Sundays severe weather risk.

 

Image from SPC

The SPC has issued a Slight Risk for severe thunderstorms for most of the Upper Midwest, including Eastern Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota and Western Wisconsin. This includes all of the local area. A strong cold front will push into the region and plow into a hot humid airmass currently over this region. The front will spark numerous thunderstorms across Western Minnesota and Northern Iowa which will become severe. These storms will likely not reach out local area until dusk or after dark, and the main threat will be large hail and damaging winds. There is also a threat for locally heavy rainfall. People should keep in mind Sunday that as the evening approaches there will storms, some possibly severe around the local area.

Very Hot and humid for the weekend, Highs in the middle 90s possible! Then storms develop Sunday, some could be severe. Cooler and pleasent by Tuesday Updated X!

Regional Weather View

A very hot weekend, a short lasting heat wave is expected as the northern edge of a hot air mass is nudging its way into our region. Widespread Highs will be in the middle 90s across Nebraska, South Dakota, Southern Minnesota and Wisconsin. Dewpoints will also be highs as well adding to the situation. A cold front will plow into this hot and humid airmass Sunday causing thunderstorms to develop. Some of these storms will likely become severe in Minnesota and possibly as far south as Northern Iowa. Hail and high winds appear to be the main threats. Behind this front cooler and more pleasant weather is expect for early next week with highs more appropriate for this time of year.

Local weather view.



Short range heat wave for Saturday and Sunday

Saturday and Sunday we will be under the full influence of the northern side of a hot, humid airmass. Under sunny skies Highs both afternoons will be in the lower 90s in all areas, and in some cause as hot as the middle 90s. Dewpoints will slowly rise to the middle 60s. This will raise heat index values in the mid to upper 90s. This can cause heat related issues. People with careers outside or will be spending alot of time outdoors should take it easy over the next couple of days as a short range heat wave, lasting a total of 3 days starting on Friday is expected.

Severe Storm Threat Sunday!

Sunday after a hot sunny day, a cold front will slice into this airmass and thunderstorms will develop across Central and Southern Minnesota, and move east towards our area in the evening of Sunday, possibly after dark. The main threat from storms that hold together will be large hail and high winds. There is an outside chance of some localized heavy rainfall. Widespread rainfall amounts could reach near 0.50, which is much needed at this time.



Saturday, Sunny, hot and humid with light winds. Highs in the lower to middle 90s. Heat index values in the mid to upper 90s. Saturday night. Clear and warm, lows in the upper 60s to 70.F

Sunday, Sunny hot and humid with light winds. Highs in the low, to mid 90s. Heat index values in the mid 90s. Sunday Night, Thunderstorms Developing, some could be severe., Partly Cloudy with lows in the mid 60s.

Looking Ahead From last issue:

Monday immediately following our warm spell a cold front will sweep across Minnesota, and thunderstorms will develop and push through quickly early Monday before it dries back out and cools of for Tuesday of next week. Wednesday a frontal system will push back into the region and spark thunderstorms threats as a warm front moves through on Thursday of next week.  By the weekend of the 16th we will be in hot, but dry and humid air-mass probably in the 90s. The models keep plenty of rain chances west of the local areas in ND and NW MN, but it keeps Southern Minnesota fairly dry at least at this time

Summer Blooms photos and gardening info!

White Peonies in bloom May 28th 2012

Its been long over due since I talked gardening, and the flowers of mid Summer are well under way this week! Peonies, an old garden favorite! Sometimes instead of going for all the newest varieties of flowers, an old favorite is just as good! Peonies are beautiful and and widely known for there great scent, which is why Peonies are on my permanent must have list for my garden! If you decide you want peonies, remember a few things, they like sun, they get large and they don't like to be moved! That is why it is my recommendation not to get too many, just one or two in a sunny spot near the middle or back of a garden is perfect! here in Rochester Peonies are early. The warmest spring on record in Rochester has lead to a very early growing season which is the reason why everything is weeks ahead of when it would normally bloom. In Wisconsin, I was accustomed to peonies blooming on the 1st day of summer. When I had talked to my family last there were no peonies blooming there yet, where as ours are now nearly done.

