MN Chaser

Wowza. That was fun. Radar measured 60mph+ here (20 miles from NWS). We got all of it. My weather station had debris up on it so I lost good reading. Power out in Prior Lake area. Neighbors sailboat flipped over. #mnwx

Western MN seeing a little action this afternoon. So desperately want to chase, but beyond exhausted from days of yard work. 🤔 #mnwx

Shoot... possible setup later today and I'm 4,130 miles away from Minnesota! #mnwx

Line of strong storms moving east across the state. Looks like the muggy weather near the center of the state has helped maintain strength. #mnwx

WPC's 72hr precipitation forecast looks excellent for this weekend!
Maybe rain can hold off until Monday evening! #mnwx

Not a super holiday weekend forecast...vut could be worse.... Thurs/Fri on target for clear days. Sat-Mon 20-30% chance of rain. #mnwx

Line of storms beginning to move E/NE across southern MN.
Breakdown coming shortly
#mnwx

A HUGE Happy Mother's Day out there to all the moms!! 💙

A bit cooler today with this "Omega Block" like setup over CONUS. After today, we should finally see a period of consistent sunshine and mid-to-upper 70's! #mnwx

Some sprinkles today with a deep moist air masses sitting above us. Who is looking forward to some sunshine this weekend?! ☀️ #mnwx

2024: An active year of U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters With Hurricane Helene at the top of the list, there were 27 disasters in the United States in 2024 that individually cost $1 billion or more. It was the second-highest number since the NOAA record…

2024 was an active year of severe weather in the U.S. Especially within the "billion-dollar disasters" category.

www.climate.gov/news-feature...

#weather

NWS Twin Cities is completing a survey of at least 5 tornadoes from Monday, April 28, 2025.

SE Rice County preliminary EF-1 TOR & 4 other TORs on the fringes of the service area south of Eau Claire.

NWS Green Bay had an addition 2 TORs east of Wausau.

#mnwx #wiwx #tornado @mpx.nws-bot.us

I, unfortunately, had a lot of work to catch up on today and...darn it... sounds like I missed the productive discussion on the benefits of early warning and keeping the public safe from severe weather. 😅 #mnwx

Ever wonder what Moderate - 15% actually means? Spoiler: it's not "15% chance of tornadoes". % needs to be compared against climatology %. For MN that's 1.00% today. So: 15% / 1% = 15x. "Forecasters believe it is 15x more likely than historical average day" #mnwx
www.mnchaser.com/learn/severe...

For those chasing MN tomorrow - a kind reminder that it's construction season 🚧 with a handful of reduced lanes/closures (and people working)! Stay safe! #mnwx

All ingredients present for widespread severe risk on Monday. Wondering how long discrete storms will last to the north before it QLCS's / linear. Down south, keeping an eye on the dry line and discrete cells capable of producing large tornadoes. #mnwx

a near miss catastrophe.

SPC Day 4 Outlook (Monday) ECMWF model 4pm timing of surface low and potential for another round of afternoon/evening severe storms. #mnwx

Should come with a warning: won't shut up about weather.

A cluster of severe storms is sprinting east at 60 mph this morning and has the potential to produce hail up to the size of ping pong balls.

These storms will reach the metro during rush hour.

Heading out for the first chase of the season...

Meteorologists immediately warned that such dramatic cuts could affect the accuracy of weather forecasting models, which are fed data from twice-daily weather balloon launches into the atmosphere at usually occur at 100 sites across the country and in US territories. Data from these balloons is even more important in the event of extreme weather, experts said. "The loss of this data is potentially very damaging to forecast accuracy," said Chris Vagasky, a meteorologist who spent much of his career working for one of the few companies that makes the technology used in weather balloons. "What we want as meteorologists is to give people as much time to start making plans for what they re going to do in case of hazardous weather. And if we are struggling to pinpoint exactly where the severe weather is going to be, because we're missing data, our forecast may be off."

I’ve done 4 interviews in the last 24 hours about the reduction in balloon launches.

They’re starting to go live online.

www.notus.org/policy/weath...

I knew if I couldn't get down to the moisture, the best outcome would be 3 am bed time and a car wash. Glad I stayed back. Bummer.

Spring Training schedule

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Really enjoying the new pivotal weather beta on mobile/tablet. 👏🏻

Long time in the making.... A much needed revamp of mnchaser.com is coming. Lightning fast loading, easier updates, and flexibility to embed a whole bunch of wx tools.

...wondering how many others brought an unwanted stowaway (virus) home from chaser summit. brutal week.

Fresh over from 'the other site'... starting from scratch here, but... Let's go!