Sunday, September 27, 2015

Sunday, September 27, 2015

Bight sun, blue sky, no clouds. Several sails and fishing boats on the water; southwest beach busy. Gulls gathered near the middle of the lake; a few mallards near the western shore. Maples and ash trees there beginning to show color.

Current conditions at
Minneapolis, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (KMSP)
Lat: 44.88°N Lon: 93.23°W Elev: 840ft.
Fair
82°F
28°C
Humidity 37%
Wind Speed S 13 mph
Barometer 29.83 in (1009.7 mb)
Dewpoint 53°F (12°C)
Visibility 10.00 mi
Heat Index 81°F (27°C)
Last update 27 Sep 5:53 pm CDT

Saturday, September 26, 2015

Saturday, September 26, 2015

Sunny, bright blue sky, few clouds; breeze from the south. More than a dozen white sails patrolling off the north shore; loon diving off the south shore. Several fishing boats, kayaks, paddle boards on the water. A few people in the water at each beach; many more just basking in the sun. Paths very busy with people and dogs. Planes overhead coming in to land.

Current conditions at Minneapolis, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (KMSP)
Lat: 44.88°N Lon: 93.23°W Elev: 840ft.
A Few Clouds
77°F
25°C
Humidity 45%
Wind Speed S 13 mph
Barometer 30.14 in (1020.4 mb)
Dewpoint 54°F (12°C)
Visibility 10.00 mi
Heat Index 78°F (26°C)
Last update 26 Sep 2:53 pm CDT

Monday, September 21, 2015

Monday, September 21, 2015

Cloudless blue sky, a fair breeze from the southwest. A dozen colorful kayaks and two canoes resting on the edge of the southeast beach; one sail on the water; two gulls in the air. Southwest fishing dock busy; paths busy. Abundant white asters. Loon facing into the breeze off the southwest shore.

Current conditions at Minneapolis, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (KMSP)
Lat: 44.88°N Lon: 93.23°W Elev: 840ft.
Fair
70°F
21°C
Humidity 61%
Wind Speed S 12 mph
Barometer 29.95 in (1014.0 mb)
Dewpoint 56°F (13°C)
Visibility 10.00 mi
Last update 21 Sep 10:53 am CDT

Saturday, September 19, 2015

Saturday, September 19, 2015

Bright blue sky streaked with cirrus to cirrostratus; breeze from the southwest. Nine white sails on the water, a couple of fishing boats and kayaks. Half a dozen coots near the western shore. Paths very busy. Milkweed pods almost ripe. Wedding party and monarch butterfly at the north end of the rose garden.

Current conditions at Minneapolis, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (KMSP)
Lat: 44.88°N Lon: 93.23°W Elev: 840ft.
Partly Cloudy
67°F
19°C
Humidity 45%
Wind Speed W 8 mph
Barometer 30.08 in (1018.7 mb)
Dewpoint 45°F (7°C)
Visibility 10.00 mi
Last update 19 Sep 2:53 pm CDT

Friday, September 18, 2015

Friday, September 18, 2015

Mixed gray clouds, patchy drizzle; gray lake. Two fishing boats on the water; gull calling from the air; dozens of mallards lined up along the sand and in the shallows on the north shore.

Current conditions at Minneapolis, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (KMSP)
Lat: 44.88°N Lon: 93.23°W Elev: 840ft.
Light Rain
60°F
16°C
Humidity 78%
Wind Speed W 3 mph
Barometer 29.96 in (1014.4 mb)
Dewpoint 53°F (12°C)
Visibility 10.00 mi
Last update 18 Sep 2:53 pm CDT

Saturday, September 12, 2015

Saturday, September 12, 2015

Blue sky, cumulus clouds; light breeze from the south. Three dozen white sails on the water; a few fishing boats; a canoe, two kayaks. Fishermen on the southwest dock; few people at the beaches; paths busy.

Current conditions at
Minneapolis, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (KMSP)
Lat: 44.88°N Lon: 93.23°W Elev: 0ft.
Mostly Cloudy
67°F
19°C
Humidity 42%
Wind Speed NW 7 mph
Barometer 30.08 in (1018.7 mb)
Dewpoint 43°F (6°C)
Visibility 10.00 mi
Last update 12 Sep 3:53 pm CDT

Friday, September 11, 2015

Friday, September 11, 2015

Large fish splashing in the creek; abundant snake root and zigzag goldenrod. Blue sky, white clouds; solitary sailboat on the water. Gulls gathered far out; small pod of coots close to the western shore; mallards warming themselves on the sand along the northern shore. Goldenrod and purple asters blooming in the northeast marsh.

Current conditions at
Minneapolis, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (KMSP)
Lat: 44.88°N Lon: 93.23°W Elev: 0ft.
Mostly Cloudy
63°F
17°C
Humidity 45%
Wind Speed N 10 G 22 mph
Barometer 30.14 in (1020.9 mb)
Dewpoint 41°F (5°C)
Visibility 10.00 mi
Last update 11 Sep 5:53 pm CDT

Monday, September 7, 2015

Monday, September 7, 2015

Mixed clouds and blue sky, little breeze. A few sails on the water, several fishing boats, canoes, kayaks; three catamaran rowboats off the southern shore. Bright displays by yellow flowers -- Heliopsis helianthoides -- along the southern shore. White snakeroot blooming next to white asters. Line of coots in the middle of the lake.

Current conditions at Minneapolis, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (KMSP)
Lat: 44.88°N Lon: 93.23°W Elev: 840ft.
Mostly Cloudy
80°F
27°C
Humidity 51%
Wind Speed Calm
Barometer 29.96 in (1014.0 mb)
Dewpoint 60°F (16°C)
Visibility 10.00 mi
Heat Index 81°F (27°C)
Last update 7 Sep 4:53 pm CDT

Sunday, September 6, 2015

Sunday, September 6. 2015

Humid, breeze from the south. Some blue sky, otherwise cloudy. Few people at the beaches, many at the band shell, few on the paths. Two fishing boats on the water.  Zig-zag goldenrod and other yellow flowers along the southern and western shore; abundant white asters.

Current conditions at Minneapolis, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (KMSP)
Lat: 44.88°N Lon: 93.23°W Elev: 840ft. 
Partly Cloudy
83°F
28°C
Humidity 70%
Wind Speed SW 16 G 24 mph
Barometer 29.80 in (1008.5 mb)
Dewpoint 72°F (22°C)
Visibility 10.00 mi
Heat Index 88°F (31°C)

Last update 6 Sep 5:53 pm CDT

Saturday, September 5, 2015

Saturday, September 5, 2015

Haze and some clouds; humid breeze from the south. Monarch butterfly in the air near the creek; another seen later high off the northeast shore, along Lake Harriet Parkway. Both beaches busy, paths less so. Five sails on the water. Fishermen on the southwest dock and the shore. MIlkweed leaves beginning to yellow. 

Current conditions at Minneapolis, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (KMSP)
Lat: 44.88°N Lon: 93.23°W Elev: 840ft.
Mostly Cloudy
88°F
31°C
Humidity 57%
Wind Speed S 17 G 26 mph
Barometer 29.88 in (1011.3 mb)
Dewpoint 71°F (22°C)
Visibility 10.00 mi
Heat Index 94°F (34°C)
Last update 5 Sep 4:53 pm CDT