Heavy Rain

Heavy rain forecast for Northeastern Minnesota

Duluth News Tribune Published Thursday, September 06, 2007 http://tinyurl.com/359nx6

It’s a term we haven’t heard around these parts in a long time. The National Weather Service in Duluth is forecasting heavy rain across a wide area of Northeastern Minnesota early Friday. Many areas could see more than an inch, and some areas upwards of two inches, by the time rain moves out later Friday, said Mike Bettwy, forecaster at the Duluth weather service office. Northwestern Wisconsin will see some rain, but not as much.

Some areas of the Arrowhead already were seeing heavy rain Thursday morning. A line of thunderstorms looked to drop more than inch of rain today from Bemidji, across the northern Iron Range and into the Boundary Waters. The Cook area was seeing heavy rain before noon. The rain will be welcome for trees, yards, plants, rivers and lakes that have suffered through 16 months of drought. Heading into the upcoming rainstorm, Duluth is some 13 inches below normal since June, 2006. The rain also will reduce fire danger for several days, and fire restrictions may be further relaxed by next week. Another round of rain will hit early Sunday, and the region will see much cooler temperatures – with highs only in the 50’s early next week.
Weather at Gunflint Lake:
http://bwca.cc/weather/gunflint/gunflintweather.htm
Boundary Waters Weather:
http://bwca.cc/weather/wximages/bwca.htm
Northern Minnesota Weather Resources:
http://bwca.cc/weather/weatherresources.htm
Gunflint Lightning Detector:
http://bwca.cc/weather/gunflint/gstorm.jpg