Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Is Summer Over?

Minnesota heat lovers have reason to think that the good stuff is over. Thoughts?
Photo taken in the evening of Aug. 9.

9 comments:

  1. Could not be happier about a forecast high of 70.

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  2. Hopefully not. It already feels like October out there :(

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  3. Its only the beginning of August. There still can be a heat wave.

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  4. Well it would make the most sense that temps get back to "normal". Therefore, no, we are in fall now....

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  5. Imagine how nice it would be to get three months of October weather. Except for the flowers that is...

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  6. Be careful what you say...

    It IS the beginning of August, and knowing Minnesota, anything can happen. However, the atmosphere is tierd out, and will be for a while.

    I would not justify that it is fall yet. The only way we can be certain is that the trees are changing color, and the birds are migrating to the south. I see none of that. Anything can happen. YOU JUST DON'T KNOW. What drives most of us weather geeks is the fact that weather is an enigma, and absolutly nothing is 100% certain.

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  7. I would be very surprised if we hit 90 degrees again. I just think this is a fundamental change in the weather and before it "corrects," it will be too late for late unseasonable warmth to take us to 90.

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  8. It's not over yet, although the worst of the heat is behind us. But low 80s with humidity is typical this time of the year, and we'll still see plenty of those days before the end of the month.

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  9. I see there is another Randy here LOL

    Here is a closer look at tomorrow risk areas, the bright green line is a 2% Tornado risk, the other two bluish lines show where the 15% hail and wind risk are.

    http://i960.photobucket.com/albums/ae84/arpetersonembaqcom/gr%20volume%20pics/severeriskareaforAug122011.png

    And here is what the local WRF model from the Duluth WFO looks like for tomorrow at 7pm. I wish that MPX would make theirs available.

    http://www.crh.noaa.gov/images/dlh/dlhwrf/reflectivity24.png

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