One more dry day before widespread rain becomes likely on Wednesday, lasting into Thursday.

Regional Weather View.

It will be turning wet for the Upper Midwest this week. There will be one more dry day across most of the Upper Midwest Thursday before a low pressure and frontal system will spread widespread rains across the entire region for Wednesday and Thursday especially. Temperatures will be slightly cool as a result of the rain.
Local View.



Locally we can expect one more dry afternoon before the wet weather moves in. Tuesday will be not as nice as Monday was, There will be increasing clouds and eventually and shower chances as we approach evening, but it should be dry most of the day with highs in the mid 70s. Wednesday is looking quite and cloudy wet with widespread much needed rains across the region, some heavy downpours and some thunder will be possible, with rainfall amounts up to a half inch is possible, Temperatures with the clouds and rain will be in the upper 60s. Thursday will have a chance of being somewhat wet in the morning, with increasing chances for sun in the afternoon. Highs will be in the low to mid 70s.



Tuesday, Partly sunny with increasing clouds. Dry early with shower chances increasing towards dark. Highs in the mid 70s. Tuesday night, A chance of showers, otherwise cloudy, lows in the upper 50s.



Wednesday, Showers likely with heavy downpours and thunder possible. Mostly cloudy, Highs in the upper 60s. Wednesday Night, A chance of showers, otherwise mostly cloudy lows in the upper 50s.



Thursday, A chance of light showers early, then deceasing clouds in the afternoon. Highs in the low to mid 70s. Thursday Night, Partly cloudy, lows in the low 60s.



Looking Ahead


Early release forecast for Clayton Cheese Days Weekend!

This is an early release forecast so people can try to plan for upcoming cheese days weekend. Check back through the weekend for updates, as things will be changing.

For the 1st part of cheese days weekend, Friday the 17th looks dry and rain free with warming temperatures, Both Saturday and Sunday the 18th and 19th looks humid and very warm, there may even be a shot at 90.F temperatures. Saturday has the best chance of being dry, with Sunday having a small chances at a thunderstorm. Otherwise we can expect a chance at a dry a very warm Cheese Days Weekend.

Monday and Tuesday the 20-21st continues to look dry and even hot, with increasing thunderstorm potential. Wednesday drys out an has a slight cooling trend before heat and humidity and thunderstorm chances comes right back at us by Friday the 24th. Towards the end of the model, it shows even hotter temperatures with thunderstorm chances increasing for June 29th and beyond.

Wet cloudy or Chilly most of the weekend, with Sunday looking warmer and brighter.

Regional weather view.

It will be a completely different story on the regional map from earlier in the week. It will be quite chilly across the North, with the only hint and more typical June temperatures in Iowa, where there will be more chances for thunderstorms. Minnesota and Wisconsin look chilly and wet, before it clears out and warms up in all areas on Sunday.

Local weather view.

Locally, Friday will be dull and wet, and even feeling chilly after a hot start to the week. It will be cloudy all day with a chance of off and on light showers or drizzle through out the day, highs will struggle to reach the upper 50s, but cloud reach the low 60s in a couple spots, but after the scorching 100 degree heat from earlier in the week, we could use a rainfall to green up the browning grass. Most areas should at least get some rain on Friday, some places may pick up to a quarter inch with more possible, but Most rain shouldn't be too heavy. Saturday there may be some drizzle or light rain in the morning, otherwise there will be more clouds then sun with more sun peaks in the afternoon and it will continue to be cool. Its not until late Saturday into Sunday that the weather will improve. We should get sunshine with much warmer temperatures into the mid 70s on Sunday, So that will be the best weather day of the weekend.

Friday, Chilly, Cloudy and wet. Off and on showers or drizzle, especially early. Highs in the upper 50s. Friday Night, Drizzle, otherwise cloudy with lows in the upper 40s.

Saturday, Cool, a chance of drizzle early, otherwise More clouds then sun early with more clearing late with highs in the low to mid 60s. Saturday Night, Clearing skies, lows in the upper 40s to low 50s

Sunday, Warmer, Partly cloudy and dry with highs in the mid 70s. Sunday Night, Clear skies, lows in the mid 50s

Looking Ahead

It does look to stay warm into next week with steady chances at mid 70 degree highs, but it stays on the wetter side. The models try to keep everything west of the area, but I believe there will be at least some shower or thunderstorm chances next week. Then towards the end of next weekend, Sunday June 19th, hot air moves east and last for a few days before a cold front sweeps showers and thunderstorms south through the area on Tuesday the 21st. It cools down some and drys out towards the end of the model run at June 25th.

Heat Wave Report- Record highs shattered with triple digit 100.F degree heat reported, including at my location, Highest temperatures in recent years!

Scorching heat Tuesday afternoon June 7th 2011

Record high temperatures for June 7th were shattered across the area this afternoon as highs warmed to the triple digits 100 degree readings across a widespread part of the area! The extremely hot air came in on Monday behind a warm front that brought the northern side of a very warm airmass that has covered the entire eastern half of the country.
Photo of a Wisconsin grown Prickly Pear Cactus, the only thing that could truly be happy in the 100 degree heat!

