by Paul Douglas | Feb 13, 2020 | Weather
Winter The Way It Was Meant To Be? Minnesota is the Winter Olympics of Cold. We should all get obligatory gold medals. In truth, it’s been an average winter with temperatures running above normal since December. We were due for a Siberian smack, and it’s...
by Paul Douglas | Feb 1, 2020 | Weather
Milder With a Risk of Seasonal Affective Disorder I identify with people who miss seeing the sun. Me too. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) sends some of us into a dark funk. Friday was the 23rd day this month with cloudy or mostly cloudy conditions. It was the...
by Paul Douglas | Jan 31, 2020 | Weather
Why Do We Care What a Groundhog Thinks? Why rely on a groundhog to predict the weather? Duh Paul. A typical rodent doesn’t ask for time off or a raise. Got it. Hundreds of years ago people living in Europe believed animal behavior could predict winter’s...
by Paul Douglas | Jan 30, 2020 | Weather
Gray Days Drag On – But Nothing Subzero! Think of this as Seattle with lakes. My oldest son lives in Seattle and complains about a predictable treadmill of gray days. Locals are amazed when the sun does come out. “They still play outside in the rain and...
by Paul Douglas | Jan 29, 2020 | Weather
Next 2-5 Days a Far Cry From Last Year At the risk of being trite and cliche (I’m not above that) what a difference a year makes! One year ago today Minnesota was getting punched by the dreaded “Polar Vortex”. Exactly a year ago MSP woke up to -25F,...
by Paul Douglas | Jan 28, 2020 | Weather
Another Quiet Week – Big Weekend Thaw Indelicate question: would you rather endure an endless streak of gray, Seattle-like, 30-degree days? Or would you prefer a brilliant blue sky….and 20 below? There is no wrong answer, by the way. I’m impressed by...
