A cold front is currently located in eastern to central North Dakota from near Devils Lake to Fort Yates. This is part of a mid-latitude cyclone that is currently situation in central Manitoba. Along the front there has been some shower/thunderstorm activity, but locations that have recorded some precipitation has generally received very little rain.… Read more 8/31/15: Warm Start to September
Month: August 2015
8/28/15: Late Summer Blast
The past couple of days has brought a hazy sky to the area as smoke continues to float overhead as the upper-level wind flow moves the smoke from the Pacific northwest across the northern plains. In the short term there is a cluster of thunderstorms that are moving through far northeastern North Dakota through northern… Read more 8/28/15: Late Summer Blast
August 27, 2015 Crop and Pest Report Forecast
The weather over the course of the next 7 days could probably be summed in with the the famous Glenn Fry song, “The Heat is On”, made famous by the “Beverly Hills Cop” movie starring Eddie Murphy. This push of much warmer air that began in many locations yesterday comes after a few days of… Read more August 27, 2015 Crop and Pest Report Forecast
8/25/15: Increasing Heat Units
After several days of cool air, including some frost in western North Dakota on Monday morning, the next few days will bring a return of summer heat to the region. Although not quite as cold as it was in western North Dakota on Monday morning, this morning there were still several NDAWN (North Dakota Agricultural… Read more 8/25/15: Increasing Heat Units
08/24/15: Back to Summer
It was very chilly with some pockets of frost this morning in western North Dakota. Not on the graphic below but the Hettinger Airport recorded a low of 31° this morning. Tuesday morning will be another chilly morning but the coolest readings will be in eastern North Dakota rather than western North Dakota. Although no… Read more 08/24/15: Back to Summer
8/21/15: Back to Cool
A weak disturbance did bring some rainfall into northeastern North Dakota into northwestern Minnesota earlier this morning. Even with that light rain over night, there are still several NDAWN stations with no measurable rainfall this month and several more under one-third of an inch. It appears that will change this weekend as an area… Read more 8/21/15: Back to Cool
8/19/2015: Crop and Pest Report Weather Forecast
There is no “official” Crop and Pest Report this week, but I wrote up a weather forecast anyway because as we all know, the weather never takes a week off in our climate. The August 20 through August 26 Weather Forecast If we want to admit it or not, living north of 45° North latitude… Read more 8/19/2015: Crop and Pest Report Weather Forecast
8/18/15: Wet For Some
For mid August at least, a strong area of low pressure is currently centered in Nebraska. That storm is expected to travel from near Sioux Falls to the Twin Cities to a Duluth line over the course of the next 30 hours. The center of low pressure is expected to be near the Twin Cities… Read more 8/18/15: Wet For Some
8/17/15: Slow Warmup
Minimums this morning were generally within a few degrees of 50°. Some cloudiness this morning, then some fair weather cumulus clouds this afternoon with maximums expected in the 70s this afternoon with a N/NW wind at 5-15 mph. An area of low pressure currently in the central Rocky Mountains is expected to lift to the… Read more 8/17/15: Slow Warmup
8/14/15: Hot to Cool
Minimums this morning ranged from the mid 50s to around 70°. Temperatures this afternoon under a sunny or mostly sunny sky are expected to climb into the 90s with some locations in western North Dakota once again recording maximum temperatures at or a bit above 100°. The upper level wind flow has a ridge of… Read more 8/14/15: Hot to Cool