Last night, while chatting with my neighbor in the backyard, we looked up to notice a "patch" of blue sky in what was otherwise a vast sea of gray. Don't worry, I commented, there's more of that to come. And boy did it. Sunshine splashed down on the Northland Friday and temperatures responded by warming well into the 70s. The only hitch was a lake wind that dramatically cooled lakefront communities Friday afternoon. In fact, the temperature at Sky Harbor Airport on Park Point dropped 20-degrees in thirty minutes once the wind switched.
And while we're all giddy about the going forecast for fair skies this July 4th weekend, it belies the fact that we've been very dry across the region. Duluth was about two and a half inches below normal for the month of June and stretching back to the first of April the deficit runs nearly five inches. Looking ahead, Mother Nature may turn on the spigot beginning Wednesday with showers and thunderstorm chances that will linger into Friday.
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