| Observation Date |
Observation Time |
Precipitation |
Snowfall |
Snowfall SWE |
Snow Depth |
Snow SWE |
Notes |
| 3/21/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
|
| 3/22/2010 |
1:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 3/23/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 3/24/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 3/25/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 3/26/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 3/27/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 3/28/2010 |
12:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
A trace of rain fell sometime before 10:00 AM.
|
| 3/29/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 3/30/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Although the ponds and swamps are still quite full of water, the rest of the area is getting pretty dry. We need some rain to keep the fire hazard down. |
| 3/31/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Warm dry wind along with our lack of rain caused several brush fires around the area. We badly need some soaking rains! DNR has fire hazard rated at "Moderate" but I think it should be raised to "High."
|
| 4/1/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Another day of brush fires. Saw two huge plums of smoke in the Northern Metro on my drive home from work around 7 pm. DNR sign still has fire risk at Moderate. Channel 9 News says it's at Very High. What's up with that? |
| 4/2/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Brush Fires weren't as bad today due to rise in humidity.
I also fired up my StormTracker, lightning detector, in anticipation of the beginning of our thunderstorm season.
|
| 4/3/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.17 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
My electronic rain gauge recorded 0.16" of rain today. The maximum rainfall rate was 0.22" per hour between 2 and 3 pm.
StormTracker recorded 3,890 lightning strikes and it appeared as though the most intense cells were over the Southern Twin Cities then moved off into Western Wisconsin.
Gusty winds later in the evening, peak gust was from the West at 29 MPH.
|
| 4/4/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 4/5/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Happy Easter!
|
| 4/6/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 4/7/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Cloudy all day, not a single drop of rain.
|
| 4/9/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 4/10/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 4/11/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
It's like a desert here! Relative Humidity levels dropped to around 15% during the day. Ponds and swamps are starting to go dry. Fire danger is rising again!
Sorry for the late report. Fell asleep before I could enter the data last night. Wore out from the Skywarn Workshop all day. :)
|
| 4/12/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Another day of desert-like conditions with Relative Humidity hovering around 17%. I saw several smoke plums in the northern metro area around 4:30 pm. Brush Fires are breaking out again.
I also saw a spectacular Dust Devil in the back lot of Jackson Street Motors Car Sales, in St. Paul around 4:50 pm. That's on the NE corner of Maryland & Jackson Streets. It was about 10 feet in diameter and rose about 50 feet in the air. It was one of the fastest spinning Dust Devils I have ever seen. I wish I had a camera at the time.
|
| 4/13/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 4/14/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.62 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic Rain Gauge said 0.64" Maximum rain fall rate was 0.27" per hour between 5:00 and 6:00 am. StormTracker recorded 22,218 lightning discharges for the day. (StormTracker has about a 300 mile range for coverage.)
We had enough rainfall to temporarily reduce the brush fire hazard!
|
| 4/15/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.17 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic Rain Gauge also said 0.17" today. |
| 4/16/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.23 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic rain gauge also read 0.23" for the day. Maximum rainfall rate was 0.10" per hour between 3 am and 4 am. There were two different rainfall events. The first one between 2 and 5 am,(0.15"); and the second one between 7 and 9 am,(0.08"). The first one was more significant and I will enter it in the Duration Information area. |
| 4/17/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 4/18/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 4/19/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 4/20/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 4/21/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 4/22/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
The effects of last week's rain are wearing off; it's starting to get really dry again.
|
| 4/23/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 4/24/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.01 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light drizzle began around 10 pm. More moderate rain 10 miles south of my location. |
| 4/25/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.44 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic Rain Gauge data: Also 0.44" last 24 hours. Three rainfall events today. First event carried over from yesterday ending around 2 am. Main rainfall today came between 8 am and 3 pm. Maximum rainfall rate was 0.14" per hour between 8 and 9 am. Main event recorded below. Last rain event began around 11 pm, still in progress--very light precipitation.
