***Official 2023 Weather Thread***
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Radar kept showing it all drying up as it hit the border but we got a good rain around 11pm. Surfaces still look wet this morning so I think we got a bit more. Perennials planted last spring were showing severe stress and got watered last night so that must have been the trick.
Storms finally arrived about 9:30 last night. Stopped at midnight. Checked the gage this morning. 1.7 inches.
It finally actually rained for more than just hundredths in the Twin Cities last night. Only .44" at MSP but better than the three plus weeks with basically nothing. Amounts vary wildly just within the metro.
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.95” late afternoon yesterday, 3 miles away wind and hail. Corn down but will come back, but tangled.
Ended up with 1" in Marion. Crazy windy today which really hampered the fly-in traffic this morning but drive up traffic was still good.
This shouldn't be interrupted as saying it rained a lot last night. The time period they are talking about totally a whopping .28" for that hour. Of course with only a 1/10" for the month that was enough.
Saw a multipage drought pdf the NWS put together for Minnesota. Mostly focused on MN and WI but had some national info and interesting maps. Click to enlarge and zoom.
Here's the one for the nation. Pretty much every state is dry. MN is drier than IA and don't think the spotty rain that fell over the weekend moved that needle much.
Here's the one for the nation. Pretty much every state is dry. MN is drier than IA and don't think the spotty rain that fell over the weekend moved that needle much.
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Had 2.1” total Saturday in the northern Hardin/ Grundy area. Best part is it came beautifully too. No real downpours.
Precipitation deficit maps for 30-day, 6-month and 12-month. Mostly MN but maybe someone can dig up a similar for IA. The only spot above "green" is from the one crazy cell that dumped an insane amount west of Mankato last month. Even with all of the winter snow the 6-month doesn't look that great.
Hmm, guess Iowa is drier per last Thursday's drought mapping and not just the precip and soil moisture content.
06/20/23:
58% of the Midwest is in drought (D1–D4)
50% greater drought coverage than 5 weeks ago
93% of the Midwest is classified as abnormally dry (D0) or in drought
06/20/23:
58% of the Midwest is in drought (D1–D4)
50% greater drought coverage than 5 weeks ago
93% of the Midwest is classified as abnormally dry (D0) or in drought
I imagine we will see some improvement from the weekend precip but not much. At worst it slowed/stopped the decline. Thankfully for all of us we have shifted patterns a bit and the death ridge is gone.
I have colleagues in west Texas that have been hammered by a bunch of severe weather the past few weeks. Heavy rain, hail, tornados, high heat index. The storms will knock out the power and then the heat index will shoot up when their is no power for the A/C. The high/heat humidity stirs up another round of storms and the cycle starts again.
I should have checked harder. The wind shear will be very light and the ENH risk is mostly for hail and damaging winds.
If I were hunting tornadoes on this day I’d be in the high plains. There’s always a chance.
Air quality in the northland is killing my biking. Might have to decide to bike anyway but air is BAD again from Canada fires. As an elder dude I have been opting out of riding in this but might have to go anyway (maybe mask up) since it's so frequent I am really missing a lot of rides. This sucks.
Note, it's so bad out today I really didn't need to look to see that there was an air quality warning. Got the house outside air intake turned off. One breath deep breath and you can tell this isn't good for you.
Note, it's so bad out today I really didn't need to look to see that there was an air quality warning. Got the house outside air intake turned off. One breath deep breath and you can tell this isn't good for you.
