High pressure is building across the high plains in western North and South Dakota as well as in Saskatchewan and Alberta. That will shift to the east gradually. There is still a touch of a pressure gradient today in the Red River Valley where the wind is expected to blow from the northwest in the… Read more July 31, 2015: The weekend and August
Month: July 2015
July 30, 2015: Spotty
There are some spotty showers in north central North Dakota this morning. These showers will drop very little moisture, but will at least cause some cloudiness in many locations near and north of interstate 94 this morning. It is associated with a vorticity maximum (upper air disturbance) that will move quickly through the area.… Read more July 30, 2015: Spotty
Peak Wind Gust: July 28, 2015
Crop and Pest Report, July 30 Edition
Climatological averages in the Northern Plains where highly variable weather is the true normal, tend to have little meaning when dealing with short term weather forecasting and clearly do not represent what should be expected on any given day. Yet, this next week, at least temperature wise, both minimums and maximums are projected to be… Read more Crop and Pest Report, July 30 Edition
7/28/15: Small Dog Alert
The strong mid-latitude cyclone that was in Wyoming yesterday is now situation in southeastern Saskatchewan and will continue to lift to the northeast. It it clearly shown on satellite imagery as a classic “coma” shaped cloud mass. Under the ‘head’ of the comma will be a persistent light rain through northern Montana that will also… Read more 7/28/15: Small Dog Alert
7/27/15: Strong Mid-latitude Cyclone
A look at the surface analysis shows a strong area of low pressure currently in Wyoming moving to the northeast. The word strong and low pressure at the end of July is almost an oxymoron as usually low pressure centers this time of year are fairly weak. But this is an impressive storm for this… Read more 7/27/15: Strong Mid-latitude Cyclone
7/24/15: Warm Weekend
Northeastern North Dakota has tended to be the “bulls-eye” for rainfall in the past three weeks and that was the case once again with the thunderstorms from overnight. One to two inches of rain was common in that area. Elsewhere, with the exception of the NDAWN (North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network) northwest of Garrison, North… Read more 7/24/15: Warm Weekend
7/22/15: Crop and Pest Report
This will be in the Crop and Pest Report that will be released on July 23, 2015: The next 7 days will remind everyone that late July is climatologically the warmest period of the year. Much of the rest of this month will be dominated by an upper-level wind flow sometimes referenced as an… Read more 7/22/15: Crop and Pest Report
7/20/15: A Warm Finish
High temperatures were mostly in the the low to middle 70s on Saturday. Then rebounded into the 80s on Sunday. Today the temperatures will be back into the downward cycle with maximums projected to be mostly in the 70s to near 80°. The warmer air on Sunday was associated with a brief surge of… Read more 7/20/15: A Warm Finish
7/17/15: The Weekend into the End of July
Rainfall totals across the North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network (NDAWN) yesterday included many locations with little if any rainfall, then some localized areas of heavy downpours with 1 inch or more recorded. There will once again be shower and thunderstorm activity in the region today. There is already a band of generally lighter rain, mixed… Read more 7/17/15: The Weekend into the End of July