Got a test tornado warning this morning on my desktop Weather Underground gadget. I clicked on the warning button and found a wealth of weather information, some of which I had completed for my own use long ago. Here's a link to Wundermap, which will look very familiar. Browse around and set up favorite locations that you would view frequently.
http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/?lat=38.54817&lon=-95.80078&zoom=4
The wealth of Weather Underground includes your local climate data. Be careful with it, because some locations are not what they seem. For example, one of the oldest recording stations in Minnesota was Beaver Bay, since 1857. The current records for nearby Silver Bay are the airport, which is neither reliable nor representative of what's happening on the North Shore. The airport is in a mountain-like valley about three miles from the lake. That's a big difference. Likewise, Brimson, north of Two Harbors has current records and is one of the oldest recording sites. Isabella has very old records, but there has been nobody there to provide data for at least two years.
2 comments:
Some good precautionary advice for people in your blog post. Lake Superior does make it more difficult to forecast the weather accurately. Between the big lake and the terrain, it takes some skill and good data to concoct a reliable forecast.
We have camped in several state parks around the state, but camping on the north shore can be a challenge - you must always remember to bring more fleece and a tent camper with a heater that works.
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