Barometric Pressure quite low, currently 29.59"
|
| 4/26/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.05 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic Rain Gauge also read 0.05".
|
| 4/27/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 4/28/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 4/29/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 4/30/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
StormTracker recorded over 6,100 Lightning strikes today. Nothing around here though.
|
| 5/1/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.08 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic rain gauge read 0.07" Not much rain today. 0.03" fell overnight between 3 and 5:30 am. Got another 0.04" off and on throughout the afternoon and early evening. Barometric Pressure went really low today 29.15 @ 9:00 am. StormTracker recorded over 18,400 lightning strikes although no thunderstorms were close to me.
At Midnight just after taking my observations, a thundershower began at my location, and is currently in progress. StormTracker is recording about 35 lightning strikes per minute. Already have 0.04" new rainfall since midnight. I'll have more numbers for you in 24 hours.
|
| 5/2/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.05 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic Gauge also recorded 0.05." Windy day. Peak wind 34 MPH from the SW.
|
| 5/3/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/4/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.02 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic gauge read 0.01".
|
| 5/5/2010 |
12:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic rain gauge read 0.01"
|
| 5/6/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.05 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic gauge read 0.04".
|
| 5/7/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/8/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.73 |
0.2 |
M |
T |
M |
Electronic Gauge read 0.74". The rain ended around 5:00 pm. Maximum rainfall rate was 0.11" per hour between noon and 1 pm. A rain/snow mix started falling around 7:30 pm, and changed to all snow by 9 pm. There is a bunch of snow stuck inside the funnel of the Cocorahs rain gauge. When I emptied the gauge, I left the snow in there so it will melt tomorrow. It is still snowing at this time here. The total for tomorrow will not be accurate.
Snow amounts are rough estimates, as it has been melting as it falls. I am also not in a good area to measure snowfall, too many trees around.
|
| 5/9/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.16 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic Gauge read 0.14" Totals not accurate for last 24 hours since there was snow melt left over from yesterday included. Also had brief periods of showers off and on until about 2 pm. Another brief period of sleet fell for about 5 minutes around 1 pm. |
| 5/10/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/11/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.33 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic rain gauge also read 0.33". Maximum rainfall rate was 0.13" per hour between 7 and 8 pm.
|
| 5/12/2010 |
12:30 AM |
0.71 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic gauge read 0.69". It rained just about the last 24 hours straight!
|
| 5/13/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.07 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic Gauge also read 0.07". It's still raining very lightly.
|
| 5/14/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.97 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic Gauge read 0.95". Had a power outage for 3.5 hours overnight. Weather Station has backup power source, but printer does not. Consequently no other data available. |
| 5/15/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/16/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/17/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/18/2010 |
12:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/19/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/20/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/21/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/22/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/23/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.13 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic Gauge also read 0.13". The rain began at 11:20 am. and ended at 12:30 pm., then started up again at 12:55 pm. and ended at 1:15 pm. I'll combine these events into one for the Duration Info.
It got very windy after the first rain event, with a peak gust of 42 MPH from the SE. I heard at least four trees come down in the woods surrounding my house, only two were directly on my land. One snapped in two! The Barometric Pressure went from 29.93" at 11am to 29.61" at the peak of the storm, then climbed back up to 29.74" by 1pm! There wasn't a lot of lightning associated with this event. StormTracker was only recording around 65 strikes per minute at the most.
|
| 5/24/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/25/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/26/2010 |
12:30 AM |
0.08 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic gauge read 0.05". Very light rain still falling at time of observation. |
| 5/27/2010 |
12:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic gauge read 0.02", but I think that was left over from yesterday. It probably needs a cleaning out from all the tree shedding that's been going on around here. |
| 5/28/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/29/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/30/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
We need some rain soon. It's getting really dusty around here and just the smallest breeze coming through my windows means I have to dust all the furniture again!
