Weather chats with Mark Seeley

Hurricane Irma is barreling toward Florida. MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Bruce Hagevik, who was a longtime newsman at WCCO radio, and is now in south Florida. He's preparing to move inland and then hunker down for the hurricane to pass.
For southwestern Minnesota, it was the wettest August in history. It was the 11th wettest month for the state overall, which recorded an average of 5 inches of rain.
Additionally, some weather observers in Minnesota are already logging record levels of moisture for the month of August.
The city got more than 8 inches of rain a few days ago.
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MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with University of Minnesota climatologist Mark Seeley about the torrential rain and thunderstorms across southern Minnesota.
The western and northwestern parts of the state are particularly dry.
MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with University of Minnesota climatologist Mark Seeley about July's warmer and wetter start, including storms with very localized rains.
It was a change from May, which broke a long string of warmer than normal months for Minnesota.