by Paul Douglas | Jan 8, 2021 | Weather
Long ShadowsPaul Douglas Fog, A Thaw – Then Flirting With Zero ”Paul, why does the weather forecast keep changing?” The right question to be asking. Meteorologists refine forecasts over time, reacting to new data and the latest weather models. The closer you get...
by Paul Douglas | Jan 7, 2021 | Weather
Paul Douglas Subzero Air Roughly Two Weeks Away Snowbirds are missing all the fun! While cold weather refugees in Arizona and Florida pick sand out from between their toes, Minnesotans are playing in powder, enjoying 20s and 30s and light winds, with nary a storm in...
by Paul Douglas | Jan 6, 2021 | Weather
Average annual global horizontal solar irradianceNREL (https://www.nrel.gov/gis/solar.html) Fairly Mellow Into Mid-January ”Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves” wrote Scottish novelist James M. Barrie. Although not as sunny...
by Paul Douglas | Jan 5, 2021 | Weather
NOAA GFS Model valid 1 am January 17, 2021pivotalweather.com Subzero Blast Roughly Two Weeks Away? ”As the days lengthen, the cold doth strengthen” the old proverb goes. Yes it doth. Historically, we are about 2 weeks away from the midpoint of winter, when...
by Paul Douglas | Dec 24, 2020 | Weather
Zoom Radar and Star Tribune The Great Pre-Christmas White-Out of 2020 Well that was fun, in an existential-threat kind of way. Every storm is uniquely and annoyingly different. They are never identical. On a good week we can give 2-5 days notice of a major weather...
