Lots of sun, still noticeable humidity, not as warm (near 80).Saturday (best chance of scattered showers).Some of the overnight storms to our west (see Shortwave Albedo loop from Colorado State satellite slider menu College of DuPage north central US radar loop) will have a shot, but storms will be scattered (40 percent shot).An isolated shower possible as a cold front to the north (see latest NWS WPC North America zoom-in map) approaches (1 in 5 chance).Warmer (80's) and noticeably humid (some dew points in the 50's see UCAR hourly dew point chart).I've been saying the same thing most of this week, so let me summarize below: Kayser).Friday, J3 :05 AM Bob Weisman Meteorology Professor Saint Cloud State University Atmospheric and Hydrologic Sciences Department Are You Tired of Scrolling Through the Same Discussion? I'm Tired of Writing It, So. Remember, for more frequent weather updates, you can always find me on Twitter dkayserwx) or on Facebook ( Meteorologist D.J. We’ll keep an eye on this as we head into the weekend. The Storm Prediction Center has placed an area mainly south and west of I-94 in a Marginal Risk of severe storms on Saturday. The WPC has placed much of eastern Minnesota in a 0.50″+ range for rainfall through next Thursday morning, with more as you head southeast. Lingering storms are then possible heading into the beginning of next week. Storm chances move in again for this weekend, and while storm placement might be a little up in the air, there is potential for some heavy rain during this time. So, do we have any more rain coming to add on to what we’ve already seen? The answer: yes. The peak of the drought was in March to early April, when essentially the entire state was at least abnormally dry. The city saw 0.99 inches of rain on Sunday and 0.88 inches of rain on Monday.Īll this rain has been good news in one aspect – the drought! For the first time since early last August, 0% of the state is in abnormally dry or drought conditions. However, during DST, the daily climate data kept by the NWS goes from 1 AM to 1 AM as they keep the record in standard time.)ĭuluth fell short of seeing an inch of rain in one singular day during the system. ( Sidenote: technically a good chunk of this rain fell in the Midnight hour of Monday morning. Cloud saw its sixth day this year with at least an inch of rain, as 1.41 inches of rain fell on Sunday. That occurred during the Twin Cities Superstorm.) This also was the 13th wettest July day in Twin Cities history (#1 was back on July 23rd, 1987, when 9.15 inches fell. Going beyond this chart, the 1981-2010 Twin Cities average for number of 2″+ rain days per year is 1.2, which means we pretty much matched the average earlier this week. By that date last year, the Twin Cities had already seen three days with at least an inch of rain. The 2.83 inches of rain that the Twin Cities saw on Monday gave them their first one inch plus rain day of the year. That rain helped lead to numerous reports of flooding within the River Falls area Monday morning. Of course, a lot of this rain fell within a 6-12 hour range, so the event easily would fall into a 100 + year event, even potentially up to a 200 year event. If we just go with a 24 hour period, the River Falls rainfall would fall near/above a 100 year rain event. What we are essentially looking at is the probability of a given rainfall amount to occur during a time period. What you see above is the point precipitation frequency from NOAA for the River Falls area. The top rain total in the state of Minnesota was a little south of Afton, which picked up 6.54 inches of rain during the event. Rainfall amounts were even higher as you went into western Wisconsin, where some areas near River Falls picked up over 7″ of rain. Meanwhile, some areas saw even heavier rain. In Morris, the 3.75″ that fell almost matched the July monthly average for rain in the city, which is 3.88 inches. That helped set a new record rainfall for the day – the previous being 2.32″ in 1883. Of the 2.87″ of rain that MSP saw during the event, 2.83″ of that fell on Monday. The top airport location was in New Ulm, where 3.89″ of rain fell. Here were rainfall totals over the two days at airport locations across the state. Some of the heaviest totals were seen in the south and east Twin Cities metro areas into western Wisconsin, as well as just south of the Twin Ports area. Above are the 48 hour radar estimated rainfall totals starting at 1 PM on the 5th. A slow moving cold front brought a lot of rainfall to parts of Minnesota and western Wisconsin between Sunday, July 5th and Monday, July 6th.
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