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Very Chilly Air setteling in. 50s for highs Wed then Widespread hard frost or freeze likely Wednesday night. -updated X1

Regional weather view. Attention is on a very chilly airmass settling into the Upper Midwest which came in on a cold front that slid through Tuesday. It will feel very like fall across the entire region, some places may not even get out of the 50s on Wednesday in Minnesota and Wisconsin. A early widespread …

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Monday September 12th Warm Temp Report- 90s reported.

View of cooling street trees in my neighborhood September 12th 2011 Monday was the peak of a string of very warm days across Southeastern Minnesota. Everyday the past week/weekend has brought us sunshine and increasingly warm conditions. by Thursday of last week it was already reaching the mid 80s at my location, from then, each …

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TROPICAL UPDATE: 2 Storms, 1 Hurricane in the Atlantic

The month of September is living up to it’s means, If you are talking about Tropical Development. With 2 Tropical Storms (Maria and Nate) and One Hurricane (Katia) churning in the Atlantic, it’s time for a TROPICAL UPDATE. KATIA:   Hurricane Wind Speed Probability 50-knot Wind Speed Probability Trop Storm Wind Speed Probability Maximum Wind …

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Premature coloring-The difference between harmless fall color and possible tree stresses or disease.

Green ashes exhibiting perfect fall color. Photo taken September 2009 in Clayton,Wis A resent argument that came up persuaded me to make a post discussing the different between fall color and pre mature color of leaves caused by stress or disease. This information which could prove to be helpful to area residents. First it is …

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Cloudy chilly and windy condtions Sunday then sunny but remaining chilly through Labor Day, with gradual warming Tuesday.

Regional weather view. A chilly high pressure settles in for the rest of this weekend allowing for much cooler, fall like conditions region wide. This cooler air will be ushered in a strong northwest winds. Highs will not warm out of the 60s in parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa, which may lead to some …

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Thunderstorms- some severe cause damage in parts of Fillmore and Winona counties. Benefical non severe storms everywhere else.

Lightning over the skies of Rochester,Minnesota Friday Sept 2nd Thunderstorms developed and raced across the entire area early this morning, embedded in this was a line of severe storms that produced alot of wind damage first along and near the Iowa border in Mower County, then it spread and extended northeast across much of Fillmore …