by Paul Douglas | May 7, 2022 | Weather
Paul Douglas Today Is The Day We’ve Been Waiting For If only it could stay like THIS into September. We don’t yet have technology to do that and never will, by the way. Endure the bad, soak up the good. We are all bewildered spectators. Encourage your favorite mom to...
by Paul Douglas | May 6, 2022 | Weather
Paul Douglas Remembering MSP’s Worst Tornado Tragedy With climate-tainted extreme weather, what keeps me up at night? A Category 5 hurricane broadsiding Miami or Houston. Wildfires moving into a city. Towns in the west running out of water. And deadly tornadoes...
by Paul Douglas | May 5, 2022 | Weather
Forget Spring. Summer Arrives Next Week Yesterday’s monthly test of the outdoor sirens was a jolt. A chilly spring has meant fewer thunderstorms, a result of meager warmth, humidity and instability. May and June is prime time for severe storms and tornadoes. The...
by Paul Douglas | May 4, 2022 | Weather
Paul Douglas Weather Trending Warmer Into Next Week Minnesota sports teams will break your heart. Minnesota weather will break your will. I can’t remember a spring this irritating, where so many of us were indignant and despondent. Life is a test, and spring has been...
by Paul Douglas | May 2, 2022 | Weather
It Took An Extra Month But Spring Has Sprung Conspiracy theories are everywhere. “Paul’s faulty Doppler is responsible for our broken spring.” Not true and you can’t prove it. “First phase of a Canadian invasion.” Far-fetched and not worthy of comment. Like everyone...
by WorkBlog | May 1, 2022 | Weather
United States drought continues to decline nationally. This has been a monitored trend recently from the U.S. Drought Monitor. Total area in drought is now down to 45.37% of the US from 51.19% in early March, according to the National Drought Mitigation Center....
by Paul Douglas | Apr 29, 2022 | Weather
ECMWF Rainfall Forecast by Monday morningweatherbell.com Weekend Soaker Likely. All Rain This Time ”Keep your expectations low and you’ll never be disappointed.” It’s a rough way to go through life but this maxim does apply to Minnesota’s manic weather. The glass...
by Paul Douglas | Apr 28, 2022 | Weather
Achingly-Slow Warming Trend Into Early May I keep waiting for Canada to run out of cold fronts. It may be a long wait. Unless you live in a cave (which is sounding better by the day) you know spring is coming reluctantly this year. Most everyone is clamoring to...
by Paul Douglas | Apr 26, 2022 | Weather
Hurry Up Spring: Nature Is Teaching Patience ”To be impatient is to be hooked on the future” wrote author Gerald Jampolsky. True enough. Personally, I don’t care who you voted for, who you love or who you worship. Please, just get out of my way. I am tolerant –...
by Paul Douglas | Apr 25, 2022 | Weather
Paul Douglas An Amazingly Persistent Chilly Pattern ”Paul, when will this cold spell end?” I’m feeling good about July. Call me crazy but spring is the cruelest season. Spring “green-up” is coming earlier for much of the USA, but here in Minnesota April warmth is...
