Greetings and welcome!<\/p>\n
A busy week kept me from an early week update, so we have a lot to talk about.<\/p>\n
It is a cold gray windswept day outside today with a few showers to top it off. It is like one of those raw November days that aren’t really good for much outside.<\/p>\n
That somewhat describes the last week. It has been very windy almost daily, it has been overcast, and there have been some occasional showers.<\/p>\n
The winds have been brutal. Figure a daily 15-30mph wind with some gusts into the mid-30s. The other day Athelstane Weather recorded a gust of 48mph.<\/p>\n
There has been very little damage. Some trees have fallen, but for the most part the forests have been hardened against wind storms by our last 4 or 5 high wind episodes. Power has not gone out or even flickered here, and a check of the WPS map only showed very scattered outages.<\/p>\n
The wind has been merciless for the last week or so. Today they could go 20-30. Tomorrow we should finally get a break when they are only expected to be 5-10.<\/p>\n
The weekend looks to be partly cloudy and in the mid-50s, and without the big gusty winds of the past week. The NWS is putting a chance of showers in for Sunday and Sunday night. The GFS is holding it off until Monday, but then bringing three days of the stuff.<\/p>\n
About two weeks ago I predicted snow for yesterday. There was a pretty good mass of cold air behind the storm, and I expected the two to get together for a little snow. It didn’t happen.<\/p>\n
One of the guys from Kosir’s goes to school up in Ely, MN near the Boundary Waters, and he had a picture of about 1\/2″ snowfall on Facebook the other day.<\/p>\n
According to the GFS the next good chance of seeing the first snowflakes of the year are in a week, behind next week’s storm.<\/p>\n
Even though we haven’t had snow, it has been cold. Most days have been peaking around 50, and nights in the 30s and low 40s. The once a day fire to take the chill off has been replaced by an all day fire or 2-3 small ones. Heating season is officially under way.<\/p>\n
Most of the leaves are down now, but there are still a few with color. One fairly common species of popple (or cottonwood maybe) still have yellow leaves. I also noticed the tamaracks are turning their bright yellow, bringing some color to wet areas.<\/p>\n
I do not have any events on the list for this weekend.<\/p>\n
Time has gotten away from me again, and I have to go for now. I will be back tomorrow with a part two of the update. There is still much to cover.<\/p>\n
Have a good weekend and thank you for visiting!<\/p>\n
RJB<\/p>\n
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