Strong winds causing whitecaps on Lake Magnor September 8th.

A strong weather system effected the area Monday and Tuesday of this week. It started off as a weak low pressure, that strengthened and developed over South Dakota, This low pressure system had several fronts that went through causing at first showers and thunderstorms with heavy rain on Monday Night, with 0.24″ at my location in a 5 minute downpour! Then strong winds with isolated showers on Tuesday as the low moved off and passed right over the Burnett County-Washburn County area. as the system moved to the Northeast Early Tuesday the cold front pass through and brought in a cold, raw day with clouds and strong winds. Highs were in the 60s! some places were didn’t even make it out of the 60s!

Banana plant getting whipped by Tropical storm force winds.

This system brought with it some pretty high wind gusts, well into the 30MPH range here is a list of some wind gusts with high temps

Menomonie 62.F 37MPH

Siren 60.F 35MPH

Rice Lake 61.F 33MPH

New Richmond 61.F 32MPH

Clayton-My Station 60.F 32MPH

Osceola 63.F 32MPH

Amery 61.F 27MPH

Cumberland 60.F 28MPH

Maple Tree missing a top Sept 8th

There was some minor tree damage in the local area from the strong winds, I saw this mid sized young tree lost it’s top as the strong NW winds blew off Lake Camila on the Northern side of town. In my yard there were a few small to mid size dead branches that were knocked out of our trees. sometimes it’s surprising how systems like these cause so much damage from winds of just 30+MPH but when you factor in the Sustained winds, which was 20 to 25MPH at times, it becomes clear that strong low pressure systems can deliver quite a punch! this was the windiest system we’ve had so far this early fall season, and it has been at least a couple of months since my station recorded a 30+MPH wind gust!