by Paul Douglas | Jan 8, 2021 | Weather
Long ShadowsPaul Douglas Fog, A Thaw – Then Flirting With Zero ”Paul, why does the weather forecast keep changing?” The right question to be asking. Meteorologists refine forecasts over time, reacting to new data and the latest weather models. The closer you get...
by Paul Douglas | Jan 7, 2021 | Weather
Paul Douglas Subzero Air Roughly Two Weeks Away Snowbirds are missing all the fun! While cold weather refugees in Arizona and Florida pick sand out from between their toes, Minnesotans are playing in powder, enjoying 20s and 30s and light winds, with nary a storm in...
by Paul Douglas | Jan 6, 2021 | Weather
Average annual global horizontal solar irradianceNREL (https://www.nrel.gov/gis/solar.html) Fairly Mellow Into Mid-January ”Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves” wrote Scottish novelist James M. Barrie. Although not as sunny...
by Paul Douglas | Jan 5, 2021 | Weather
NOAA GFS Model valid 1 am January 17, 2021pivotalweather.com Subzero Blast Roughly Two Weeks Away? ”As the days lengthen, the cold doth strengthen” the old proverb goes. Yes it doth. Historically, we are about 2 weeks away from the midpoint of winter, when...
by D.J. Kayser | Jan 3, 2021 | Weather
National Weather Forecast As low pressure moves through the Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeast on Sunday, rain, snow, and ice will be possible across the region. The trailing cold front from the low in the Mid-Atlantic will bring rain to Florida. Rain and snow...
by D.J. Kayser | Jan 2, 2021 | Weather
National Weather Forecast The storm that has been impacting the central portion of the nation with snow and ice will move into the Northeast on Saturday, but rain, snow, and ice will extend back into the central Plains with the potential of strong storms in the...
by Paul Douglas | Dec 24, 2020 | Weather
Zoom Radar and Star Tribune The Great Pre-Christmas White-Out of 2020 Well that was fun, in an existential-threat kind of way. Every storm is uniquely and annoyingly different. They are never identical. On a good week we can give 2-5 days notice of a major weather...
by Paul Douglas | Dec 23, 2020 | Weather
Latest Watches and WarningsPraedictix and AerisWeather Free Snowstorm Just In Time For Christmas ”Let it snow. Let it snow. Let it snow.” I know commutes have been a breeze, but think about it. A Minnesota Christmas without snow is a little like peanut butter without...
by Paul Douglas | Dec 22, 2020 | Weather
Don’t Give Up On That White Christmas ”Like planting daffodils during a Category 5 hurricane”. That’s how Minnesota epidemiologist Michael Osterholm described his life during a call last week. We’ve been living through a Category 5 viral hurricane for 11...
by Paul Douglas | Dec 18, 2020 | Weather
Stay off metro icePaul Douglas We May Get That White Christmas After All Turns out Mother Nature is a bit of a drama queen. After teasing winter weather lovers with the snowiest Minnesota October on record, winter has been playing hard to get in recent weeks. My...
