I have been asked several times if the warm temperatures are done for the season. Such questions are always difficult because what does warm mean this time of year? To me, any day above 50 degrees is mild and pleasant during the month of November and once we get to December through February any day… Read more Permanent Cold?
Category: Forecast
Autumn Drying
This time of year, with the shorter days and the longer nights, a lower sun angle and cooler temperatures, getting fields to dry off can be difficult. With the projected temperatures and sky cover next week, some good drying should occur. The past couple of autumns were cloudy, slowing down evaporation. If we go back… Read more Autumn Drying
Old Winters
This is the time of year that the Old Farmer’s Almanac comes out with their winter forecast. Someone shared their forecast with me earlier this week. It was an odd forecast mentioning the words numb and shoveling. A forecast like that can’t be wrong, as the northern plains gets snow and cold weather every year. … Read more Old Winters
Changes Continue
I’m sure most of you have noticed the change in the weather pattern in recent weeks. I’m not talking about the seasonal change that comes every year that it is cooler, but instead the frequency of precipitation. We seem to have a disturbance or two each week. Each spot gets differing amounts of rain and… Read more Changes Continue
Early Frost Part 2
Yesterday in this blog, I mentioned at the moment it doesn’t look like a very early freeze will occur this year like we recorded in early September 2020. Looking at the past, such an early freeze is historically unusual, so just playing the odds would favor not recording a freeze as early as the region… Read more Early Frost Part 2
Briefly Cool
Although a cool day on top for the region, the heat will be quickly moving back into the region. Yet, this time the heat is somewhat associated with a pattern change. A trough of low pressure, think of it as a dip in the jetstream will be occurring in the Pacific Northwest forcing some heat… Read more Briefly Cool
Changes
The tropical Atlantic has been quiet for the past month, but there are disturbances that will probably form into storm shortly if they haven’t already by the time you hear this. That same change in the Atlantic may be a slight adjustment to the overall pattern over the northern hemisphere that may bring better chances… Read more Changes
Subtle Change?
Last week I wrote an article for the North Dakota Agricultural Association dealing with potential changes in August. If you look back at other dry years like we are having this year, a high percentage of those years saw an increase in precipitation during the month of August. 2017, 2012, 2006 and even the famed… Read more Subtle Change?
Smoke Continues
The smoke issues in North Dakota continue. In this blog in the past I had mentioned that the worst days tend to be the ones when our smoke is coming from the fires in Manitoba or Ontario, which was true. But now, several fires have started in Saskatchewan. Because that province is a bit farther… Read more Smoke Continues
Dry and Dry
This summer no doubt has been quite dry across most of the state of North Dakota. The one minor positive is that we seem to get at last one thunderstorm complex a week. Sometimes two. In turn, there are portions of the state that have gotten adequate precipitation, yet at the same time, the nature… Read more Dry and Dry