Considerable Variance in Degree of Thursday Cool Down

There seems to be considerable variance in the temperature forecasts this time of year. As of Monday night, while there's universal agreement on a big cool down coming during midweek, there's still a wide range of forecasts for the high temperature on Thursday. KSTP (Dave Dahl), who was the clear winner on the forecast for the current warm weather, continues to be forecast temperatures that are warmer than anyone else. Fox's Ian Leonard has the coolest forecast for Thursday with 65. With just two and a half days remaining until high temperatures are reached Thursday afternoon, here's what the local prognosticators were predicting:

WCCO: 69
KSTP: 75
Fox: 65
KARE: 71
NWS: 67
Weather.com: 66
Accuweather: 72
Strib:69

A Big Thank You to Ian Leonard from FOX9

A big thanks goes out to Ian Leonard for inviting The Minnesota Forecaster out to the Fox 9 Weather Center to get a firsthand look at how he assembles a forecast and presents it to the public. It was very enlightening and we hope to share more about the visit in the coming days, perhaps as part of a "Get to Know Your Weathercaster" series.