Bright and comfortable

A high pressure system is settling in over Minnesota, and it plans to stay through Tuesday.

That's great!  We'll have another sunny day with low humidity.

Highs Tuesday will be very typical for June 21, with 70s over northern and central Minnesota, and lower 80s to the south:

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The high pressure system will drift away by Wednesday, allowing showers and thunderstorms to return:

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Sunday evening tornadoes

The Duluth office of the National Weather Service is surveying damage along two probable tornado paths from the Sunday evening storms. One path includes parts of southern Cass county, Crow Wing county and Aitkin county. Another damage path is in northern Aitkin county, and southern Itasca county into St. Louis county. The Duluth NWS is also surveying damage south of Hibbing, to see if there is any evidence of a tornado.  I will pass on their findings when the storm survey is completed.

One fatality has been reported from Sunday's storms. A man died in the Boundary Waters Canoe area when severe thunderstorm winds toppled a tree on his campsite near Duncan Lake. Details can be found here .

Here is a preliminary summary of severe weather reports from Sunday evening, courtesy of the Duluth NWS office:

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN

124 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...

..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....

..REMARKS..

0600 PM     HAIL             7 NE COHASSET           47.34N 93.51W

06/19/2016  M1.00 INCH       ITASCA             MN   AMATEUR RADIO

0622 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     5 E LEADER              46.50N 94.55W

06/19/2016                   CASS               MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0622 PM     HAIL             PENGILLY                47.33N 93.20W

06/19/2016  M1.00 INCH       ITASCA             MN   AMATEUR RADIO

0630 PM     HAIL             5 E LEADER              46.52N 94.54W

06/19/2016  M1.75 INCH       CASS               MN   AMATEUR RADIO

0630 PM     TORNADO          8 NNE STAPLES           46.47N 94.74W

06/19/2016                   CASS               MN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0634 PM     HAIL             1 N PINE RIVER          46.74N 94.40W

06/19/2016  M1.00 INCH       CASS               MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL.

0640 PM     HAIL             2 W BREEZY POINT        46.60N 94.26W

06/19/2016  M2.50 INCH       CROW WING          MN   PUBLIC

0640 PM     HAIL             3 N NISSWA              46.54N 94.30W

06/19/2016  M2.75 INCH       CROW WING          MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0642 PM     HAIL             LAKE SHORE              46.50N 94.36W

06/19/2016  M2.75 INCH       CASS               MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0647 PM     HAIL             4 S BREEZY POINT        46.54N 94.22W

06/19/2016  M2.75 INCH       CROW WING          MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0647 PM     TORNADO          2 NNE JACOBSON          47.03N 93.25W

06/19/2016                   ITASCA             MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. DEBRIS IS SEEN BEING LOFTED IN

THE AIR FROM PHOTO.

0647 PM     HAIL             NISSWA                  46.50N 94.30W

06/19/2016  M3.00 INCH       CROW WING          MN   AMATEUR RADIO

0648 PM     HAIL             5 E NISSWA              46.50N 94.19W

06/19/2016  M2.75 INCH       CROW WING          MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0650 PM     HAIL             4 NE NISSWA             46.54N 94.24W

06/19/2016  M4.00 INCH       CROW WING          MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

OBSERVER ESTIMATED 70MPH WINDS.

0650 PM     HAIL             7 S CROSSLAKE           46.58N 94.09W

06/19/2016  M1.75 INCH       CROW WING          MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0651 PM     TORNADO          4 NE JACOBSON           47.03N 93.20W

06/19/2016                   ITASCA             MN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

FOUR OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED WITH LOSS OF MACHINERY. MAJOR

DAMAGE TO RESIDENCE AND ATTACHED GARAGE.

0652 PM     HAIL             LAKE HUBERT             46.50N 94.26W

06/19/2016  M1.75 INCH       CROW WING          MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0654 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     3 S NISSWA              46.45N 94.30W

06/19/2016                   CROW WING          MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0707 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     CROSBY                  46.49N 93.96W

06/19/2016                   CROW WING          MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0711 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 SE CUYUNA COUNTRY STA 46.43N 93.92W

06/19/2016                   CROW WING          MN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

*** 1 INJ *** LARGE TREE FELL ON HOME AND RESIDENTS WERE

TRAPPED NEEDED TO BE EXTRICATED. MINOR INJURIES.

0715 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 E WOODROW             46.38N 93.97W

06/19/2016                   CROW WING          MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

MULTIPLE LARGE TREES DOWN

0715 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SSE DEERWOOD          46.43N 93.87W

06/19/2016                   CROW WING          MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG MN-6 ALONG A 1 TO 2 MILE

STRETCH. TIME EST FROM RADAR.

0715 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SSE DEERWOOD          46.43N 93.88W

06/19/2016                   CROW WING          MN   EMERGENCY MNGR

REPORTS OF SEVERAL CABINS DAMAGED BY DOWNED TREES AROUND

THE PLACID LAKE AREA.

0716 PM     HAIL             AITKIN                  46.53N 93.71W

06/19/2016  M1.00 INCH       AITKIN             MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0723 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     5 NW WEALTHWOOD         46.42N 93.73W

06/19/2016                   AITKIN             MN   PUBLIC

PUBLIC REPORT OF FUNNEL CLOUD S OF CR-28 AND E OF MN-210.

