Category Archives: Minneapolis

Last night was the first time in recent memory I've heard tornado sirens from a real tornado threat since moving home to Minneapolis in 2011. With a strong bow echo/MCS (mesoscale convective system) we saw straight-line winds strong enough to…

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It's only Saturday and this weekend looks balmy (ok, Sunday looks warm-ish, near 40°, but we're already starting to think about an incoming snowstorm for Monday-Tuesday in the Twin Cities and across much of Minnesota and Wisconsin. Here's the timing:…

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After seemingly months of winter without snow in the Twin Cities and much of Minnesota we've now found ourselves right in the crosshairs of two storms in a week, and another is on the way. Last Wednesday's storm ended up…

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We've been lucky for about the past month in the Twin Cities -- after about 8" of snow on October 20, we shed it all with a warm-up. After another 8" of snow in early November, we've shed that snow…

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When we last met on Saturday's forecast, I mentioned the possibility of a snow and rain mix for Monday night to Tuesday in the Twin Cities/Minneapolis/St. Paul. Unfortunately, that balanced seems to have shifted more toward snow, and I'm here…

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Just a week or two ago we were talking about our 2nd 80° day in October for the first time since 2011. October felt like an extension of early September in the Twin Cities. Then the jetstream dipped and we…

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We're looking at a significant change in temperatures as we head into the end of September and start of October. Not a huge surprise — but yesterday when we were in the middle 80s in Minneapolis/St. Paul you wouldn't have…

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After several dry days in a row, we lucked into rain last night in Minneapolis — with 0.15" of rain recorded at MSP. That rain was part of a weak cold front, but a cold front that's strong enough to…

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Well, I woke up at 5:52 a.m. to thunder over the house, which is about the 2nd of 3rd time this week I've woken up sometime around 4-6 a.m. due to thunderstorms this week. I'm sure I'm not alone! Here…

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Typically on the 4th of July in the Twin Cities, I feel like I'd be talking about storm chances. Will we get them? Will we not? Well, today it looks like we're set to be quiet, but hot. Highs in…

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