Severe Thunderstorm Watch this morning
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
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WESTERN WISCONSIN
EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON UNTIL 100 PM CDT.
HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHEAST
OF EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF ORTONVILLE
MINNESOTA.
Heavy rain fell across portions of northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin overnight. Three and a third inches of rain was reported at Askov in Pine County, MN and near Floodwood in St. Louis County, MN. The automated gauge at the Duluth Airport captured two and a half inches of rain.
Severe thunderstorms are possible in the southern portion of Minnesota and west central Wisconsin this morning as a cool front slips through the region. Less humid conditions are on tap for Wednesday.
Here's the complete report of the record dew point for this summer as published Monday afternoon by the Minnesota State Climate Office:
The Exceptionally Muggy Summer of 2011
The National Weather Service is forecasting a break in the high dew point temperatures over the next few days after the muggy day today. So far this summer as of 3pm August 1, there have been 274 hours of dew point temperatures of 70 degrees or higher recorded at the Twin Cities International Airport. The record is 512 hours in 2002. What really stands out are the counts of extremely muggy dew point temperatures. So far this summer as of 3pm August 1, there have been 98 hours of dew point temperatures of 75 degrees or higher. This breaks the old record of 78 hours that was set back on 2001.
Twin Cities International Airport
Greatest Number of hours with dew point
temperature of 70 degrees F
(1945-2011)
Rank Year Hours
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1. 2002 512
2. 1983 392
3. 1995 387
4. 2001 357
5. 1955 345
1981-2010 average = 182
so far in 2011 274
(through 3pm August 1)
Twin Cities International Airport
Greatest Number of hours with dew point
temperature of 75 degrees F
(1945-2011)
Rank Year Hours
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1. 2011 98 (as of 3pm August 1)
2. 2001 78
3. 1999 64
4. 1987 60
5. 1995 56
1981-2010 average = 18