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posted on Fri, 05/22/2009 - 1:28pm
Hot Flashes in Duluth
Duluth Skyline
Courtesy Randen PedersonThis past Wednesday, May 20th at the Sky Harbor Airport in Duluth, MN the temperature rose from 46 ˚F to 86 ˚F in just 20 minutes. The temperature then reached 88 ˚F shortly there after and with in the hour came back down to 45 ˚F.
On average the difference between the high and low temperatures for that area is about 20 ˚F but Wednesday the 42 degree difference came from a shift in the winds. Earlier in the day a northeast wind was coming in off of Lake Superior cooling the bay air but at the same time, up the hill at the Duluth International Airport the temperature was a warm 88 ˚F. With a simple shift to a southwest wind, that warm air came down the hill and created what is in the process of being confirmed, the most rapid temperature change in Minnesota history.
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The problem with what? There is nothing wrong with what happened, its just an interesting weather happening that broke a record.
posted on Fri, 05/22/2009 - 3:28pm
I'm sorry. I was being a smart-aleck. Duluth's weather can be bizarre and extreme, especially the disparity of temperature between the hilltop and the lake shore.
posted on Fri, 05/22/2009 - 4:21pm
No problem, I was confused, so much meaning can be lost on a computer screen chat.
posted on Sat, 05/23/2009 - 11:26am
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