Even with the cold of the past few days, temperatures for the month of December are running a few degrees above average. Each of these cold days will bring that positive anomaly downward, but with only a few days left in the month, December may still end up slightly above normal for temperatures in many… Read more Running Above
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Warm and Thunderstorms
The warmth of today and tomorrow is associated with a large storm system that is tracking through the northern Rocky Mountains. That system is pumping in some very warm air into the northern plains. At the same time snow in fairly low elevations for the time of year as well as abundant rain will fall… Read more Warm and Thunderstorms
Ahead of Schedule
Since May 1, the temperatures have been anywhere from 2 to 4 degrees above normal. Depending on the crop and of course, your planting dates, more fields in turn have recorded an extra 100 to as many as 200 growing degrees days above the 5 year average. It is then no surprise to hear that… Read more Ahead of Schedule
12/11/14: Inversion Problems
There continues to be a fairly tight pressure gradient in the area. Today should be another day with a southerly wind in the 10-25 mph range. The south wind also continues to feed low level moisture into the regions with abundant reports of low clouds and fog throughout eastern North and South Dakota and pretty… Read more 12/11/14: Inversion Problems