by Paul Douglas | May 11, 2021 | Weather
25th Anniversary of “Twister”, The Movie ”Hey Bryce, you better get over here and take a look at this!” 13 words that changed my life forever. Well, not really. That was my line in the movie, “Twister”, which came out 25 years ago. Director Steven Spielberg used...
by Paul Douglas | Apr 30, 2021 | Weather
Docks In By Late April?Paul Douglas Make Plans For Saturday’s Warm Front ”If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else” said baseball great Yogi Berra. I once asked a friend why he lived in California. “It’s a lifestyle – you never have to...
by Paul Douglas | Apr 29, 2021 | Weather
A Real Warm Front Arrives Saturday With apologies to The Beatles, Minnesota’s transition to summer is a long and winding road, littered with stormy potholes. It often comes down to situational awareness – keeping tabs on the weather pattern and listening for...
by Paul Douglas | Apr 28, 2021 | Weather
In Defense of Summer Thunderstorms During thunderstorm season I still stare up at the sky with 5th grade wide-eyed wonder. During the day towering cumulonimbus castles charge across the sky. At night the lightning can resemble a Stephen King novel: giant, mutant alien...
by Paul Douglas | Apr 27, 2021 | Weather
From Slush to Hail and High Water Season My favorite weather transition is going from slush to hail. Not really, but I’m paying more attention to hail events in recent years. There is no evidence that a warming climate is making hail larger or more frequent, at...