My stations 3 year old record high of 95.F was completely obliterated today as my station rose to a high of 100.F. The heat was very prolonged all day, Even before 10AM in the morning the temperature was already in the lower 80s and quickly reached 90 before noon, then in then afternoon it became breezy, the dewpoint began lowering, Once I saw the Osceola official station reach 100.F I knew it would not be long before mine did as well, then shorty after 4pm the temperature rose to 100.F at my location. After the high was reached, the heat held around well into the night time hours it was 85.F as even as 11:30PM approached.
Picture of an outdoor thermometer reading 100.F

I was very shocked the area managed to reach triple digit numbers, so much so that even though I had digital stations reading the highs, I had to take a picture of this easy to read thermometer to show myself it truly does happens here! As I've posted last year in July I've heard much about 100 degree heat around here when I was young, but never actually seen and experienced it and I really never thought the first time I would see a thermometer read 100.F would be at my own house!

Picture of my dog, Shadow on a very hot afternoon walk June 7th.

Now if anyone asks what 100.F degree heat feels like, I can answer it! With the humidity we had it feels extremely hot to people and animals alike. There was no relief anywhere outdoors even in deep shade it felt exhausting. Even though winds were gusting to 30MPH at times there was a very warm wind, I liked my friends expression of the wind "it was like opening an oven door" It was definitely a heat like no other.

Image from Weather.com

I did want to post one more image from weather.com of how this heat wave looked nationally. You can see how the pink colors which means 100 degree warmth, was pushed all the way from Mexico to right here in Western Wisconsin! It's also kind of interesting to note that some of the hottest temperatures on that may were actually occurring right around here at the time this image was saved.

Finally, Here are the highest temperatures reported from across our local area, rare upper 90 to 100 degree temperatures were widespread throughout the entire local area. The highest reported temperature was from River Falls with 101.F, and the lowest was 94.F from Spooner. The stations with the * symbol represent official NWS stations, and even they were topping 100.F today!

Hot and Humid weather ahead! Short lived Heat Wave ahead for Monday-Wednesday 90 degree temps likely. Tstorms around-some possibly severe. Updated X1

Regional Weather View for Monday

Summer-like weather will be in full swing this week as a short lived heat wave will be entrenched across the entire Upper Midwest. A strong warm front will move north on Monday Night and Tuesday, Which will bring a chance of severe thunderstorms across the entire region. The bigger story will be how the warm front will spread very humid and very warm to hot conditions northward. Extreme heat is possible across all of Iowa, Southern Minnesota, Far Western and Southwest Wisconsin and Western Illinois, where temperatures of 95.F is likely, with the potential to reach 100.F in the areas in the south part of the pink area above.

Local View

A short lived heat wave will bring very warm to hot conditions, as well as very muggy air to the local area as a warm front lifts north. There will be a small chance of thunderstorms, some possibly going strong to severe along this warm front as it passes Sunday night and Monday morning. With the humid air around-There will be other chances of storms as well Tuesday and Wednesday.

Hot and Humid conditions expected.

This biggest story with this system will be the extended period of hot and very muggy air it will bring to the local area. With at least some sunshine each day, It is likely that highs will at least achieve Mid 80s all of the next few days. Even these temperatures will feel hot with high muggy air that will spring dewpoints well into the 60s and 70s. It is likely at least some places in the local area will have will break 90.F with this warm spell, which looks stronger then our last one. There is a near likelyhood of widespread 90 degree temperatures especially on Tuesday and possibly Wednesday, but heat Index values will be in the mid to upper 90s regardless. There will likely be some clouds around all 3 days, but If skies are to stay full sunshine at least one those days it is possible a few locations could approach mid 90 degree highs. Low temperatures will not provide much relief from the heat and humidity, lows will remain in the upper 60s to low 70s. People in the local area should be aware that a short lived, but prolonged period of hot humid weather will be moving into the region. We have not had many days like this so far this season, and certainly none that were this long lasting. The heat and humidity will be swept out with a cold front on Wednesday.

Severe Weather Potential

There will be severe weather potential the next 3 days, but the day with the highest chances will be Monday along the warm front. There will be only small chances of severe weather Tuesday and Wednesday if storms can develop in the hot conditions. Stay tuned the next 3 days for updates on severe weather chances.

Monday, A chances of thunderstorms, some could be strong to severe, otherwise Hot & Humid highs in the upper 80s to low 90s. Monday Night, warm and very muggy. A small chance of thunderstorms, otherwise partly cloudy, lows in the mid 60s.

Tuesday, Hot and very Humid. A chance of thunderstorms otherwise mostly sunny. Highs in the low 90s mid 90s possible. Heat index values in the mid to upper 90s. Tuesday night warm and very muggy, partly cloudy, lows in the low 70s.

