Major weather change to a more consistent fall/wet pattern occurs Tuesday night. Until then, unseasonably warm, dry today/Sunday, chance of sprinkles or a brief light shower on Monday. The coldest storm of the season so far arrives Tuesday evening/night between 7pm and 11pm. Typical mid-fall medium strength storm - expect around 1/2-3/4" of rain/showers Tue […]
1. Powerful Solar Flare - latest Aurora forecast: https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-viewline-tonight-and-tomorrow-night-experimental 2. 30-min Aurora forecast: https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-30-minute-forecast 3. More Space Weather info: https://www.spaceweather.com/ 4. OUR WEATHER: Some light showers on Friday until sunset, then it looks dry Saturday through the end of next week. High temps will vary at 65-75, lows fluctuate at 33-42. Normal High/Low 70/42. As […]
It's Sunday! Looking dry all week. High temps will vary from the low 70's to about 80. Lows will fluctuate at around 40-45. Normal high/low is 71/42. Storm that was previously forecast to come in Thursday is now looking like it will be weak and barely clip our area on Fri/Sat. So it looks like […]
Wednesday's storm dropped 0.09-0.14" of rainfall in Cottage Grove. It'll now be dry until the end of next week. The strongest storm of the season (so far) may come in Thursday night of next week (Oct 3) and depart the following Saturday morning. Some signals that we could see 0.75-1.25" of rainfall, but this is […]
It's Monday (again!). Abnormally hot today and Tuesday. A big drop in temps starting Wednesday and we "may" then be done with above 80° highs for the season. Regarding rain chances, expect some light showers Wednesday 12pm-10pm and maybe some sprinkles Friday morning before noon. I still think a more fall-like rainy pattern will kick […]
It's Tuesday and here's a quick update: Much less rainfall expected today! Light showers (~0.10" total +/-) will end by midnight, then it looks dry for five days from Wednesday through around Sept 23. Next chances for light rain possibly around Sept 24, but there's uncertainties and we may therefore end up mostly dry. No […]
Fri Sept 13: A fall weather pattern has kicked in - almost an inch of rain fell on Wednesday (0.75-0.90")! Some light showers possible Saturday evening through Sunday evening (emphasize "light"). Next decent storm arrives on Tuesday, expect 1/2-3/4" of rain Tuesday morning through Wednesday morning. No wind concerns. High pressure will then probably keep […]
Monday Sept 9: Rain on the way, fall pattern kicking in! Tomorrow (Tuesday) will be a transition day as a storm system approaches and moves into the region. A little humid today / Tuesday. Rain showers will develop Tuesday night and continue through Wednesday. Isolated thunderstorms on Wednesday. Expect between 1/2" (0.50") and 2/3" (0.66") […]
Happy Monday, it's Labor Day! Hot & Dry this week, much cooler and fall-like next week! Rain may come into the picture late next week (starting around Sept 12). AT THIS TIME, it's looking more a more typical fall pattern with temps much closer to normal and frequent rainfall may kick in beginning sometime between […]
Friday Aug 30: Can you tell that tree colors are starting to change and air is a little more crisp? Dry over the Labor Day Holiday Weekend, the but first half will be hot then a nice cool down the second half. See temperature chart. All of next week is looking dry but expect it […]