It won't be long before I start looking for tumbleweeds. |
| 5/31/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.02 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic gauge read 0.01"
|
| 6/1/2010 |
12:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic Gauge read 0.01".
|
| 6/2/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.02 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic gauge read 0.01". I was going to be reporting just a Trace of rain today, but then at 11:30 pm., a light shower began. It seems to have stopped by Midnight. |
| 6/3/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.14 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic gauge read 0.15". Rain fell sometime between 1 am and 8 am. |
| 6/4/2010 |
12:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
It is currently raining very lightly.
|
| 6/5/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.63 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic gauge read 0.64". Maximum rainfall rate was 0.41" per hour between 3 and 4 am. |
| 6/6/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.18 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic gauge read 0.17".
|
| 6/7/2010 |
1:00 AM |
0.06 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic gauge also read 0.06". Spotty rain showers all day long.
|
| 6/8/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 6/9/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.91 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic gauge also read 0.91". Pretty much an all day rain, with a maximum rainfall rate of 0.41" per hour around Noon. |
| 6/10/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 6/11/2010 |
12:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 6/12/2010 |
12:00 AM |
1.45 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic gauge read 1.42". Maximum rainfall rate was 2.10" per hour between 5 and 6 am. The big rain fell between 5 and 9 am, then I got a little more around 2 pm. StormTracker recorded over 97,400 Lightning strikes in the last 24-hours. The peak lightning rate was 312 Strikes per minute at 5:00 am. That was about the same time I was rumbled out of bed by loud thunder.
|
| 6/13/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.20 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic gauge read 0.19". Drizzle started around 12:30 pm, and lasted pretty much all day after that.
|
| 6/14/2010 |
12:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
There was 0.01" in the Cocorahs gauge, but my electronic gauge read 0.00" The side walk was damp when I got up today. Don't know if it rained or if that 0.01" was dew. Hence the "Trace." You decide..... |
| 6/15/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.19 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic gauge also read 0.19". |
| 6/16/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.13 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic gauge also read 0.13". |
| 6/17/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 6/18/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.14 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic gauge also read 0.14" for the last 24-hours. Windy day too, peak gust was 34 MPH from the SSE. StormTracker recorded 147,600 Lightning strikes over the last 24-hours, with the peak rate of 456 strikes per minute at 7:21 pm.
|
| 6/19/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 6/20/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 6/21/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 6/22/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 6/23/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Although I currently have clear skies, StormTracker is recording between 47 and 150 lightning strikes per minute. This is concerning because there are no storms in sight. We may be in for some big storms later on in the night.
|
| 6/24/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.15 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic gauge read 0.14". Two light shower events. First one between 4 and 7 am; and the second one between 4 and 6 pm.
|
| 6/25/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 6/26/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.30 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic gauge read 0.31". The maximum rainfall rate was 0.67" per hour between 5:30 and 6:30 pm. StormTracker data is inaccurate because it was down for 15 minutes during the height of the storm. It still recorded over 172,300 discharges, and more than 84,000 Cloud-to-Ground strikes for the day. The peak discharge rate was 668 strikes per minute about 6:45 pm.
|
| 6/27/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.38 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic gauge read 0.39" with the peak rainfall rate of 0.14" per hour around 10:30 pm. StormTracker recorded over 54,500 lightning discharges for the day. The peak discharge rate was 278 per minute at 10:09 pm. It is still recording 60 discharges per minute as I type this up.
|
| 6/28/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.03 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic Gauge also read 0.03".
|
| 6/29/2010 |
12:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 6/30/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/1/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/2/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/3/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/4/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/5/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.12 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic Gauge also read 0.12".
|
| 7/6/2010 |
12:00 AM |
3.53 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic gauge read 3.33" of rain for the day. Two events. First one 0.06" of rain fell between 4 and 6 pm. Second event rain started at 9:15 pm until 11:30 pm. Maximum rainfall rate was 2.70" per hour between 10 and 11 pm. See below for more info. Not a lot of lightning with these storms today. StormTracker only recorded 2,436 lightning discharges today. Makes me think something is wrong with it, since Dave Dahl on KSTP TV 5 said there was a lot of lightning with some of the storms today. |
| 7/7/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/8/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.26 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic Gauge read 0.25". Maximum rainfall rate was 1.75" per hour at 5:30 pm.
