by Paul Douglas | Mar 10, 2021 | Weather
March is a fickle month. Rain Ushers In Cooler, Volatile Pattern March can bring flashes of lukewarm joy (yesterday for example), then leave you feeling angrier than a jilted prom date. Minnesota’s journey into spring is clumsy, with plenty of false starts. I have...
by Paul Douglas | Mar 9, 2021 | Weather
Fire & IcePaul Douglas Record Warmth Today, Then Cooling Off Bad SAT exam question: if you have one foot in ice water, the other in boiling water, do you feel average? We ricochet from one crazy extreme to the next. Weather with a Siberian accent in February, then...
by Paul Douglas | Jan 29, 2021 | Weather
ECMWF Snowfall by Sunday Eveningweatherbell.com When Will Our Mild Weather Bubble Pop? The Dog Days of Winter have lost their growling bite. Two subzero nights? Data suggests we’ve saved about 9 percent on heat bills since September. A persistent Pacific signal has...
by Paul Douglas | Jan 28, 2021 | Weather
Icy Trees in Tangshan, ChinaKent Kruhoeffer Mid-February Is Looking Particularly Polar This isn’t cold. “Nippy” or “chilly” maybe. This winter is a faint echo of previous winter hardships. I think of 2013-14, with 53 subzero nights at MSP. Or January 22, 1933, when...
by Paul Douglas | Jan 27, 2021 | Weather
The Perils of Snow Squalls and a Thanksgiving Thaw Many of us become transfixed by the big snowstorms but sometimes it’s the little things. Like yesterday’s 60-minute snow burst, a “snow squall”. Prevalent downwind of the Great Lakes, these...
