by Paul Douglas | Jul 28, 2021 | Weather
Heat Index Alert: Hottest Day of 2021? Based on predicted heat indices today will, in all probability, feel like the hottest day of the year. Unlike June, when we saw 90s (99F on June 5) with dry air, today’s upper 90s will be accompanied by a dew point in the 70s,...
by D.J. Kayser | Jul 26, 2021 | Weather
National Weather Forecast On Monday we’ll be watching scattered showers and storms across the Southeast, with monsoonal storms in the Southwest. A frontal boundary will help spark storms – some strong to severe – in the upper Midwest. Storms will be...
by Paul Douglas | Jul 23, 2021 | Weather
Slight Severe Threat Today – 90s Return I have tried to connect the dots between a warming climate and increasingly extreme weather events for nearly 25 years. This summer has been a sobering Exhibit A. Drought in Minnesota and 40 percent of the USA at last...
by Paul Douglas | Jul 22, 2021 | Weather
Another Surge Of Heat Is Imminent It turns out 1-6 month climate models may do a better job predicting heat and drought than floods. Back in March and April I mentioned that a consensus of NOAA’s climate models were predicting a hotter, drier summer – a forecast...
by D.J. Kayser | Jul 21, 2021 | Weather
National Weather Forecast On Wednesday, a frontal boundary snaking from the Northeast to the Northern Plains will help produce at least scattered showers and thunderstorms. Another frontal boundary across the Southeast and Gulf Coast with an area of low pressure...
by Paul Douglas | Jul 20, 2021 | Weather
Minnesota Slipping Into a Deeper Drought Historic floods grip Europe. New England floods while the west burns and smoke turns Minnesota’s sky into L.A. on a bad day. The water cycle is on fast-forward. Wets are trending wetter and dries are getting drier. We’ve always...
by D.J. Kayser | Jul 19, 2021 | Weather
National Weather Forecast A very slow-moving boundary across the Deep South and Southeast will lead to rounds of showers and storms with ample moisture in place as we head into Monday. An area of low pressure in New England will also bring rain chances. Some monsoonal...
by D.J. Kayser | Jul 17, 2021 | Weather
National Weather Forecast On Saturday, an area of low pressure working into the Northeast will produce heavy showers and thunderstorms and potentially damaging winds as well. A front extending southwestward from that low will continue to produce storm chances back...
by D.J. Kayser | Jul 16, 2021 | Weather
National Weather Forecast A frontal boundary Friday from the Northeast to the Central Plains will bring the threat of showers and thunderstorms. Storms will also be possible in the Southeast and into the Four Corners region. The heaviest rain from Thursday through...
by D.J. Kayser | Jul 15, 2021 | Weather
National Weather Forecast On Thursday, showers and storms – some strong – will be possible along a frontal boundary from the Great Lakes to the Southern Plains. Afternoon storms will be possible in the Southeast and the Rockies. The heaviest rain through...
