Category: Gardening

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Multiple threats for severe storms Satruday through Sunday! Heavy rain also a possbility. Before storms Sunday very/humid weather expected mid 90s with 100+ heat index values!

Regional Weather View. Lots of types of weather becoming big stories  in the Upper Midwest this weekend. The main one will be the threat of severe storms Saturday and Sunday with a warm front/cold front combination. Satrudays threat will be with the warm front in Wisconsin, Northern Iowa and Minnesota. Sunday the severe weather threat …

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Severe storms hit Winona and Fillmore counties hard. Widespread tree damage reported in Winona. Also Hot and very windy Wednesday ahead of front wind gusts over 50MPH reported!

Torrential downpour from a afternoon an afternoon strong storm May 24th 2012 Strong to severe storms swept through the area today as a stationary front got its act together and finally pushed east. Thunderstorms formed along this front along I-35 and slowly gained in strength as they moved east. After producing heavy downpours and gusty …

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Moderate risk for severe storms today! Tornados, High winds and large hail all a possiblity with the storms.

Image from SPC The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Moderate Risk! for severe thunderstorms in Southeastern Minnesota and Wisconsin. This includes the entire local area! A stalled out stationery front over central Minnesota will move southeast and will be the focus for thunderstorm develop in the afternoon. These storms could quickly become severe and …

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Warm but nice Tuesday. Then increasingly very warm humid with threats of much needed rain Wed/Thurs.

Regional weather view. A typical pattern more for June! Increasing heat and humidity will start to push in Tuesday ahead of a frontal system. Temps will warm to near 90.F across much of Iowa and Southern Minnesota. This will feed the threat for developing thunderstorms Wednesday and Thursday. Heavy rain is possible in Central Minnesota …

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Photos of the partial eclipse from Rochester

Photo of the partial eclipse from Rochester May 20th 2012 This is a photo for people who may of not been able to see! This evening the well advertise annualer eclipse took place for a few minutes before sunset as the moon covered a part of the sun as it set in the WNW horizon. …