Seeing smoke on the weather map is a little like seeing your ex at Costco. Oh no. No. No. We can rationalize the sloppy storms and noisy fronts (hey, we need the rain!), but smoke? Nope.
Warm sun and a few storms this weekend
A little rain. A little sunshine. A risk of smoke?
The Minnesota Star Tribune
May 16, 2024 at 9:45PM
A new paper out on Tuesday based on tree-ring data speculates that 2023 was the warmest year worldwide in 2,000 years. The study’s authors described this as “unparalleled.”
Odds favor another hotter-than-average summer and more annoying smoke fronts. A longer allergy season. Higher dew points. Accelerating drought in some counties. The upside of warming? A seven-month boating season this year, and winters aren’t as forbidding as they were 50 years ago.
Today’s warm front (mid-80s by midafternoon) sparks thunderstorms up north, and a few may drift into the metro area late tonight and Saturday morning. Expect low 80s tomorrow in spite of a few morning thunderclaps. Sunday starts out sunny and dry, but the next storm arrives with more heavy showers and storms late Sunday.
A little rain. A little sunshine. A risk of smoke?
But next week will end with comfortable 60s and 70s.