** Welcome Back! Click on the Ruttgers Bay Lake Web Page to find out the latest forecast for Ruttgers. You will see a chance for showers and thunderstorms in the forecast but the only really wet day this week will be Tuesday - the rest of the week into the weekend will bring some showers and thunderstorms at times but plenty of dry weather too. The purple lilacs should be blooming in the Bay Lake area around May 18th.
TODAY: Sunny this morning then partly cloudy this afternoon.
High: 67 degrees.
Wind: Southeast at 6 to 12 mph.
Chance for rain today: 0%.
7 P.M. Weather: Partly cloudy skies - temperatures will cool into the mid 60s - winds will be Southeast at 6 to 12 mph. Sunset 8:23 P.M.
TONIGHT: Partly to mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms developing after 1 A.M.
Low: 50 degrees.
Wind: Southeast 7 to 14 mph.
Chance for rain tonight: 0% before 11 P.M. then 20% at 12 A.M. and 50% after 1 A.M. 80% by sunrise.
** The UV Index today is 6, which is MODERATE, meaning you can sunburn in 25 minutes in the noon sun with out sun block.
TUESDAY: Cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the morning then a mix of clouds and sun with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon - some of the thunderstorms could produce some smail hail. It will be breezy too.
High: 65 degrees
Wind: South at 10 to 20 mph.
Chance for rain: 80% 5 A.M. thru 10 A.M. then 50% 10 A.M. through 2 P.M. and 30% after 3 P.M.
7 P.M. Partly to mostly cloudy with isolated showers and thunderstorms - chance for rain is 30% - temperatures will be in the low 60s with South winds at 9 to 18 mph.
Extended Outlook:
WED....................68.......A mix of clouds and sun with a slight chance for isolated showers and thunderstorms - chance for rain is 40%.
THU.....................66.......Partly to mostly cloudy with a chance for showers and thunderstorms - chance for rain is 40%.
FRI.....................60.......Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms - chance for rain is 60%.
SAT....................58........Partly to mostly cloudy with a chance for showers and isolated thunderstorms - chance for rain is 40%.
SUN.....................62.......A mix of clouds and sun with a chance for showers and thunderstorms - chance for rain is 30%.
Average high through the extended period is 65 degrees and the average low is 42 degrees.
Bay Lake Climate Data for today.
Average high:....63 degrees
Average low:.....41 degrees.
Sunrise:...5:57 A.M.
Sunset:....8:23 P.M.
Jonathan Yuhas KARE 11 5/04/2009
Click on the boxes below to view live radar data from the National Weather Service in Minneapolis/St.Paul, Duluth/Superior and Fargo/Grand Forks. The radars will indicate active areas of thunderstorms and rain near the Bay Lake/Brainerd areas - Bay Lake is about 20 miles southeast of Brainerd.