|
| 7/9/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/10/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/11/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.01 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic Gauge also read 0.01".
|
| 7/12/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.03 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic Gauge read 0.02".
|
| 7/13/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/14/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/15/2010 |
12:00 AM |
1.00 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic Gauge read 0.95". Two rainfall events. First one was between 9 and 10 am, with just under a 1/4". Second one was between 11:30 am. and 2 pm. Maximum rainfall rate was 2.22" per hour around 1:30 pm.
I was beginning to think something was wrong with StormTracker with the lack of lightning it's been recording. However, today's numbers have renewed my confidence in it. Total lightning discharges for the last 24-hours: 413,428. Total Cloud-to-Ground (CG) Strikes: 217,557! Total nearby CG Strikes: 2,873. The peak lightning discharge rate was 585 discharges per minute at 1:17 pm. StormTracker is still recording about 28 discharges per minute from distant storms. Good atmospheric electricity today. :)
|
| 7/16/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/17/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/18/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.86 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic Gauge read 0.81". We had a strong line of storms move through in the evening. Maximum rainfall rate was 3.89" per hour at about 8:30 pm., and 3/4" of the rain fell between 8 and 9 pm. I was out Storm Spotting for SkyWarn when the storm hit here, so I don't know exact times. Maximum wind gust here was 48 MPH from the North. About 4 miles West, where I was stationed Storm Spotting, I measured a 47 MPH wind gust with my hand-held Anemometer. StormTracker recorded a total of 187,075 Lightning strikes today, with the peak rate of 797 CG Strikes per minute at 8:29 pm. There was a total of 71,065 CG Strikes recorded today, with 508 of them close by. StormTracker is still recording about 50 strikes per minute as I write this.
|
| 7/19/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/20/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/21/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/22/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/23/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/24/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.02 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic Gauge also read 0.02".
|
| 7/25/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.31 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Electronic Gauge read 0.33".
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| 7/27/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
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| 7/28/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.63 |
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Electronic gauge read 0.61". The maximum rainfall rate was 0.89" per hour at about 7:30 pm. Had some strong thunderstorms move through between 7 and 8 pm, but they seemed like they fell apart as they passed overhead. Peak wind gust was 43 MPH from the WNW at about 7:20 pm. StormTracker recorded a total of 156,132 Lightning discharges since last midnight, with a peak rate of 496 Strikes per hour at 7:37 pm. The total CG Strokes were 97,680, and 543 of them were close by. I'm still seeing about 31 strikes per minute as I write this.
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| 7/29/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
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M |
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| 7/30/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
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M |
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| 7/31/2010 |
12:00 AM |
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Felt a wet spray of moisture in the air several times while outside today. Cloudy dreary day.
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| 8/1/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
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| 8/2/2010 |
1:30 AM |
0.05 |
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Electronic gauge also read 0.05".
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| 8/3/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.09 |
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Electronic gauge also read 0.09".
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| 8/4/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.03 |
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Electronic gauge also read 0.03". We had a strange phenomenon happen this evening. Around 10:05 pm. I suddenly began to hear what sounded like rolling thunder, but I never saw any lightning flash. The sound of thunder lasted about 30 to 45 seconds and was continuous. It was not the sound of a jet plane, but a very long lasting rumble like thunder. I went and checked StormTracker, and it had indeed recorded a single lightning discharge fairly close by. I then went outside and looked at the sky, only to see nothing but stars overhead. StormTracker was not seeing any other close lightning, and only recording about 1 to 3 strikes per minute from distant storms. There was also a very strong smell in the air like that of a skunk, but it didn't smell exactly like a skunk, more like stale Ozone. The stink lasted for about 20 minutes.
