![]() ![]() It would only take 0.07 inch more to push us out of the top 10, but the chances for more precipitation remain small this week. Cloud's November precipitation is holding at 0.08 inch, tied with 1904 for the 7th driest November in St. Until then, we only have a small flurry threat for Wednesday night and Thursday, so our very dry November pattern continues. But Little Precipitation Chance Until (At Least) Late Next Weekend When that second storm pushes inland, it will may bring a better chance for Minnesota precipitation, but that won't happen until at least Sunday and more likely next week. A second storm will come ashore in the Pacific Northwest over the weekend, bringing potential heavy rainfall (see Days 4-7 on the NWS WPC quantitative precipitation forecast) and some mountain snows (see projected snowfall on the Sunday through Tuesday panels of the NWS WPC Days 4-7 Winter Weather Outlook). That will bring an end to the relatively dry national weather pattern, allowing significant rainfall from the Lower Mississippi Valley mid-week into the Southeast by the end of the week (see Days 3-5 on the NWS WPC quantitative precipitation forecast). The storm pattern will be more active as the high pressure area over the West Coast (clockwise circulation on the Pacific Mid-tropospheric water vapor loop) will yield, allowing a procession of storms from the eastern Pacific into the US with the first one moving from off Oregon and California through the southern US. More Active Weather Pattern for Continental US. There will also be at least some supply of high and middle clouds each day. Lows will be mainly in the 20's with a shot at some teens if we have a clear calm night. So, we will have highs at least in the 30's throughout the rest of the week with a shot at 40 degrees tomorrow. Even though our air will be coming from northern British Columbia and Alberta, the trip down the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rockies will produce milder air than what is departing. ![]() However, that next front is a warm front (see 3 PM Monday NWS WPC North America zoom-in map). But It's a Warm Front, So Seasonable Cold Through Rest of the Week The southwest winds will pick up, so wind chills will climb through the plus single digits to the teens this afternoon. There are already high clouds approaching Minnesota from the next front (see GeoColor satellite loop from Colorado State satellite slider), so we will see more limited sunshine today, but high temperatures should climb back to around 30, more typical of late November than yesterday. Still, the cold air mass brought down by the high now over southern Minnesota (see latest NWS WPC North America zoom-in map) is about to move on in this northwest-to-southeast steering wind pattern (see Mid-tropospheric water vapor loop from Colorado State satellite slider). Cloud observations), so wind chills were in the minus single digits for much of the morning and only a bit above zero during the afternoon (see NWS Minnesota hourly weather round-up).Įarly this morning, there are still some scattered low clouds (see GeoColor satellite loop from Colorado State satellite slider), but the clear spots and calm winds have allowed temperatures to drop into the plus single digits with even a few parts of northern Minnesota seeing below zero temperatures (see NWS Aviation Weather Center METAR map). Recall that only March and April have had below average temperatures of all the months in 2023.Īnd, we still had wind gusting to near 30 MPH during the day (see NWS: 72-hours of St. The cold lows are more recent because our prolonged snow season last year allowed overnight temperatures to continue to drop below zero throughout March. Cloud's coldest high since February 25 (19) and this morning has produced St. Prepared by Bob Weisman, SCSU Meteorologist and Professor Emeritus Return to At Least Seasonable Temperatures Through Weekend After Cold Start Today ![]()
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