by Paul Douglas | Apr 27, 2019 | Paul Douglas, Weather
Character-Building Slush in Late April Here’s a humbling thought: every weather map is different. Patterns may be similar, but never identical. Weather-wise (and otherwise) there has never been a day exactly like today. That, and the forecast is rarely black or...
by Paul Douglas | Apr 26, 2019 | Paul Douglas, Weather
Saturday Slush Potential: Heaviest South of MSP If anyone, anywhere, tells you a weather-horror story, odds are you can one-up them. One of many reasons to call Minnesota home? We have weather-boasting-rights for the free world. And the parts that aren’t free,...
by Paul Douglas | Apr 25, 2019 | Paul Douglas, Weather
Serious Relapse: Saturday Slush Potential Is it ever appropriate to censor a meteorologist? When the news is bad, do you cover your ears and hum “lalalala…”? I sure do. Days like this I feel like a doctor telling his favorite patient he’s going...
by Paul Douglas | Apr 24, 2019 | Paul Douglas, Weather
Spring Is The Most Fickle of Seasons Some days I want to hurl my laptop into the nearest lake. I feel like a beleaguered fortune teller, a palm reader with a bad attitude. “No, I do NOT want to say that in public.” I’d rather talk about the Twins....
by Paul Douglas | Apr 23, 2019 | Paul Douglas, Weather
Minnesota Is Greening Up Nicely Now Yesterday I had an opportunity to present weather and climate trends to 3M, which has pledged to source 100 percent of its electricity, worldwide, from renewable sources by 2050. Already, 30 percent of power comes from clean energy....
by Paul Douglas | Apr 20, 2019 | Paul Douglas, Weather
Daydreams Do Come True: 70s Later Today After 45 years of attempting to predict a cantankerous Mother Nature’s moods, here is what I know: the number of people who blame us for bad weather is far greater than those who thank us for the nice days. It never quite...
