Dew points have fallen back to the middle to upper 60's from the oppressive middle 70's. That is still one category short of what we had during the prolonged droughts of the 1930's and the 1980's.Įven though it still feels sticky, the cold front passing (see latest NWS WPC North America zoom-in map) has brought minor relief to central Minnesota. Anoka County and Olmsted County in southeastern Minnesota also appear in the extreme category. Cloud area in red paint for extreme drought. The new US Drought Monitor doesn't include any rain since Tuesday, but still has the St. The total May-July rainfall stands at 3.37 inches, still ranking as the driest May-July in St. Cloud Airport has now received 1.83 inch of rain in July so far. Cloud Continues on Track for Driest May-July on Record Cloud Airport 0.28 inch, and Redwood Falls 0.25 inch, but many parts of central and even eastern Minnesota missed the bulk of the rain. Owatonna 0.44 inch, Waseca had 0.41 inch, Cambridge 0.34 inch, Olivia 0.31 inch, St. So, the helpful rainfall hit only eastern Minnesota. During the evening, the line of storms slowly pushed southward, hitting the northern Twin Cities and much of central Wisconsin.Īgain, Not Widespread Significant Rain. Storms generally kept forming and moving over the same area for a while, so the maximum impact was over the area highlighted by the NWS Storm Prediction Center. Croix River and into northwestern Wisconsin (set number of frames to 200 on the College of DuPage north central radar loop). So, showers and thunderstorms erupted along the front during the middle of yesterday afternoon with the initial storms forming and redeveloping from Lake Mille Lacs to the St. The cold front stalled over central Minnesota (see 4 PM Thursday NWS WPC North American zoom-in map) during the day (see wind shift from southwest to the south of the front to northwest to the north of the front at 18Z-21Z on the NWS Aviation Weather Center METAR map). Stormy, But Mainly to East of Lake Mille Lacs to the Northern Twin Cities Cambridge even had a 110 degree heat index at 2:15 PM. The dew point at Granite Falls broke 80 degrees, so the heat indices were in the middle 110's around midday. Cloud observations) by midday and were in the middle to upper 100's during the heat of the afternoon (set time to noon to 2 PM on the NWS Minnesota hourly weather round-up). Heat indices commonly reached above 100 (see NWS: last three days of St. On top of that, the dew points remained in the Florida-like low to middle 70's throughout the day (see 18Z-21Z on the NWS Aviation Weather Center METAR map). The hottest highs included Browns Valley and Cambridge 99 Redwood Falls and Rush City 98 Blaine, Brainerd, Crystal, Princeton, and Staples 97 Canby, Eden Prairie, Elbow Lake, Granite Falls and Marshall 96. That was our 15th high of at least 90 degrees this summer (the 6th in July so far). Cloud hit 95 degrees, a degree higher than yesterday and its highest temperature of the season so far (see NWS: last three days of St. The steam bath that covered Minnesota yesterday lived up to its hype. Heat and Humidity Lived Up to Extreme Forecast
Rainfall amounts ranged from a half-inch, up to over an inch and a half.Friday, J5 :30 AM Bob Weisman Meteorology Professor Saint Cloud State University Atmospheric and Hydrologic Sciences Department Very Warm and Humid Today, But Nothing Like Yesterday Rain moved through the state of Iowa from Friday afternoon across Northwest Iowa, through Saturday evening across eastern Iowa.
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