by Paul Douglas | Sep 2, 2021 | Weather
A Record-Setting Summer for Minnesota Meteorological Summer (June 1 to August 31) was the warmest on record for the Twin Cities, Brainerd and Duluth. Daytime highs weren’t as hot as 1988 but nighttime lows were consistently milder than average. The heat combined with...
by Paul Douglas | Sep 1, 2021 | Weather
Why September May Offer Year’s Best Weather ”September tries its best to have us forget summer” wrote English philosopher Bernard Williams. I love all the seasons (and the fact that Minnesota HAS 4 seasons) but September is my favorite month of the year. Days are...
by Paul Douglas | Aug 31, 2021 | Weather
I’m OK With A Quiet Spell of Weather Most days I’m just a bewildered spectator trying to connect the weather-dots. Right now I’m amazed by how much of America is either on fire or underwater. And weather models have consistently underestimated the ferocity of...
by Paul Douglas | Aug 26, 2021 | Weather
A Risk of Flash Floods During a Drought ”Papa, tell me the story about the year we had floods during a drought?” Well Jordan, the year was 2021, and it was bone-dry. Parts of Minnesota were on fire. Farmer were worried, even the trees were stressed and losing their...
by Paul Douglas | Aug 25, 2021 | Weather
My NOAA Weather Radio Alarmed Me During the wee hours of Tuesday morning I was momentarily convinced we were under attack. Alarms blaring, a strobe light flashing in our bedroom. After unplugging the alarm clock it dawned on me that my NOAA Weather Radio was going off...
