Category: Gardening

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Thunderstorm early Saturday, then sigificant cool down for Sunday highs in the 70s- coolest in over a month. Seasonible, sunny and dry for the upcoming week.

Regional Weather view. Heat will finally not be the main issued for the region at least for this weekend. A significant cool down brought on by a very strong cold front will bring the threat for storms and severe weather as it pushes across the region. Wisconsin, Illinois will be under the gun for Saturday. …

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Todays severe weather risk

Image from SPC The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Slight Risk for severe thunderstorms this afternoon across Southern Minnesota, Western Wisconsin and areas west. This includes the entire local area. A passing frontal system is expected to approach our area by the mid afternoon and evening hours. Latest models show thunderstorms will develop along …

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Very hot July in SE Minnesota – 4th warmest on record & Warmest on record averaged low on record for Rochester Airport

July 2012 was a very hot one in SE Minnesota. The hottest since the 1950s! Most days were in the upper 80s to lower 90s across the region. With lows commonly in the 60s and 70s. The highest area wide temperatures this month occurred at Red Wing and Winona both with highs of 102.F. A …

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Very warm to Very hot next couple of days, little chances at rain through Wednesday then chances for thunderstorms Wed night, Thurs, and Fri, also cooling down by Friday.C

Regional Weather View A dry very hot weather pattern is back in the Upper Midwest for the rest of this week. Hottest temperatures will be in Iowa, Nebraska and Illinois, which will be in the string with highs in the middle to upper 90s for about 4 days in a row. Further north it will …

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July 25th heat and high index values. Highs in the middle 90s reported with 100 degree heat index values..

Sunny conditions in Northern Rochester July 25th 2012. After a 1 day break another very hot occurred across day across the local area which certainly has not been anything new lately. High temperatures topped out in the low to middle 90s once again. My station had a high of 95.F. Today like the past few …

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One last day of very hot condtions Highs Wed middle to upper 90s with heat index values 100-105.F, then a threat for storms with a cold front with temps cooling down to the lower 80s by Friday Coolest daytime highs in weeks! Updated X2

Regional Weather View. Extensive heat continues to bake Iowa in 100+ degree heat this week and now it will expand east. A very significant and expansive heat wave will continue to effect much of the region. This has become the worst heat wave to impact the central part of the region in many years. A …

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Beneficial rains across the area from morning thunderstorms. 2+ inches in some areas. Southern areas remained dry.

Morning thunderstorms July 24th 2012 Beneficial rains ranging from nearly 1 inch to 3 inches in some areas. The rain fell in thunderstorms that occurred over parts of the area this morning. The cause of the much welcomed rain was a frontal boundary that was draped over our area all over yesterday which brought very …

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Very hot temperatures and extreame heat index values well into the 100s seen today. Dewpoints in the lower 80s reported.

 Banana plant July 22nd 2012 Today was not about the temperatures. It was all about the humidity! Dewpoints across parts of the area soared into the upper 70s to lower 80s across the region. The highest dewpoint in the area came from Dodge Center at 81.F, This type of dewpoint is not common for Minnesota, …

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July 18th Severe Storms. High winds and hail impacting west and wouth parts of the area,

Severe storms with high winds and large hail impacted parts of the area Wednesday July 18th. The areas most impacted were Dodge, Mower and Fillmore counties. The cause of the storms was an eastward moving boundary into a very warm unstable airmass. A cell that developed in Central Dodge County near Dodge Center quickly became …