Very strange indeed. |
| 8/5/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
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| 8/6/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
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| 8/7/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
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M |
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| 8/8/2010 |
12:00 AM |
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It had just started to rain as I was taking my reading for the day. There is a thundershower currently underway and I've had about 0.14" since midnight. StormTracker was recording a peak rate of 502 strikes per minute at 12:24 am. The rest of the rain data will be recorded in tomorrow's report.
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| 8/9/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.62 |
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Electronic rain gauge read 0.59". All data here is for the previous day. Strong thunderstorm moved through just after 1 am. Weather Station recorded a peak wind gust of 42 MPH. I had several small tree branches scattered about my yard. Maximum rainfall rate was 2.38" per hour at about 1:20 am. Several very close CG lightning strikes between 1 and 2 am. Peak Lightning with this storm occurred prior to midnight yesterday, and was noted in last night's report.
Second round of storms at 8 pm missed this location completely. |
| 8/10/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
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| 8/11/2010 |
12:00 AM |
1.23 |
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Electronic Gauge read 1.12". Maximum rainfall rate was 3.18" per hour, however my electronic gauge is only designed to handle rainfall rates up to 3" per hour with a 98% accuracy. Above 3" per hour the accuracy rate drops off dramatically.
Also, I cannot give you accurate times tonight. My power was out for over four hours, and while the Weather Station runs on backup power, the printer does not, so I'm missing all hourly readings from 6pm to 10 pm. The electric company said there was a tornado touchdown in the city of Ramsey, MN, (Anoka Co.) which made a serious mess of the power lines. They said they'd be working all night. Funny, I didn't hear about any tornado on NOAA radio, TV or the SkyWarn Repeaters. The wife said all but 0.04" of an inch of rain fell around 6:30 pm. The 0.04" fell around 11:30 am. No damage here, and no flooding that I can see.
StormTracker recorded 272,324 lightning discharges for the day, with 129,015 being CG. There were 1,383 strong nearby CG strikes! The wife did say the lightning was pretty bad around here. The peak lightning rate 693 discharges per minute at 5:56 pm.
I've still got lots of lightning all around, but no rain. StormTracker is recording about 47 strikes per minute right now (12:34 AM) with most of the activity to the SE of me. Looks like strongest activity is in St. Croix County, WI.
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| 8/12/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.03 |
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Electronic gauge read 0.04". Rain fell between 3 and 4 am.
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| 8/13/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.67 |
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Electronic gauge read 0.65", with a maximum rainfall rate of 2.28" per hour around 8:30 pm. Well tonight was the peak of the Perseid Meteor Shower, and I'm going to miss it because at about 8:00 pm, strong thunderstorms developed right overhead and intensified. In the time it took me to walk down my driveway and retrieve my trash barrel (about 5 minutes) it went from just overcast to almost continuous lightning and thunder! Next came the wind with a peak gust of 43 MPH from the WNW, then the heavy rains began. StormTracker went from recording a small area of lightning to the NW of me, to an all out Yellow Alert condition (over 500 Strikes per minute) in less than 10 minutes! Between 8 and midnight I had recorded 138,000 Lightning strikes, and at one point the Intra-Cloud (IC) lightning was over 2,200 strokes per minute. The peak strikes (CG) was 717 per minute at 8:50 pm, and 919 of them were strong close by strikes. StormTracker is tracking another set of storms coming in from the SW, and since midnight it was recorded over 12,000 new strikes. The current rate is 172 strikes per minute! (12:45 am) It is also beginning to rain again.
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| 8/14/2010 |
12:00 AM |
1.34 |
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Electronic gauge read 1.27". Rain and thunderstorms through the early morning hours. Very light rain started just after midnight and continued through about 2 am. About 2:30 am the rain became intense and fell at a rate of 2.67" per hour. The rain ended by 5 am. We had another light thundershower around 4:30 pm, which dropped about 0.05" of rain. There was some minor flooding and the ground is completely saturated in this area now. StormTracker recorded 289,378 Lightning strikes on the day, with 141,962 of them being CG. We had 454 near by strikes. The peak lightning was 451 strikes per minute at 2:37 am.
