by Paul Douglas | Nov 8, 2019 | Weather
A Little Defensive About Minnesota Weather? You ‘Betcha Meteorologists like to talk smack. “My hometown is the most difficult on Earth to forecast the weather!” Really San Diego? I went to school with The Weather Channel’s Mike Seidel, who has...
by Paul Douglas | Nov 7, 2019 | Weather
Getting a Jump on the Holidays. Why Not? I have the freedom to make confusing choices. Recently WCCO Radio co-host, Jordana Green, gave me a hard time for putting up our Christmas tree and blasting holiday tunes two weeks before Halloween. “Who does that?”...
by Paul Douglas | Nov 6, 2019 | Weather
Record Cold Possible Early Next Week Everyone has weather stories. Some are more harrowing than others. At a fundraising dinner in Montgomery for Ney Nature Center, a couple came up and told me they had just moved back to Minnesota from the Bay Area. “We had...
by Paul Douglas | Nov 5, 2019 | Weather
Snowy Coating? Call Out The National Guard It snows every winter. And going into every winter many of us are surprised, indignant and fearful. “Will I remember how to drive on snow?” It’s less driving – more of a controlled skid, a little like...
by Paul Douglas | Nov 1, 2019 | Weather
At Least We’re Not Tracking Wildfires “Don’t sweat the flurries”. Using the Radio.com app I just listened to a radio traffic report from Los Angeles. The poor announcer was trying to route commuters away from raging fires. Smoke. Visibility. A...
by Paul Douglas | Oct 31, 2019 | Weather
Remember the Halloween Blizzard of 1991 Weather forecasts are often on the mark and slowly improving, but they’ll never be perfect. October 31, 1991 was Exhibit A. The Halloween Superstorm tracked up the Mississippi and then did something that none of the...
