by Paul Douglas | Sep 3, 2021 | Weather
Salvaging A Pretty Nice Holiday Weekend I’ve been tracking weather systems for 45 years, but nothing has prepared me for 2021’s dueling weather disasters. Our weather models have consistently underestimated the intensity of drought, fires and eastern floods. Why?...
by Paul Douglas | Sep 2, 2021 | Weather
A Record-Setting Summer for Minnesota Meteorological Summer (June 1 to August 31) was the warmest on record for the Twin Cities, Brainerd and Duluth. Daytime highs weren’t as hot as 1988 but nighttime lows were consistently milder than average. The heat combined with...
by Paul Douglas | Sep 1, 2021 | Weather
Why September May Offer Year’s Best Weather ”September tries its best to have us forget summer” wrote English philosopher Bernard Williams. I love all the seasons (and the fact that Minnesota HAS 4 seasons) but September is my favorite month of the year. Days are...
by Paul Douglas | Aug 31, 2021 | Weather
I’m OK With A Quiet Spell of Weather Most days I’m just a bewildered spectator trying to connect the weather-dots. Right now I’m amazed by how much of America is either on fire or underwater. And weather models have consistently underestimated the ferocity of...
by WorkBlog | Aug 26, 2021 | Weather
Earlier this month, after systematic and thorough review, we got the latest update from The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The authority on the climate crisis. It is a part of the United Nations and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Their...
by Paul Douglas | Aug 26, 2021 | Weather
A Risk of Flash Floods During a Drought ”Papa, tell me the story about the year we had floods during a drought?” Well Jordan, the year was 2021, and it was bone-dry. Parts of Minnesota were on fire. Farmer were worried, even the trees were stressed and losing their...
by Paul Douglas | Aug 25, 2021 | Weather
My NOAA Weather Radio Alarmed Me During the wee hours of Tuesday morning I was momentarily convinced we were under attack. Alarms blaring, a strobe light flashing in our bedroom. After unplugging the alarm clock it dawned on me that my NOAA Weather Radio was going off...
by Paul Douglas | Aug 24, 2021 | Weather
Putting a Few Dents In Our Drought Mother Nature is extra-loopy this summer. Now that it’s late August the pattern looks like something I’d expect to see in early June: waves of warm fronts lapping north, each one accompanied by an outbreak of mostly nocturnal...
by D.J. Kayser | Aug 23, 2021 | Weather
National Weather Forecast The main story Monday will be what is left of Henri hanging around the Northeast, bringing more heavy rain to the region. The heaviest rain from Sunday through Tuesday will be in portions of the Northeast due to Henri, where rainfall amounts...
by D.J. Kayser | Aug 22, 2021 | Weather
National Weather Forecast The number one story on Sunday will be Henri, which is expected to make landfall along Long Island during the midday hours at or near hurricane strength. Storms in the upper Midwest later in the day could be on the strong side. The heaviest...