I lost one tree about 4" diameter trunk overnight. It appeared as if the tree lost it's footing in the saturated ground. It fell across my driveway and rendered it impassable until I brought out "Mr. Chain Saw." :)
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| 8/15/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.06 |
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Electronic gauge also read 0.06". Light thundershower around 8:15 pm this evening.
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| 8/16/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
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| 8/17/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
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| 8/18/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
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| 8/19/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.06 |
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Electronic gauge also read 0.06".
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| 8/20/2010 |
12:00 AM |
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At 11:58 pm a thundershower moved into the area. It hadn't dumped enough rain to make 0.01" by midnight, hence the Trace report. I didn't empty the gauge, so the total precipitation will be reported at midnight tomorrow night.
Looks like plenty of rain on the way. StormTracker is showing lightning to the west at a rate of 65 strikes per minute. |
| 8/21/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.60 |
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Electronic gauge read 0.56", with a peak rainfall rate of 2.45" per hour around 2:45 am. StormTracker recorded a peak lighting rate of 501 strikes per minute with a total of 101,812 on the day. 61,429 were CG and 385 of those were nearby.
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| 8/22/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
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| 8/23/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
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| 8/24/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
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| 8/25/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.18 |
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Electronic gauge also read 0.18". Looks like all the rain fell between 1 and 3 am last night.
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| 8/26/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
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| 8/27/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
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| 8/28/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
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| 8/29/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
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| 8/30/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
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| 8/31/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
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| 9/1/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.68 |
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Electronic gauge read 0.66". |
| 9/2/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
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| 9/3/2010 |
12:00 AM |
1.61 |
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Electronic gauge data is N/A. My electronic gauge plugged up with debris and overflowed during an early morning thunderstorm. I did use the Cocorahs gauge to measure the first storm total of 1.37". Near as I can tell it mostly all fell in about an hour around 3:30 am. Total rainfall for the rest of the day was about a 1/4 inch. There was some minor flooding with the early morning storm.
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| 9/4/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
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| 9/5/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
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| 9/6/2010 |
12:00 AM |
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| 9/7/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.23 |
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Electronic gauge read 0.24". Maximum rainfall rate was 0.94" per hour. |
| 9/8/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.13 |
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Electronic gauge also read 0.13".
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| 9/9/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
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| 9/10/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.01 |
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Electronic gauge also read 0.01".
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| 9/11/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.22 |
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Electronic gauge also read 0.22". There is a gentle rain falling right now.
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| 9/12/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.01 |
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Electronic gauge read 0.02".
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| 9/13/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
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| 9/14/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
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M |
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| 9/15/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
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M |
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| 9/16/2010 |
12:00 AM |
1.30 |
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Electronic gauge also read 1.30" with a peak rainfall rate of 1.48" per hour around 6:30 pm. We had an all afternoon and evening rain event. Nice soaker.
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| 9/17/2010 |
12:00 AM |
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It was still misting after my midnight reading last night.
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| 9/18/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.03 |
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Electronic Gauge also read 0.03". Most of the rain fell before 11 am.
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| 9/19/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
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| 9/20/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
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| 9/21/2010 |
12:00 AM |
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| 9/22/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.09 |
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Electronic gauge also read 0.09". Had a thundershower around 2 a.m.
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| 9/23/2010 |
12:00 AM |
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| 9/24/2010 |
12:00 AM |
2.31 |
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Electronic gauge read 2.30", with a peak rainfall rate of 0.59" per hour. |
| 9/25/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.02 |
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Electronic gauge also read 0.02" of rain. Windy day! I recorded a peak gust of 37 MPH from the WNW.
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| 9/26/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
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| 9/27/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
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| 9/28/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
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| 9/29/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
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| 9/30/2010 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
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