Backyard Garden June 6th 2012

A very green and summer looking view has taken on across our yard. In bloom this week are, Stella Dora Daylillies, which might I add are all over Rochester, Coneflower and Clematis. Coneflowers usually bloom in July!

 Stell Dora Daylily

The most popular Daylily in the U.S! Its perfect for sunny sites, and will even do well if there is a bit of shade. They bloom for a long time but each individual flower only lasts 1day, hence the name Daylily! These are easily divided, in fast the one above is a split off from another one from this spring. Being split apart did not fade them, there still blooming! These flowers are known for blooming through the summer, but they have 1 main blooming season they slow down, if you want re bloom you have to dead head the old flower stalks.

Clematis June 7th 2012

This is our Purple Clematis, Which is doing considerably better then last year. Clematis like sun, but it is very important that the roots are shaded and moist. A great was of doing this is the addition of mulch! Clematis have one main bloom season in June, they bloom sporadically though the summer.

Front yard landscape June 6th 2012

The front yard is also fully enveloped in a summer look in that Hostas are blooming. In the front yard Stella Dora Daylily, Perennial Geranium, Speedwell as well as the mentioned Hosta are blooming.

Perennial Geranium.

This one is a fairly new favorite for me I discovered last year.  Prennial Geraniums come in colors ranging from this striking blue, to pink, to a combination of white and blue. The reason why these are great flowers is becuase they bloom profusely in full shade, and are actually a great choice for a shady site!

Speedwell June 7th 2012

This is Speedwell,  It's a great small summer blooming flower! It comes in pink and blue. Perfect for sunny gardens and front of the gardens becuase of its small size. Watch out when picking out Speedwells, some can get large!

Enjoy the summer flowers!

Cool wet and cloudy Thursdays with highs only in the upper 50s! Increasingly nice by weeks end with sunshine and highs in the 70s.

Regional weather view.

A cool and cloudy pattern for the Upper Midwest for the end of this week. A low pressure system scooting over Illinois will continue to spread light rain and below average temperatures across Southeastern Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois. Highs will only be in the 50sto 60 across the region. By weeks end a high pressure system will bring in sunnier weather and warmer temperatures into the 70s and 80s by early next week, which is closer to normal.

 Regional and Metro views.

Locally it will be downright awful for weather on Thursday, It will be cloudy and chill with off an on drizzle early. Then lingering cloudy skies in the afternoon. Highs will only be in the 50s because of dense cloudcover which is well below normal Night time lows will be very chilly in the middle 40s. The weather will drastically improve by Friday  as a high pressure system slides into the state and scours out the clouds and replaces it with sunshine. We can expect highs to be in the 70s on Friday as well as Saturday. Saturday should be mostly dry with partly cloudy skies and light winds. We don't run into our next chance of rain until; Sunday and Monday when a frontal system brings spreading shower and thunderstorm chances back into Minnesota. The rain with these chances do not look at all heavy. Temperatures during this time will be much more summer-like with highs in nearing 80 and lows nearing 60. 



Thursday, Chilly! Cloudy with off and on drizzle early then cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s. Thursday Night, Cloudy skies. Lows in the mid 40s.

Friday, Warmer and pleasant. Sunny skies with highs in the lower 70s. Friday Night, Clear skies lows in the low 50s.

Saturday, Partly Cloudy and nice with highs in the lower 70s. Saturday Night, Clear skies lows in the mid 50s

Sunday, Sunny with a slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm late. Highs in the upper 70s to low 80s. Sunday Night, A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms lows in the middle 60s.

Monday, A chance of showers and thunderstorms otherwise sunny with highs in the low 80s. Monday Night, Clear skies lows in the middle 60s

Looking Ahead

By Tuesday our weather pattern is sunny more humid warm to very warm days and warm nights and it appears dry with little chances for rain. This pattern sticks around through Saturday June 9th. It really looks hot, dry and sunny for the weekend of the 10th. This model run actually drys to keep it dry, hot and sunny through the 15th of June. I do not really trust that this to be true. I would suspect that after about a week or so into the warm patter we should run into rain. More on this later.

