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Winter Weather Advisory

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Chilly Thursday, then warming up with higher rainfall chances by Saturday. Thanksgiving Cactus getting buds! Pictures included.

Regional weather view, with location of Low and fronts for Saturday.

The end of the week will end on a dry and quite chilly note for the Upper Midwest. Hard frosts are possible through all of Northern and Central Minnesota,Northern Wisconsin and Michigan. A system will being to approach Friday, but skies will be sunny and temperatures will warm up as warm air is forced ahead of the system. Saturday this system will bring rainfall chances to Southern Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa.

Local View

Locally we can expect a very chilly start to Thursday. Lows Thursday morning will be in the upper 20s to low 30s, some places could fall to there coldest temperatures of the season so far. Even with sunshine during the day Thursday highs will only warm to the low to mid 50s, lows Thursday night will be chilly once again in the low to mid 30s. Friday will be much warmer with Sunshine continuing it will be the nicest day in the next 3. Highs should manage low 60s, with lows in the low 40s. Saturday will bring the first chance at more significant rain this area has seen in 3 weeks, It will be cloudy most of Saturday, with highs because of the clouds in the low 50s. Rainfall should begin in the evening hours, The best chance of rain will be in St Croix in Dunn Counties. Other places may remain cloudy with no rainfall. Either way this fall looks to be nothing over o.50" if even that, Sunday the rain ends early, but skies remain mostly cloudy, highs will be in the low 50s and lows in the upper 30s to low 40s.

Thursday, Very chilly in the morning, Lows starting off in the upper 20s north to low 30s south. Chilly through the day. With sunny skies and highs in the low to mid 50s. Thursday Night, Clear Skies, lows in the low to mid 30s.

Friday, Much warmer, Sunny skies with highs in the low 60s. Friday Night, Partly Cloudy with lows in the low 40s

Saturday, Partly cloudy turning mostly cloudy, highs in the low 50s. Saturday Night, a chance of rain showers, best chances south, lows in the low 40s

Sunday, A chance of rain early then partly sunny skies, with highs in the low 50s. Sunday Night, Mostly Cloudy, lows in the upper 30s to low 40s.

Looking Ahead

The looking ahead forecast continues to look very interesting for next week. First we start with Monday looks fair with partly sunny conditions. Then our attention is turned to Tuesday the 26th which is the start of a very interesting system. The models show a strong cold front slams through the Upper Midwest, bringing rain showers and potentially strong winds with the passing of this front. then Wednesday the 27th the models show very cold air funneling in behind this system. Highs will at this point look likely be in the low to Mid 30s, with lows well down into the 20s. Cold air remains entrenched over the area Thursday and Friday the 28th-29th as the system does a loop around in Central Canada with a system around this cold air mass, It may bring our 1st snowfall of the season. This system also looks like it could bring strong winds on Thursday the 28th. Saturday the models show snow chances coming to an end. with warmer weather and rainfall chances by Sunday the 31st lasting through Nov 1st. Then Tuesday November 2nd the models show a second interesting system one that appears very winter- like. This one brings cold air in faster changing preip to snow by Wednesday the 3rd turning the flurries by Thursday the 4th, this system has the chance to bring our 1st significant snowfall, and Behind this system the models show an even colder air mass then the 1st one. More on the second system in upcoming weeks. This appears to be the start of cold and possibly snowy pattern for us for the rest of this month into next moth. Please stay tuned to my forecasts in the upcoming week because things will be changing between now at then.

Old fashioned Pink Thanksgiving/Christmas Cactus

My Thanksgiving Cactus are swelling with 100s of buds in a promise to bring another beautiful display this year. My entire small collections has formed buds now, Which seeems bit early then last year, by about a week or two. The one above was taking as cuttings from my aunts 50 year old plant.

Yellow flowering Thanksgiving Cactus buds

This one above is one of my favorite colors. It came in to bloom by the 14th on Nov last year, It appears like it may be aiming for that same date this year!Red Thanksgiving Cactus buds.



I love watching these plants form buds in the fall with hardly no extra efford for me after they have been so green all summer! I will post photos when they start opening, just as I did last year!

2 comments:

Josh Herman said...

In Oshkosh, at OSNW3, we are still waiting for our first freeze of the season. If it doesn't come tonight, it may not come until November.

Iowa Weather & Gardening said...

O, I have also not an offical freeze yet this year, I believe the offical freeze is tempetures of 28 or 29 for a certin time, I have had tempetures below 32 though one time. My coolest temp so far 31.F, and we might break that tonight.