower garden hasn't seen one yet, and if that continues, it would be worrisome. Bee decline is a serious issue.

Getting drier by the day in the northern sub. Pittance rains just not cutting it. Hoping for the wetter Aug I believe will happen, but will it be enough?

Storms rolled through last night. Nice lightning show for a little while. Couple close hits. 0.34" of rain. 0.84" for the month so far. 4.10" since May 1st is well behind normal by 4.71" as of today July 10. June, and July are the peak of precip season around here, so we need to step up, or get left behind in the coming weeks.

It's "milk plant" data from an avg of datasets. Raw from the "teet" stuff gets processed, and some are reanalysis sets. Data is quite variable during the 1800's, although the datasets start becoming more close in the late 1800's. It is what it is. I don't do my own evals on what was done. It's an estimation, and if there happens to be a year that's off, not much I can do about it. Edit: Just looked at the datasets anoms for June. They range from 1.3 - 4.6 (1901-2000 baseline). This is not uncommon with these datasets to have this kind of variability between them for the 1800's as I mentioned above. "Milk plant" effect I guess.

Yeah, they don't tell you the nature of the weather that created them.

Answers my question, too. But just in case ASOS goes belly up, do you have equipment to use for manual obs? Hand held devices maybe? Back in my Army days, we used a hand held anenometer, a psychrometer for dry/wet bulb (twirl that for a minute or so), and a rather large barometer. Of course that's old school. It's all digital stuff now.

Prelim data for June showing another warm one for our region. Since 2005, June's have been running near avg to well above. 5 & 10 yr trend charts shown respectively.

Astute gardeners around these parts are ready for this. Scattered frost in lower lying locations during summer is not uncommon. Radiational cooling with CA highs is a common feature of our summers. 45N is a different world

That would be both of us mentioning that. Cooler by the lake is the norm into July around here, but a bit more dramatic than what your showing.

A real nice summer stretch on tap. A little chilly in the a.m., but all's good.

0.41" of rain yesterday. It all moved out before the fireworks, so a good show. 0.46" for the first days of July, and looks like a little more over the weekend possible. As I mentioned last month, just off n on chances of precip with Aug looking wetter. Then Fall.

Just curious, but what equipment are you using for manual obs?

Looks like MSP getting some needed rain this a.m. (although not much), and possible svr wx on tap this aftrn/eve. Might be a wash for fireworks tonight here in parts of MN n WI. A quick 0.05" fell yesterday aftrn with a line of stms. A quick check on TH co-op temps, and they hit 85 last Fri (a.m. stn, so recorded for Sat). That's pretty hot for the shoreline, but the wind was offshore just enough for them to reach that temp. That was a hot day along the North Shore. Top 10 temp for either day. Low 90's is record territory.

Pretty close call here. Issued this last Nov. Front moving in a little quicker than anticipated, so the W sub will be under the gun on the 3rd & especially the 4th with a decent risk of svr wx.

Looks like Northshore traffic every summer. Pop growth at least doubles around here in summer. Sirens going off nearly everyday from police/ambulance. It really does get annoying. I really would feel uncomfortable being stuck going really slow on that bridge, tho. The "what if" willy runs up the spine just thinking about it. MSP collapse coming to mind. When I was younger, some of my friends called tourist season "terrorist" season from the sheer bulk of people coming in, and their big city driving habits. Hence the regular sirens. But business here makes most of their money now, so it's a double edged sword.

Soaking rains here yesterday netted 1.26" at the TH arpt, and 1.18" here in town. Much needed, and lawn went all green really quick. Grass growing like corn, you can almost watch it popping up this morning. 2.90" for the month brings us closer to the 4.23" avg. Chance for scattered shwrs/stms this aftrn. All this new moisture in the ground will keep dews up now, but temps 75-80 will be comfortable with dews of 60-65 today. Might even break 85 here in town this weekend on a W/SW wind. And that's getting too warm for my taste with higher dews.

More rain yesterday with 0.53" at the TH arpt, and 0.37' here in town. More rain moving through this morning with ~ 1/4" so far. 1.72" in town for the month is well behind the 4.23" avg. ~3" behind the curve for the year so far. Could be worse.

Tough going for many of you guys today. Milky white skies here the last couple days, but not as horrible as some of the past smoke episodes we've had before. NWS Duluth has an air quality alert issued nonetheless from the MPCA.

0.57" of rain in town, with 0.6" at the TH arpt yesterday. ~1.5" of rain around here is much welcome. Now just cool, cloudy with shower chances the next couple days.

Plenty of rain around the area yesterday, and last night. 0.96" so far at the TH arpt, and 0.66" reported this morning at the TH co-op site. Looks like much more to come over the next couple days.

Ring of stms around the head of the lake.

All on top, no borer signs thankfully. Good chance of shwrs/stms this weekend could net up to 2-3" of rain for some around here. Much needed, and very welcome. Temps got rather hot away from the lake yesterday. 88 at the TH arpt, but only 71 at the shoreline.