TIME EST FROM RADAR.

0743 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GOODLAND                47.16N 93.14W

06/19/2016                   ITASCA             MN   AMATEUR RADIO

6 TO 8 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

0753 PM     HAIL             SWAN RIVER              47.09N 93.20W

06/19/2016  M1.00 INCH       ITASCA             MN   AMATEUR RADIO

0754 PM     HAIL             4 N SWAN RIVER          47.14N 93.20W

06/19/2016  M1.00 INCH       ITASCA             MN   AMATEUR RADIO

0813 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WILLOW RIVER            46.32N 92.84W

06/19/2016                   PINE               MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

3 TO 4 INCH DIAMETER TREES SNAPPED OFF. TIME EST FROM

RADAR.

0825 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG 4 NW ESKO               46.75N 92.42W

06/19/2016                   CARLTON            MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

3 CEDAR TREES BLOWN DOWN, ONE 18 INCH DIAMETER.

0829 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG SAWYER                  46.67N 92.63W

06/19/2016                   CARLTON            MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

10 INCH TREE SNAPPED 4.5 FEET ABOVE GROUND.

0838 PM     HAIL             MEADOWLANDS             47.07N 92.73W

06/19/2016  M1.25 INCH       ST. LOUIS          MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

LARGEST HAIL WAS HALF DOLLAR SIZED WITH SOME QUARTERS.

0904 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SUPERIOR                46.70N 92.06W

06/19/2016                   DOUGLAS            WI   PUBLIC

LARGE TREE BLOWN DOWN IN EAST END OF SUPERIOR.

0910 PM     HAIL             2 W CARLTON             46.66N 92.47W

06/19/2016  E1.75 INCH       CARLTON            MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL COVERING THE GROUND WITH MANY GOLF

BALL SIZED HAIL STONES

0915 PM     HAIL             1 S SOLON SPRINGS       46.33N 91.82W

06/19/2016  M0.75 INCH       DOUGLAS            WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

0915 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 S SOLON SPRINGS       46.31N 91.82W

06/19/2016  M68.00 MPH       DOUGLAS            WI   AWOS

SOLON SPRINGS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT

0919 PM     HAIL             1 NE GORDON             46.26N 91.78W

06/19/2016  E1.00 INCH       DOUGLAS            WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

GROUND COVERED WITH HAIL. ESTIMATES LARGEST HAIL SIZE OF

QUARTERS.

0928 PM     HAIL             2 SE CARLTON            46.64N 92.39W

06/19/2016  M1.00 INCH       CARLTON            MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0935 PM     HAIL             GARY NEW DULUTH         46.68N 92.21W

06/19/2016  M0.75 INCH       ST. LOUIS          MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

DIME SIZE HAIL.

0959 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WILLOW RIVER            46.32N 92.84W

06/19/2016                   PINE               MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

30-40 TREES DOWN AROUND TOWN. MOST UPROOTED. SOME BROKEN

15-20 FT AGL. TIME EST FROM RADAR.

1043 PM     HAIL             NNW HINCKLEY            46.02N 92.94W

06/19/2016  E1.00 INCH       PINE               MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

1045 PM     HAIL             3 E HINCKLEY            46.01N 92.88W

06/19/2016  E1.00 INCH       PINE               MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

Notice the report at 6:50 p.m. of 4 inch diameter hail near Nisswa. That is softball size hail!

There were far fewer severe weather reports in the counties covered by the Twin Cities office of the National Weather Service:

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

941 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...

..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....

..REMARKS..

0844 PM     TSTM WND DMG     COLD SPRING             45.46N 94.43W

06/19/2016                   STEARNS            MN   STORM CHASER

PORTION OF ROOF ON SHED RIPPED OFF. OCCURRED

NEAR 14000 BLOCK, 200TH S.

0755 PM     HAIL             BENSON                  45.31N 95.61W

06/19/2016  M1.25 INCH       SWIFT              MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

.

0733 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     WATSON                  45.01N 95.81W

06/19/2016                   CHIPPEWA           MN   STORM CHASER

FUNNEL CLOUD WAS ONLY 1/4 OF THE WAY TO THE

GROUND. FUNNEL WAS REPORTED 6 MILES NW OF

MONTEVIDEO.

0708 PM     HAIL             2 N MADISON             45.04N 96.19W

06/19/2016  M1.75 INCH       LAC QUI PARLE      MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

.

0640 PM     HAIL             STARBUCK                45.61N 95.53W

06/19/2016  M1.00 INCH       POPE               MN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

.

0618 PM     HAIL             4 NE HANCOCK            45.54N 95.74W

06/19/2016  M1.00 INCH       POPE               MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

OCURRED 5 MILES SOUTH OF CYRUS.

0615 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     1 E CYRUS               45.62N 95.72W

06/19/2016                   POPE               MN   STORM CHASER

NEEDLE FUNNEL THAT LASTED JUST A FEW MINUTES

.

0610 PM     HAIL             MORRIS                  45.59N 95.91W

06/19/2016  M0.88 INCH       STEVENS            MN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

NWS TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

The thunderstorms in the Twin Cities metro area late Sunday evening were much weaker than the thunderstorms that moved through central and northeastern Minnesota earlier in the evening.

I hope that you enjoy your Tuesday!