Firstly, it never needs to be emptied, and secondly the amount of rainfall (and even the rate at which the rain is falling) can be read automatically. There are two advantages of this type of rain gauge. In modern automatic weather stations a Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge (TBRG) is employed, which also has an aperture of 203mm. The top of the rain gauge is 0.3m above the ground. Any excess precipitation is captured in the outer metal cylinder. The measuring cylinder can record up to 25mm of precipitation. This is essentially a circular funnel with a diameter of 203mm which collects the rain into a graduated and calibrated cylinder. Cloud Airport 24-Hour Precipitation (through 3 AM Friday): None SCSU 24-Hour Precipitation (through 3 AM Friday): None St.The standard instrument for the measurement of rainfall is the 203mm (8 inch) rain gauge. Yesterday's High: 83☏ Overnight Low (through 3 AM Friday): 56☏ Chance of measurable rainfall: 20%.Įxtended: Warming up as next week goes on?įorecast Confidence (10 - 'The Rabbits Will Thump Even Though I Fed Them' 0 - 'The Rabbits Will Offer To Groom My Bald Spot'): 7 Friday and Friday night, 6 Saturday through Sunday, 5 Sunday night and Monday, 3 Monday night and Tuesday. A chance for an afternoon shower or thunderstorm. Tuesday : Hazy sunshine and a bit warmer with noticeable humidity. Monday Night: Mainly clear, a bit of a breeze, continued cool, and dry. Chance of measurable rainfall: 20%.Ĭonfidence Level: 'Enough Bugs Will Fly into My Mouth to Throw Off My Diet' Continued seasonably warm with low humidity. Monday : Hazy morning sun, a few afternoon clouds, with a slight chance for an afternoon sprinkle. Otherwise, partly to mostly clear, a bit of a breeze, cooler, and dry. Sunday Night: A slight chance for an early evening shower. Chance of measurable rainfall: 20%.Ĭonfidence Level: 'Extra Bugs Will Come From Every Home on the Block to Hover Around My Head' Sunday : Partly to mostly sunny, breezy, cooler, and drier. Chance of measurable rainfall: 50% evening, 20% late night. Saturday Night: Perhaps an evening shower or thunderstorm, then partly clear, breezy, cooler, and less humid. Chance of measurable rainfall: 30% in the morning, 50% in the afternoon. A better chance for afternoon scattered showers and thunderstorms. Saturday : Perhaps some early lingering clouds and showers otherwise, hazy sunshine and warm with still noticeable humidity. Winds: SW 5 MPH, becoming N late at night. A slightly better chance of a shower or thunderstorm. Chance of measurable rainfall: 20%.įriday Night: Partly cloudy, warm, and a bit humid. A slight chance for a late day shower or thunderstorm. Cloud, MN, and Vicinity ForecastĬonfidence Level: 'The Bugs Are Waiting for Me to Mow the Lawn'įriday : Perhaps an early shower, then hazy sunshine for most of the day. Or does Great Lakes low linger, slowly down warming, and perhaps producing an isolate showerĭetailed St.Will weather systems begin moving west to east again, bringing some rain chances?.

Does Great Lakes low move on? If so, warmer (80's at some point) and probably dry through midweek with enhanced fire danger.Elevated fire danger in northern, western Minnesota as dry breezy conditions continue.Smoke could be around in flow from Canada.Cooler (highs in 70's), drier (comfortable humidity), breezy.Minnesota on the fringe of the low, so some isolated PM showers possible.Low pushing front through on Friday Night intensifies and stalls over Great Lakes.Smoke possible as air comes from central Prairie Provinces and sinks, could bring high smoke from Alberta and Saskatchewan fires to ground ( EPA North America Fire and Smoke map).A better chance of scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms (50-50 shot, but they won't produce much) as upper level low in Prairie Provinces ( Mid-tropospheric water vapor loop from Colorado State satellite slider) moves to Wisconsin.Lots of sun, still noticeable humidity, not as warm (near 80).Saturday (best chance of scattered showers).Some of the overnight storms to our west (see Shortwave Albedo loop from Colorado State satellite slider menu College of DuPage north central US radar loop) will have a shot, but storms will be scattered (40 percent shot).An isolated shower possible as a cold front to the north (see latest NWS WPC North America zoom-in map) approaches (1 in 5 chance).Warmer (80's) and noticeably humid (some dew points in the 50's see UCAR hourly dew point chart).I've been saying the same thing most of this week, so let me summarize below: Friday, J3 :05 AM Bob Weisman Meteorology Professor Saint Cloud State University Atmospheric and Hydrologic Sciences Department Are You Tired of Scrolling Through the Same Discussion? I'm Tired of Writing It, So.

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