by D.J. Kayser | Sep 12, 2022 | Weather
National Weather Forecast On Monday, a slow-moving area of low pressure in the Great Lakes will bring showers and storms – some with heavy rain. Storms will be possible into the Eastern United States along and ahead of the cold front extending from that...
by Paul Douglas | Jan 7, 2022 | Weather
Tracking a Variety of Cold (and Colder) Fronts Hi, my name is Paul. Hobbies include napping, tinkering with the Doppler – and tracking cold fronts. Big fronts. Little fronts. Sloppy little dribbles of chilly air and full-frontal Siberian Assaults. In defense of...
by Paul Douglas | Nov 29, 2021 | Weather
Forecast: Dark (But Relatively Mild) ”The darkness declares the glory of light” wrote poet T. S. Eliot. My personal favorite: “It’s often darkest before it goes pitch black.” MSP will see 9 hours, 4 minutes of daylight today. That compares with 15 1/2 hours in late...
by Paul Douglas | Jun 4, 2021 | Weather
The First Heat Wave of Summer is Here Men will sweat. Women will glow. Dogs will pant. Cats won’t care. An antiperspirant airmass pushes into Minnesota on a gusty, blast-furnace breeze, pushing the mercury into the mid to upper 90s the next few days. That’s 120-140...
by Paul Douglas | Jun 3, 2021 | Weather
”It’s not the heat, it’s the humility.” Close enough for a meteorologist. On Twitter Thomas Braun reminded me that we are the Florida of Canada. Good point. I’ve often wondered if Canadians complain about “hot, American air” this time of year? A notable heat spike is...