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MINNESOTA · POLK COUNTY

Gully

135 people, 1,270 ft above sea level in Polk County.

1,270 ftElevation, city center
135People, 2024 estimate
35 sq miLand area
Clear 36°
Clear now Dew point 22° · SE 8 mph · high 33°
City of Gully River Interstate 2 miles
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The Gully plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Gully

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 5:00 PM CST
RIGHT NOW Thief River Falls Regional Airport (KTVF) · 5:56 PM
Clear
36° Clear Feels like 30° · high of 33° near 6 PM
WindSE 8 mphno gusts
Humidity56%rising to 85% by morning
Pressure30.19 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 22° · Dry43° by Monday: more humid
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Rain
Wednesday50% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINNov. 100.01 in · 4 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Polk County
NWS Grand Forks and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 6:19 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:26 AM4:47 PM ↓
9 h 20 m of daylight, 3 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 27% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
14
GOODAir quality index · fine particles
Tomorrow: None, good. No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 25 to 27° ↑ Humid air returns More humid: 42° by Tuesday

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 80° / 62°
SAT Nov. 14 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
33° 30°
0% rain — SSE 11 A
SUN Nov. 15 Mostly sunny; warmer Mostly sunny; warmer
47° 38°
0% rain — S 15, gusts 28 A
MON Nov. 16 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
52° 40°
0% rain — SSW 15, gusts 25 B
TUE Nov. 17 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
51° 41°
10% rain — SSE 10 B
WED Nov. 18 Chance of showers Chance of showers
50° 37°
50% rain up to 0.2″ S 8 C
THU Nov. 19 Mostly cloudy; cooler Mostly cloudy; cooler
41° 33°
20% rain — NW 7 C
FRI Nov. 20 Chance of showers Chance of showers
41° 34°
50% rain up to 0.5″ E 12 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Gully about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the Gulf of Alaska three days ago, and over the Canadian Prairies a day ago, about 2,320 miles back along its path. It came down from about 14,100 feet up, warming and drying as it sank. It feels dry all the same. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses and the GFS beyond them, nine paths at each of three heights.

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THE GROUND

What Gully stands on

Gully’s center stands about 1,270 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 1,160 ft to 1,360 ft, a difference of 200 ft: gently rolling country.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Mafic metavolcanic rocks (metabasalt, greenstone), from the Neoarchean, 2.5 to 2.8 billion years old.

The section below crosses 5 rock units mapped at the surface.

Equality to Eddy, cut in half

A section northwest to southeast, 24 miles through the town center
1,200 ft1,300 ft1,400 ft GULLY1,270 ftLow point1,150 ftPine Lake1,310 ft ← NW · EqualityEddy · SE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 60×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Mafic metavolcanic rocks

Metabasalt, greenstone. Age: Neoarchean, 2.5 to 2.8 billion years old. About 11 mi of the line.

Granitic intrusion

Granitic. Age: Neoarchean, 2.5 to 2.8 billion years old. About 5 mi of the line.

Biotite schist of graywacke protolith, and schist-rich migmatite

Biotite-schist, migmatite. Age: Neoarchean, 2.5 to 2.8 billion years old. About 4 mi of the line.

Granitoid intrusion

Granitic. Age: Neoarchean, 2.5 to 2.8 billion years old. About 3 mi of the line.

Magnetic intrusions, undifferentiated

Plutonic. Age: Archean. About 0.7 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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THE WATER

Where Gully’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Gully reaches Hudson Bay by way of the Lost, the Clearwater, the Red Lake, the Red River of the North and the Nelson: about 1,090 river miles. Past the border it runs north through Canada to Hudson Bay.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Gully≈ 1,090 mi · Hudson Bay
FROM THE CENTER OF GULLY ≈ 1,090 mi to Hudson Bay Lost → Clearwater → Red Lake → Red River of the North → Nelson

Lake on the way: Lake Winnipeg.

400 miles of the trip are on the Nelson.

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of Gully; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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ON THE NETWORK

Around Gully on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Grand Forks ND · 68 MI 68 miles west Fargo ND · 86 MI 86 miles southwest St. Cloud MN · 172 MI 172 miles southeast Duluth MN · 179 MI 179 miles southeast
FORECASTCITY
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MINNESOTA · POLK

Gully

135 people, 1,270 ft above sea level in Polk County.

1,270 ftElevation
135People
35 sq miLand
Clear 36°
ClearDew point 22°
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Today in Gully

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly clear night 33° 0%
9p partly cloudy night 32° 0%
12a mostly clear night 31° 0%
3a mostly clear night 31° 0%
6a mostly clear night 31° 0%
9a mostly sunny 34° 0%
Rain
NEXT RAINWednesday · 50%
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Sun0%
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Tue10%
Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
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Wed50%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
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Thu20%
Mostly cloudy; cooler Mostly cloudy; cooler
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Fri50%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What Gully stands on

Gully’s center stands about 1,270 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 1,160 ft to 1,360 ft, a difference of 200 ft: gently rolling country.

Gully, northwest to southeast Gully1,270 ft ← NWSE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 114×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center1,270 ft
Within 3 miles1,160 to 1,360 ft
Lie of the landGently rolling (200 ft of relief)
Rock at the surfaceMafic metavolcanic rocks
Its ageNeoarchean, 2.5 to 2.8 billion years old
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Where the rain goes

≈ 1,090 mito Hudson BayLost → Clearwater → Red Lake → Red River of the North → Nelson

A raindrop that lands in Gully reaches Hudson Bay by way of the Lost, the Clearwater, the Red Lake, the Red River of the North and the Nelson: about 1,090 river miles. Past the border it runs north through Canada to Hudson Bay.

Lake on the way: Lake Winnipeg.

400 miles of the trip are on the Nelson.