by Paul Douglas | Apr 6, 2021 | Weather
NAM Rainfall Forecast Next 84 Hourspivotalweather.com Serious Puddle Potential Into Friday I was at a rare (and welcome) loss for words yesterday. Low to mid 80s on the 5th day of April? We broke the old Twin Cities record of 80F set in 1991. If anyone asks (I...
by D.J. Kayser | Apr 4, 2021 | Weather
National Weather Forecast On Easter Sunday, the best chance of some precipitation during the daytime hours will be from some rain and snow in the Northwest and a few showers across Texas. Heading into Sunday Night, some storms will be possible in the Upper Midwest,...
by D.J. Kayser | Apr 3, 2021 | Weather
National Weather Forecast As we look at the nation for the Saturday before Easter, it’s going to be fairly quiet out there! A few storms will be possible in the Southern Plains, with some rain and higher elevation snow showers in the Pacific Northwest. A few rogue...
by Paul Douglas | Apr 2, 2021 | Weather
NOAA NDFD Temperatures for MSPweatherbell.com Weekend Weather May Leave You Giddy It may be something I ate but I do feel odd; a faint whiff of optimism perhaps? More people are getting vaccinated, temperatures will soon mellow into the 70s, and I did stay at a...
by Paul Douglas | Apr 1, 2021 | Weather
No April Fool’s Joke: 70s Coming Soon This year the Easter Bunny may show up in a mask, shorts and flip-flops. Try not to stare.That’s a long way from Easter 2020, when over 6 inches of snow caked the Twin Cities. Yeah, spring in these parts can be maddeningly...
by Paul Douglas | Mar 31, 2021 | Weather
Wikipedia So Long To A Mild and Wet March Legend has it when March comes in like a Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker (fish) it goes out like a Screaming Hairy Armadillo. Still getting my animals confused, but no matter. March was over 8F warmer than average with only 4 inches...
by Paul Douglas | Mar 30, 2021 | Weather
North American Multi-Model Ensemble Temperature Anomaly (C) for June, July and AugustNOAA Climate Prediction Center Early Spring An Omen Of a Hot Summer to Come? Sometimes Mother Nature offers a preview of what may lie ahead, months down the road. March 29, 1986 saw a...
by D.J. Kayser | Mar 28, 2021 | Weather
National Weather Forecast On Sunday, a system working through the eastern United States will bring the chance of some ice in New England, rain/snow across the Great Lakes into the Northeast, and showers and storms from the Northeast Coast south through the...
by Paul Douglas | Mar 25, 2021 | Weather
Perfectly fine with this…Twin Cities National Weather Service Imperfect Meteorology – But Fewer Surprises ”Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence” said Vince Lombardi. We want perfection in an imperfect world....
by Paul Douglas | Mar 24, 2021 | Weather
ECMWF Temperatures for MSPweatherbell.com Maps Look More Like Early April ”It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade” wrote Charles Dickens in Great Expectations. He had that...