60? Where?
This is what NOAA says.
There are signs we could get another shot of springlike air in the last week of February. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Global Forecast System model suggests highs in the 50s to near 60 degrees across southern Minnesota in the last week of February.
Cripes. 60 in February, ish
I know you miss winter. Haha
in southern WI, I was on the ice las on 1/30, wasnt able to get out the past 2 weekends, and Im hanging it up for the season now as most lakes I ice fish in southern WI have enough open water that I cant get to many spots to ice fish anymore. Shortest season in my 35yrs of ice fishing
Unfortunately (for me) the Florida forecast is a solid 10 plus degrees below normal. Coolest winter they’ve had down there in 20 some years.
Lots of people on Mille Lacs today with this wind and sunshine.
Forecast models are still predicting 60 degrees in southern MN next week. It will lock us into the warmest winter on record here in MN even if March is significantly colder than average. Des Moines, Iowa could hit 70 degrees.
A winter severity index is posted every year ranging from 0 to 132 by the NOAA. This year’s ranking in MN, WI, and most of Michigan: 1. Yes, 1 out of a possible 132 with 0 being the weakest and 132 being the strongest. Its based on extreme cold and snowfall amounts which have been non-existent in the northern tier.
i keep an eye on the WSI….winter severity index the Mn DNR has for deer…..it aint moved from the lowest range!!!!! 
50+ today and sub-zero blizzard tomorrow. The Weather is drunk
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The Weather is drunk
And looking further to the right, even warmer.
Ive been saying it for months now we are going to pay for this mild winter in March and April. YOu just watch.
I flew in this weekend over the west metro and MSP city lakes, and can’t say I’d venture out on any of them. I’m sure there’s a few places someone might be able to sneak out, but I’m keeping my ice fishing gear in the rafters, where it’s been all season!
Ive been saying it for months now we are going to pay for this mild winter in March and April. YOu just watch.
Very unlikely given that El Nino is supposed to continue into the summer. I’m afraid that drought is probably going to be a problem again. Not a fan.
I am thinking there will be a bunch of open lakes on Sunday. If the forecast holds and it stays above freezing for 4 days and then blows 20-30 mph on Sunday things will happen quick.
Ive been saying it for months now we are going to pay for this mild winter in March and April. YOu just watch.
If by “pay for this” you mean forced to cancel winter camping and out west ski trips… then yes I completely agree we’re going to pay for it 
Very unlikely given that El Nino is supposed to continue into the summer. I’m afraid that drought is probably going to be a problem again. Not a fan.
Well you wont have to mow much again so theres that. I just have this feeling we are going to get hammered. Maybe not all snow and lots of rain, but it I have seen the story play out far too many times regardless if its an el nino or super el nino to think any different.
Well you wont have to mow much again so theres that. I just have this feeling we are going to get hammered. Maybe not all snow and lots of rain
That brings up yet another issue on the landscape: fire. If we don’t start getting any moisture, fire bans will be in place soon because “green up” takes a while. And there’s almost no snow cover out there.
I’d be fine with a monsoon of rain this spring lol
I was just reading the local news about a grainery burning down last night, and then they announced they would be doing two controlled burns today. We never got that valentines snow storm or any rain. I’m thinking burning is not really a good idea right now. We need some rain out this way.
Everyone always has the “we will get paid back” line ready to use, but I don’t think it’s going to happen.
I think this Winter is about to give us one more 24 hour shot for the greater part of the state, and then will be mostly gone after this Wednesday. Just the thermal properties of the ground alone make it awfully hard to stay “cold”…with all this dark exposed ground sucking in ever strengthening sunshine and 0” of frost and no snow most places. Sure there may be a couple more systems that drop some slushy snow in the metro and areas southward, but I’d still bet on record warmth to continue before Winter showing up for any significant length of time again.
If we are really looking into the future and wondering if we will be paid back for the warmest winter ever I’d look to next Fall/Winter where probabilities of a La Nina pattern developing are increasing.
…with all that said we could get a foot of tree busting snow in May too to complete the full cycle of weather chaos
Oh, its not going to get brutally cold that is a for sure.
It sure is interesting to see all this play out. Im not happy about it but it certainly is a spectacle for people of all ages.
Could be worse. We could all be eclipse chasers…….
I just saw a honeybee. Holy buckets!
I must say this isn’t soo bad
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Its forecasted to hit 70F here today and then drop to 20F by 8AM tomorrow, thats pretty crazy
Its forecasted to hit 70F here today and then drop to 20F by 8AM tomorrow, thats pretty crazy
This weather change is crazy. Yesterday was 55 and sunny here, and tonight the wind chill predicted to hit -25. Yesterday kids were out riding bikes in T-shirts, and today it’s a blizzard with schools 2 hours late and some cancelled.
I follow multiple different weather dudes, 2 do it just for fun while one is actually a meteorologist and all of their forecasts are wildly different. 1 calls for a massive amount of snow in I Falls, 1 calls for like very little snow anywhere and the other calls for a heavy band across WI. I dont understand how they can be that incredibly different.
from 50’s to no travel advisory in NW minnesota. crazy.
I follow multiple different weather dudes, 2 do it just for fun while one is actually a meteorologist and all of their forecasts are wildly different. 1 calls for a massive amount of snow in I Falls, 1 calls for like very little snow anywhere and the other calls for a heavy band across WI. I dont understand how they can be that incredibly different.
Because two to it just for fun and are taking wild guesses based on whatever model they are looking at and the other actually has formal training, uses the model as reference and his overall experience to predict the weather. A veteran meteorologist will typically predict the weather more accurately than the models do. The models are just that, a bunch of data that the computer spits out, normally with multiple layers, and it just takes an average of those layers to give raw information.
While I was in school for metrology, my weather predictions were wild guesses that mostly missed. Why, because I just had not studied the weather to the point of veteran meteorologists. Many times it’s just luck when you actually hit the nail on the head.
Then, there are meteorologist that are inherently optimistic, and will always overshoot, some that are very conservative, and thus predict on the light side. If you want a real forecast, talk to Flight Dispatchers for airlines, but maybe I am just biased.
I just saw a honeybee. Holy buckets!
I smacked two misquitos last night
Because two to it just for fun and are taking wild guesses based on whatever model they are looking at and the other actually has formal training, uses the model as reference and his overall experience to predict the weather. A veteran meteorologist will typically predict the weather more accurately than the models do. The models are just that, a bunch of data that the computer spits out, normally with multiple layers, and it just takes an average of those layers to give raw information.
While I was in school for metrology, my weather predictions were wild guesses that mostly missed. Why, because I just had not studied the weather to the point of veteran meteorologists. Many times it’s just luck when you actually hit the nail on the head.
Then, there are meteorologist that are inherently optimistic, and will always overshoot, some that are very conservative, and thus predict on the light side. If you want a real forecast, talk to Flight Dispatchers for airlines, but maybe I am just biased.
well guess who of the 3 is most accurate with what is actually happening 1 of the 2 who do it as a hobby LOL
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