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Arb Sightings 11/11/10
Shorts and sandals came out again earlier this week, as high temperatures reached the low 70’s in early November for the third consecutive year. Even yesterday the high temperature reached the mid-60’s, but a northwestern cold front moved in around mid-afternoon, bringing with it some rain and causing temperatures to fall back into the 40’s […]
Arb Sightings 11/5/10
November has begun on the chilly side, as temperatures on several mornings this week have dipped into the 20’s. Earlier in the week, as well as this morning, small ponds in the area have been topped with a fine sheet of ice, and our cars have required some frost removal attention. The added winds around […]
Arb Sightings 10/27/10
An unusual year in weather continues this week as a major storm blasts through most of the country’s midsection, including all of Minnesota. Around Monday evening the winds began to pick up in southern and western Minnesota, and by late Tuesday morning they were sustained at 30mph, with some gusts approaching 60mph! This morning snow […]
Arb Sightings 10/22/10
What a pleasant week of October-like weather we have had here in southern Minnesota! High temperatures have remained in the 50’s to low 60’s (with the exception of today, which might reach the low 70’s), and we’ve seen nothing but sun all week. The winds however began to increase around mid-week, and after this brief […]
Arb Sightings 10/14/10
As our Indian Summer begins to taper off this weekend, temperatures will become more October-like. The forecast for next week shows highs in the mid-50’s to low 60’s, and lows might reach the low 30’s and give us a few frosty mornings here in southern Minnesota. It appears that this current dry spell that only […]
Arb Sightings 10/8/10
Don’t you just love mid-October? Over the past few years it has been the middle of this month that has varied the most. Two years ago, the weather was temperate in the high 50’s and low 60’s; people were wearing light jackets in the morning and shedding them by the afternoon. Last year, a light […]
Arb Sightings 10/1/10
The first full week of fall has been rather pleasant. High temperatures have been comfortably in the 60’s and 70’s, and we’ve seen nothing but sun all week. Even the winds have been light to almost nonexistent. Thankfully, it has also been much drier; no rainfall has occurred in southern Minnesota since early Saturday morning […]
Arb Sightings 9/24/10
It’s rough being a meteorologist in Minnesota. Granted, no meteorologist anywhere in the world has a 100% track record of predicting what the weather is going to do. There is simply too much data extrapolation, probability, and just plain guesswork involved to ever be consistently accurate over a long period of time, at least with […]
Arb Sightings 9/17/10
This week of cool temperatures has brought more rain to southern Minnesota. In fact, on late Wednesday afternoon 9/15, over 1.5 inches of rain fell in St. Peter in just a few hours. This downpour would have been impressive enough by itself, but the highlight for most of us came during several minutes of hail […]
Arb Sightings 9/10/10
Just a few weeks ago we were stuck in a rut of sweltering 90-degree heat. This week, high temperatures have struggled to reach the 70’s, and lows on some days have dropped all the way down to the mid-40’s. These cool fronts have brought more rain into southern Minnesota, including 0.89 inches yesterday here in […]