All Time Low Pressure in MN Broken

And still falling, since this statement was put out Duluth has hit 28.39″… Be really interesting to see how far this does fall… Remember: Lower the pressure, stronger the storm, and often stronger the winds. Also, a fun comparison: These are the type of pressures you can see in Cat 2 or 3 hurricanes. PUBLIC [...]

Could the all time record low pressure for MN be broken?

Was alerted to this by Susie Martin down at WeatherNation that this impending storm could break the all time low pressure record here in the state. According to the National Weather Service, the all time is 962.8mb (disputed elsewhere as 962.6mb) set on November 10, 1998 in Albert Lea and Austin. Some models have this [...]

Wednesday’s Highest Wind Gusts

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 122 AM CDT THU OCT 21 2010 …HIGHEST WIND GUSTS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON… AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVED SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES…A COLD FRONT SWEPT THROUGH MINNESOTA DURING WEDNESDAY MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS TIGHTENED THE PRESSURE GRADIENT…WHICH ALONG WITH STRONG UNIDIRECTIONAL WINDS ALOFT…MADE A [...]

Nowcast: More storms moving into STC area over next few hours… All warnings cancelled for STC… Tornado Watch until 10/11… Area storm reports

We have more showers and storms not only reforming over the St. Cloud area, but also forming to our southwest trying to move in our direction. These storms might have some small hail in them, but are not severe at the moment — nor do I really anticipate any more severe weather over the STC [...]

Severe Events, the NWS and Twitter

The National Weather Service is trying a new way to submit severe weather reports to them this season, and it comes via the social networking site Twitter. It’s a fairly simple process to be used by non-trained storm spotters, and a way that you can contribute severe weather events and help the National Weather Service. [...]