Sunnier forecast
Your lawn or farm field may be happy we banked some decent rain in about a week. It's about to get a whole lot sunnier around here.
A fast moving jet stream has sent a series of low pressure systems swirling through the Upper Midwest this month. In the Twin Cities, 10 of the past 11 days have featured at least a trace of rain. Rainfall is running above average this month in many southern Minnesota locations.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6)
STATION: TWIN CITIES MN
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MONTH: MAY
YEAR: 2010
LATITUDE: 44 52 N
LONGITUDE: 93 13 W
DY MAX MIN WTR
1 64 49 0.00
2 64 48 0.00
3 57 46 0.05
4 79 41 T
5 55 47 T
6 54 41 0.04
7 48 34 0.55
8 52 34 T
9 58 32 0.00
10 58 44 0.19
11 46 41 0.47
12 51 42 0.04
PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) , PAGE 2
STATION: TWIN CITIES MN
MONTH: MAY
YEAR: 2010
LATITUDE: 44 52 N
LONGITUDE: 93 13 W
[TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA]
AVERAGE MONTHLY: 49.4 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 1.34
DPTR FM NORMAL: -6.5 DPTR FM NORMAL: 0.24
HIGHEST: 79 ON 4 GRTST 24HR 0.66 ON 10-11
LOWEST: 32 ON 9
Last night's rain and thunder favored the west metro. Here are some local rainfall reports.
MSP Aiprort .25"
Stillwater .32"
Chanhassen .44"
Forest Lake .49"
Long Lake .49"
Crystal .53"
Buffalo .56"
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Twin Cities NWS storm total rainfall estimates.
Arrowhead drought hangs tough:
Today's latest U.S. Drought Monitor shows severe drought hanging tough in northeast Minnesota and much of northern Wisconsin. Wetter weather is keeping the drought from expanding in areas south and west.
I have observed wet soils and high pond and lake levels near the weather lab in the west metro. There is standing water in many areas around the west metro in ditches and low spots that have been dry for the past few springs.
Drier and warmer pattern ahead:
As the jet stream shifts north into southern Canada over the next 10 days, drier and much warmer weather will take hold over the Upper Midwest. Temperatures should push 70 by the weekend, and it appears 70s and even 80s are ahead in the coming 10 days.
This should help boost crop development in Minnesota to levels well ahead of average by late May.
Enjoy the warm up as spring and summer like temperatures move in over the next few days.
PH