Warmer than normal this week; no soaking rains in sight
Tropical update on Beta and Teddy
Our Sunday high temp at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 74 degrees. That was four degrees warmer than our average Sept. 20 high temp. As advertized, it was a windy day, with a peak wind gust at MSP airport of 39 mph. Some spots in Minnesota saw gusts well over 40 mph at times.
Monday won’t be nearly as windy, but it’ll still be breezy:
Plotted gusts are in knots, with 16 knots equal to around 18 mph and the 24 knots in northwestern Minnesota equal to almost 28 mph.
Monday highs will be mainly in the 70s, with some lower 80s to the southwest:
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A brief shower is possible Monday, especially in eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin.
Temperature trends
Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to hit around 80 degrees on Tuesday, followed by lower 80s Wednesday. Our high retreats to the mid 70s Thursday, then we rebound to around 80 degrees on Friday.
Tropical weather update
Several Gulf Coast states have seen a lot of rain this month, and more rain is on the way.
Tropical storm Beta will move very slowly over the next few days:
Beta’s slow movement will drop a lot of rain on parts of Texas and Louisiana:
Meanwhile, Hurricane Teddy is expected to pass just to the east of Bermuda on Monday:
Here’s a portion of the Sunday afternoon update on Teddy, from the National Hurricane Center:
DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- At 500 PM AST (2100 UTC), the center of Hurricane Teddy was located near latitude 29.0 North, longitude 63.4 West. Teddy is moving toward the north-northwest near 9 mph (15 km/h). A turn toward the north is expected tonight, and Teddy is then forecast to continue generally northward for another couple days. On the forecast track, Teddy will approach Bermuda tonight, and the center should pass east of the island Monday morning. Teddy is forecast to be approaching Nova Scotia late Tuesday or Wednesday. Maximum sustained winds are near 105 mph (165 km/h) with higher gusts. Little change in strength is forecast, and the system is expected to remain a large and powerful hurricane through Tuesday, then become a strong post-tropical cyclone on Wednesday. Teddy is a large hurricane. Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 80 miles (130 km) from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 230 miles (370 km).
The National Hurricane Center gives updated tropical advisories about every three hours.
Fall colors
We’re seeing spotty fall color in the Twin Cities metro area, but our peak fall colors don’t typically arrive in the metro area until sometime in October.
Fall colors are really popping in parts of northern Minnesota. Here’s the latest fall color report from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources:
The areas shaded yellow are showing the most changeover to fall colors at this point. Keep in mind that all deciduous trees are included in the fall color report, not just maples.
It’ll be interesting to watch how those fall colors spread southward in the next two to three weeks!