:: Stuck In a Rut
Fishing opener was as expected...which was not desireable! My friends and I braved the early Saturday weather on Lake Waconia to find walleye...with no luck. We did catch fish...but officially we were "skunked" (you MN anglers will know what I mean ;).
My forecast was right on...we did have the rain and the temps worked out correctly. The sun did peek out after 3pm. The problem with the forecast was the wind...it was more like 20mph plus out on the lake (my 5-10mph prog was the only "ray of hope" according to one friend, and that ray was snuffed out). Sunday was on par as well, with the exception of dryness...we had some showers in the AM, and then Lakeville remained dry. High was 60, not 63...but I like that margin.
So what the heck for the rest of the week? One look at the model outputs and it is pretty clear - we are stuck in a rut! The low clouds hanging around spread back to the middle of the Dakotas...and the dang low that we have been dealing with for a week now is still having trouble moving east. The upper jet is like frozen in position, swooping down from north-south along the Dakota border, then making a 90 degree turn at the Gulf of Mexico and heading east along the Gulf seaboard. Both the ETA and GFS hint at the Jet cutting off the low even more mid-week, when the max jetstreak shifts to a southern branch...I call it the "Sunset Limited" as it follows this well known transcontinental southern rail route.
Up north, we will see continued mixed clouds and sun. Unsure yet on major precip chances, but if dirurnal heating interacts enough with moisture and some mixed instability, we could have some splah-and-dash type showers through the next couple days.
TODAY - Mostly Cloudy - 30% chc of showers after noon, thru 5pm, High 62, N wind 5-10
Tuesday - Duplicate of TODAY, except high closer to 70. Some partial clearing after sunset.
Wednesday - Partly Cloudy, High 72, 30% chance showers or thunder after 3pm. Wind WNW 5-10