May 2024 General Discussion

[OrdIowPitMsp]

Currently 54 and very breezy this evening. Looks like some patchy frost possible up north if the winds calm down. We’ve been sustained over 20mph and gusting over 40mph all afternoon.

Cool weather on tap for the holiday weekend, in 2018 Memorial Day was the earliest 100 on record in the Twin Cities. This year we’ll probably stay in the 60s all day. 

[Spartman]

1 hour ago, OrdIowPitMsp said:

Currently 54 and very breezy this evening. Looks like some patchy frost possible up north if the winds calm down. We’ve been sustained over 20mph and gusting over 40mph all afternoon.

Cool weather on tap for the holiday weekend, in 2018 Memorial Day was the earliest 100 on record in the Twin Cities. This year we’ll probably stay in the 60s all day. 

TWC's calling for a high of 72 for Memorial Day.

Want a bad Memorial Day? Go back to  Memorial Day 1996 when temps were in the 50's all day.

[madwx]

1.59” yesterday. Up to 5.77” this month

MSN got 2.25” which is a daily record

[King James]

Unbelievably nice morning 

[cyclone77]

Yeah great sleeping weather last night too.  Got down to 49 here.  Nice to have the fresh breeze blowing in the windows.

[Brian D]

A cool morning in the upper 30's-low 40's around NE MN. Picked up 0.28" of rain yesterday from scattered shwrs/stms. Up to 3.82" for the month (3.30" May avg), so doing well there. Looks like another chance at shwrs/stms tonight. 

[Chambana]

No threat of any heat over the next 14 days it seems. 

[mississaugasnow]

45 minutes ago, Chambana said:

No threat of any heat over the next 14 days it seems. 

I wonder if we're going to go right into non-stop 90s. The last week though has helped scratch the no heat issue here. Got 83-86F for a few days there. 

[roardog]

1 hour ago, mississaugasnow said:

I wonder if we're going to go right into non-stop 90s. The last week though has helped scratch the no heat issue here. Got 83-86F for a few days there. 

Coldest summer on record coming. Just kidding.

[Spartman]

3 hours ago, roardog said:

Coldest summer on record coming. Just kidding.

Cold summers following El Niño winters are just very rare like 1992 (due to the 1991 Pinatubo eruption), 2003, 1969, or 1958. None of those cold summers after El Niño winters were followed by a La Niña winter. Each of those cold summers were either followed by a Neutral winter or a 2nd-year El Niño winter.

[rainsucks]

I would not be surprised if this ends up being the hottest summer on record for this sub. Niña onset with descending +QBO is pretty much a guarantee for a blowtorch summer, though I don't think we see much in the way of extreme heat until later on in July/August.

[A-L-E-K]

Endless 70s imby imo

[Baum]

6 hours ago, rainsucks said:

I would not be surprised if this ends up being the hottest summer on record for this sub. Niña onset with descending +QBO is pretty much a guarantee for a blowtorch summer, though I don't think we see much in the way of extreme heat until later on in July/August.

agreed. Good chance it gets hot in July and August,

[OrdIowPitMsp]

On 5/24/2024 at 9:51 PM, Spartman said:

TWC's calling for a high of 72 for Memorial Day.

Want a bad Memorial Day? Go back to  Memorial Day 1996 when temps were in the 50's all day.

P&C on weather.gov has bumped my backyard up to 70 on Monday. I’ll take this weather all summer. 

[weatherbo]

On 5/24/2024 at 10:51 PM, Spartman said:

Want a bad Memorial Day? Go back to  Memorial Day 1996 when temps were in the 50's all day.

Ya don't say. 

[A-L-E-K]

Don't know how anyone lives there 

[weatherbo]

7 minutes ago, A-L-E-K said:

Don't know how anyone lives there 

It's "garbage" free.

[cyclone77]

Another nice soaking as the rain train continues to roll on.  Picked up 0.65" so far, so 4.27" for the month now.

[SolidIcewx]

6 minutes ago, cyclone77 said:

Another nice soaking as the rain train continues to roll on.  Picked up 0.65" so far, so 4.27" for the month now.

80 degree dews incoming this summer from the crops?

[cyclone77]

14 minutes ago, SolidIcewx said:

80 degree dews incoming this summer from the crops?

Oh yeah I'm sure we'll get our usual round or two of 80-83 degree dews in July.  