Wednesday, Hot and very Humid. A chance of afternoon thunderstorms, some could be severe. Otherwise partly cloudy with highs in the upper 80s. Wednesday Night, Cooler partly cloudy lows in the lower 60s.

Looking Ahead

Thursday and Friday nearing the upcoming weekend will provide us less humid, cooler and quiet weather with a high pressure system, this is short lived because a front will move northward once a again and will bring storm chances back into the picture by next Saturday. Sunday looks warmer and stormy with the passing of the front, Making way for very warm and humid conditions by Monday June 13th. It becomes hot humid and stormy again by June 15th and the models are keeping it this way through the 19th. It looks cooler but still very warm and a bit drier as we near the 20th of June.

June 3rd warm temp report. Some spots reaching 90.F

Western part of the yard on an oppressively hot humid afternoon June 3rd

A very warm and muggy day was felt across the entire area ahead of a warm front. The skies were cloudy with spotty showers and on and off sun much of the afternoon, but around 3pm a large hole opened up in the clouds where it became clear across much of the area for about 45 minutes and that sent temps from the 70s, rising to the middle to upper 80s in a short time, Making way for a muggy very warm evening. My location has its first "very warm" day of season rising to a high of 87.F, which is the warmest reading so far this year, this with a very high dewpoing in the low to mid 70s that put the highest heat index value to 94.F on my station today. One thing many noticed about this warm up is it lasted longer then our last last week, Where as the last only seemed to last one evening. Todays heat lasted with us all day long, Even as 11pm passed the temp was still 77.F at my location with a heat index of 79.F, Today was a day that felt like mid Summer for sure!

Temperature reports.

There was one lone 90.F temperature on an NWS un official station which was in River Falls, this was the areas warmest reading. The rest of the area was in the mid to upper 80s, the Coolest readings were quite a few stations in Burnett/Washburn counties which were held under more cloud cover. Highs there were 83.F

Severe weather risk today.

Image from SPC

The Storm Prediction Center in Norman,Oklahoma has issued a Slight Risk For severe thunderstorms across parts of the Upper Midwest in Minnesota and Wisconsin. This includes the entire 6 county area. After morning showers and thunderstorms pass through skies will clear and it will become unstable as a warm front passes and stalls out over the local area. Thunderstorms could develop along this front and if they do they will likely become severe. The main threats will be tornado's, heavy rain and large hail, as well strong wind gusts. The best chances of severe storms will be around noon or after, and will be in Burnett and Washburn counties.

Hot humid and breezy Friday, Some places could reach 90.F then Nicely cooler and sunny both Sat/Sun

Regional weather view.

It will be a Hot and humid summer like day across the Upper Midwest. 90 degree temperatures will likely span across a large part of the region from all of Iowa through Western Wisconsin and southern Minnesota. There will be a chance of thunderstorms breaking out along the warm front that could become severe in Northern Wisconsin and Northeastern Minnesota. Things cool off slightly for the weekend and it becomes nice and sunny.

Local View

Locally people should get ready for our hottest day of the year so far ahead, After a chance of morning showers, Humid breezy conditions will already be in place, and as skies will become partly sunny to party cloudy, highs will rise to their warmest levels of the season so far, Likely reaching the upper 80s to low 90s across the entire area, With heat index values up to 95.F. We have not had much for hot days across the local area, especially in the north. Because it will be one of our areas 1st hot days people should be prepare to take it slow in the heat of the day tomorrow, Lows Friday night behind a cold front will cool to the low 60s. Saturday will be breezy again but not as breezy as Friday. Skies will be sunny and temperatures will be pleasantly mild in the upper 70s for highs, with lows in the mid 50s. Sunday will be the least windy of the entire weekend. We can expect sunny skies once again with highs in the mid 70s, and lows in the mid 50s. Get ready for a dry weekend for once!

Severe weather potential.

There will be a threat of possibly strong to severe storms along the warm front if thunderstorms can develop, but the chance of something developing isn't high due too a strong cap. The areas with the highest likely hood of development would be in the north. I will have an update on the severe storm chances tomorrow morning.

Friday, Breezy, Hot and Humid. A chance of thunderstorms in the morning then partly sunny to partly cloudy skies, Highs in the upper 80s to low 90s with heat index values in the low to mid 90s. Friday Night, Clear skies, lows in the low 60s.

Saturday, Pleasantly cooler, Sunny skies with breezy conditions. Highs in the upper 70s. Saturday Night, partly cloudy, lows in the upper 50s

Sunday, Sunny skies, highs in the mid to upper 70s. Sunday Night, Clear skies lows in the lower 60s.

Looking Ahead

Things heat up again for the early part of next week, Monday through Thursday of next week will have a string of 80 degree days, with a shot or 2 at 90 again, but there will be increasing chances of Thunderstorms on Wednesday, and again on Thursday and Friday with an eventual cold front. They will have to be watched for severe potential. It cools off to normal levels for the weekend of June 11th. Then we get increasingly warmer and wetter towards the 14th. Towards the end of the model on Saturday the 18th it shows continued chances a warmth and storms.