Season’s first frost up north, 80s again by Monday

NOAA

Welcome to Minnesota's September weather roller coaster.

The season's first frost advisories are flying for northern Minnesota into Wednesday morning. Low temperatures will dip into the mid and lower 30s in northern Minnesota tonight.

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NOAA

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INTERNATIONAL FALLS...ELY...BIGFORK...

HIBBING...WALKER...GRAND RAPIDS...PINE RIVER...BRAINERD...

HILL CITY...AITKIN

243 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2016

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY...

* LOCATION...NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INCLUDING KOOCHICHING ITASCA...CASS...CROW WING...AITKIN AND MUCH OF SAINT LOUIS COUNTY.

* TEMPERATURES...LOWS 32 TO 36.

* IMPACTS...FROST MAY DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

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'Tis the season

Frost is common in northern Minnesota in September. 30-year average first frost dates for the Twin Cities area fall into the first 10 days of October.

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NWS Duluth

Last year MSP Airport recorded the fist freezing temp on October 17th when we hit 31 degrees. Looking ahead on the maps, milder air returning will probably keep the MSP area frost-free through at least the end of September

Canadian high pressure

A Canadian high pressure cell brings us the coldest morning since May 18th Wednesday. Warmer breezes return around the back side of the high by Thursday. The next wave of showers rolls in later Thursday.

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NOAA

Rain again Thursday

We've strung together a few dry days around most of Minnesota. The next significant rain chances arrives Thursday onto Friday, as the next low pressure wave approaches.

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NOAA via College of Dupage.

Another inch of rain is possible in Minnesota Thursday and Friday.

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NOAA

Summer returns by Monday

Friday's low pressure system looks more 'progressive' than it did earlier in the week. That means the weekend is looking brighter. High in the 70s this weekend give way to warmer south breezes and highs in the 80s Monday and Tuesday. The upper air ridge builds over the Midwest next Monday.

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NOAA

NWS 'Integrated Warning Team' team meets in Bloomington

I was honored to be asked to present and discuss challenges and opportunities for broadcast media during severe weather coverage at the NWS Integrated Warning Team meetings this week in Bloomington.

The IWT is a group of meteorologists, emergency services managers and others who are responsible for communicating and acting on severe weather across the Upper Midwest. We discussed how to streamline communication and weather warning information for the public, school administrators and anyone else who uses severe weather information.

The IWT meetings run through Wednesday.