Hot Sunday highs in the 90s with dewpoints in the 70s. Also severe storm effected Goodhue County with strong winds.

 Humid conditions in the bluffs North of Rochester Sunday Morning May 27th.

Sunday was a hot and humid day for the region as a very summer like warm front pushed through the area early in the morning and left us with sunny, hot and humid conditions. Dewpoints actually topped out in the lower 70s early in the morning before things dried out slightly. Many areas had their warmer temps of the season so far, 90s were widespread. Here at my location yesterday it was 93.F the 4th time it has been above 90.F and the 2nd time its been in the middle 90s. The warmest day so far goes to May 18th with when rose to 94.F

Highs Reported

Goodhue County storm.

Yesterday evening severe winds impacted parts of Goodhue County as a gust front pushed through the entire area. Storms influencing with this front enhanced the winds in some areas and at Cannon Falls there was a reported wind gust of 61MPH. No damage was reported.

Wind Reports

Red Wing 45MPH

Cannon Falls 61MPH

Wastedo 50MPH

Severe Storms effect Dodge County and go on to effect the Rochester area as strong storms. Tornteial rains 1.73" in a short timespan at my location

Shot of heavy rain and gusty winds in Northern Rochester-Buckridge Park area May 26th 2012

Severe Thunderstorms impacted the area once again today, although the time it effected western and central parts of the area with severe hail, gusty winds torrential downpours. Thunderstorms were ongoing in Western Minnesota this morning around 9am. The storms continue to track down a frontal boundary east through mid morning hours and finally entered the local area around 11am when they really begun to strengthen east of Owatonna.

 Radar image as the storm was effecting Dodge County. Screenshot courtesy of a friend who was helping out

As the storms strengthened severe hail larger then quarter sized was reported near Claremont in Dodge county after this report this storm continue to push down highway 14 effecting communities along highway 14 and eventually into the Rochester metropolitan area where it brought torrentially heavy rains, lots of penny sized hail and gusty winds. There were lots of reports of penny sized hail in areas of Rochester south of West Circle Drive and 55th street NW including the Downtown area where dime sized hail was reported along with a windy gust of 40MPH at St Marys. I was in Northern Rochester where I work where very heavy rain and gusty SE winds were seen along with lots of lighting but no hail was seen, but I heard from family and locals that "very heavy rain and hail so hard you could barely see" was predominant in the Downtown area and my neighborhood. When work ended I came home to 1.73" in my raingauge, all of which fell in a 30 minute time span! Urban Street flooding was and issue for during the rain. There was lots of washouts in driveways and industrial lots around the city and you could tell the streets were filled with water when the heavy rain occurred. Ditches were full along highway 52 where could see standing water on top of brown grass from previous drought conditions.

Storm Reports

2 miles S Claremont 1.25" hail

Byron 0.75" hail

Kasson 0.75" hail

3 miles SW Rochester 0.75" hail

West Downtown Rochester 0.50" hail also heavy rain 1.73" fell in short time

2 miles S Claremont Heavy Rain 1.73"

2 miles W Eyota Heavy Rain 2.16"

Dodge Center Heavy Rain 1.89"

Severe Weather Threats Tomarrow and Sunday

Image from SPC Saturdays Severe Weather Risk.

The SPC has issued a Slight Risk for severe storms Satruday, including all of the local area A warm front will be pushing through the Upper Midwest Satruday thunderstorms will be on goining from the overnight hours across our area and at any time some of the storms could become sever with strong a threar for tornados and heavy rain. People should be aware there is a threat for severe thunderstorms on Saturday.

Image from SPC Sundays Risk

The SPC has issued a Slight Risk for severe storms Sunday including the entire local area. A very warm very humid airmass will be in place as a sharp cold front pushes through the state. Thunderstorms will break out in Western Minnesota and likely develop into a line of storms that will push into our area in the night time hours, Damaging winds, large hail, tornados and torriental rain with 1.0+ ammounts are possible from these storms. People. should be aware severe thunderstorms are a possbility after dark Sunday. More information will be released in the coming hours.