Saturday, August 13, 2011

Saturday August 13, 2011

** FULL MOON over Bay Lake tonight! Full moon rises just after 8 P.M. before the 8:25P.M. Sunset.

Check out your daily Ruttger's weather forecast from me KSTP Meteorologist Jonathan Yuhas!

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** Lake water temperatures are in the upper 70s at Bay Lake.

The average temperature at Bay Lake in August goes from an average high of 80 degrees and an average low of 58 degrees on August 1st to an average high of 73 degrees and average low of 51 degrees on August 31st. Jonathan Yuhas KSTP




TODAY: Partly cloudy with a slight chance for a 20 minute brief shower or thunderstorms between 1 P.M. and 8 P.M. but mainly dry and sunny - chance for rain is 20% between 1 P.M. and 8 P.M.

High: 78 degrees ( slightly muggy with dew points in the low 60s ).

Wind: Light Winds.

Chance for Rain today: 20% after 1 P.M. to 5 P.M. but nothing heavy or long lasting expected.

** The UV Index today is 7 which is HIGH, meaning you can sunburn in 20 minutes in the noon sun with out sun block even in cloudy conditions.

7 P.M. Weather: Partly cloudy with a chance for an isolated thunderstorms - chance for rain is 20% - temperatures in the mid 70s with light winds - sunset is 8:25 P.M.




TONIGHT: Full Moon rising just after 8 P.M. Partly cloudy with some patchy ground fog in spots after midnight.

Low: 56 degrees.

Wind: Light Winds.

Chance for rain tonight: 0%.




SUNDAY: Sunny and perfect with lower humidity.

High: 80 degrees.

Wind: Southwest winds at 6 to 12 mph.

Chance for rain: 0%.

7 P.M. Clear skies - temperatures will be in the mid 70s - sunset Sunday evening is 8:24 P.M.




Extended Outlook for the Ruttgers area at Bay Lake, MN:

MONDAY...............................................................80....Sunny to partly cloudy with a chance for isolated thunderstorms in the late afternoon and early evening - chance for rain is 20% after 5 P.M.

TUESDAY..............................................................76...Partly to mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms at times - chance for rain all day is 60%.

WEDNESDAY............................................................78...Cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the morning then partly cloudy in the afternoon - chance for rain is 60% before noon and 20% in the afternoon.

Big Jazz weekend at Ruttgers next weekend ( August 19 thru August 21 ) and look for cool jazzy highs in the low to mid 70s with smooth jazz partly cloudy skies.

Average high through the extended period is 78 degrees and the average low is 55 degrees.




Bay Lake Climate Data for today.

Average high:....79 degrees

Average low:.....56 degrees.

Sunrise:...6:07 A.M.

Sunset:....8:25 P.M.

Jonathan Yuhas KSTP 8/13/2011




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.