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...
by Paul Douglas | Apr 23, 2021 | Weather
2021: Big Environmental Challenges Remain ”He that plants trees loves others besides himself” wrote 17th century historian Thomas Fuller. Much has improved since the first Earth Day in 1970. Big challenges remain. Warming gases are increasing faster than anytime in...
by Paul Douglas | Apr 21, 2021 | Weather
NOAA NCDC May-July Outlookhttps://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/briefings/20210415.pdf Betting on a Stinking Hot Summer I’m enjoying November – what about you? Getting more use out of my heavy leather jacket than I’d like in April, but no floods, tornadoes or swarms of...
by Paul Douglas | Apr 20, 2021 | Weather
ECMWF Temperatures for MSPweatherbell.com Highlights of New 30-Year Climate Averages An early look at the new 30-year climate averages (1991-2020) is interesting. These are updated every 10 years and MSP data suggests warmer nighttime lows, wetter springs –...