[Powerball]

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

Don't know how anyone lives there 

I mean, only 5 people do.

That's virtually no one...

[weatherbo]

1 hour ago, Powerball said:

I mean, only 5 people do.

That's virtually no one...

That’s what makes it so great. If I had to live in Texas I’d probably kill myself and if I had to live in Chicago I’d kill somebody. To each their own. 

[SolidIcewx]

Weak ass shelf cloud. Although I can really appreciate the frequent lightning and thunder 

[Stevo6899]

We got to be close to some may records for rainfall, atleast up here in macomb. We've had atleast 5 days this month where atleast an inch of rain fell.

[OrdIowPitMsp]

Happy Memorial Day. Showers most of the morning here, temps are in the upper 50s but should surge into the 60s as the precipitation moves out this afternoon. Not the best day for boating but might try and catch the twins game later if it dries out in time. 

[Brian D]

1 hour ago, Stevo6899 said:

We got to be close to some may records for rainfall, atleast up here in macomb. We've had atleast 5 days this month where atleast an inch of rain fell.

Good records at Pontiac, and DTW show only 2-2.4" for them so far. But the top 10 wettest May's for them run between 5-8"+. So sounds like you're up there.

[Brian D]

Temps running in the mid-upper 60's currently (11:30 am) with rain to the W & S. Moving slow this way, so not sure what we'll get here later, if anything. A very light SE wind keeping temps a little lower along the shoreline. A very nice start to Memorial Day.  

[Brian D]

22 hours ago, weatherbo said:

That’s what makes it so great. If I had to live in Texas I’d probably kill myself and if I had to live in Chicago I’d kill somebody. To each their own. 

TH pop running around 3.7k, which is plenty big enough for me to live in. When I was in the Army, stationed in NJ, the big pop difference was very different to handle in everyday life from what I was used too. TOO MUCH, but being young, and forced to adjust, you do what you have too. Nasty air there compared to up here, as well. 

Duluth has been the biggest city (86k+) that I've had to deal with regularly, and that is not too bad. After my Army years out East, whenever I had to go to the Cities, I was prepared for that. They are still easier to deal with than the mayhem out East.

Summer tourism here gets a little nuts, and sirens tend to wail a bit more often than I care for, but it's better than other places I've lived in my younger days.  

[weatherbo]

5 hours ago, Brian D said:

TH pop running around 3.7k, which is plenty big enough for me to live in. When I was in the Army, stationed in NJ, the big pop difference was very different to handle in everyday life from what I was used too. TOO MUCH, but being young, and forced to adjust, you do what you have too. Nasty air there compared to up here, as well. 

Duluth has been the biggest city (86k+) that I've had to deal with regularly, and that is not too bad. After my Army years out East, whenever I had to go to the Cities, I was prepared for that. They are still easier to deal with than the mayhem out East.

Summer tourism here gets a little nuts, and sirens tend to wail a bit more often than I care for, but it's better than other places I've lived in my younger days.  

Spent most of my time as a kid living in N Indiana in a small town In between Ft Wayne and South Bend... it was rural but still busy and heavily populated. Growing up I had always wanted to live in a truly remote area and on top of that I really disliked the heat and humidity of the corn belt, loved wintertime and snow, so this area was a no brainer for me.  Not to mention I'm a fairly introverted person anyway so the lack of people suited me well.

The closest town to me is Big Bay which has a population of 381 but has also lost 33% of its population since 2020 for whatever reason.  It's a small hunting, camping town that sees a bit of a bump in activity during the summer and autumn months from tourists but a literal ghost town in winter.  It has a small general store with gas and the basics... I can be there in 15 min.  Marquette, the biggest city in the UP with a population around 20k, has all the necessities, some decent restaurants and a few big box stores and is a 25-30 min trip, depending on the weather. Close enough but also far enough away that the summer tourists don't bother me.

Occasionally I do go downstate and back to Indiana for different things and the traffic, the people and the hustle can be a bit overwhelming but reminds me exactly why I live where I do, down a dead-end dirt road in the middle of Michigan's n woods. 

 

[kevlon62]

Grabbed a handful of frozen chicken pot pies at that general store in Big Bay on an epic 250 mile ride a few years back.

As I recall, we were wrapping up a sit-down lunch in L'Anse close to 3 p.m.

By the time we made it back to Munising late on that Wednesday night, most all local options were closed but for the lobby microwave and my Big Bay chicken pot pies.