by Paul Douglas | Jul 2, 2021 | Weather
Smoking Hot 4th of July Holiday Weekend I remember summers where it wouldn’t stop raining, agitated neighbors walking dogs in light jackets, shaking their fists at me, and a cool sloppy sky. “Will we be cheated out of summer” they asked. I could only shrug and blame...
by Paul Douglas | Jul 1, 2021 | Weather
Sunny Warming Trend Into 4th of July For the record I’m very pro-sunshine. I feel more energy and optimism when Earth’s nearest star is visible. Most of us do. Yet there is such a thing as too much sunshine. There’s a good reason why corn doesn’t grow in southern...
by Paul Douglas | Jun 30, 2021 | Weather
Heating Up For 4th of July Festivities I’m seeing things on my weather maps I’ve never witnessed before and I’m fairly sure that’s not a good thing. Like an extraordinary “4-Sigma” heat wave for the Pacific Northwest, 4 standard deviations from the mean, or an event...
by Paul Douglas | Jun 29, 2021 | Weather
90s Return In Time For 4th of July Weekend Minnesotans earn their summers and this year we are getting an extra serving of heat and sunshine. “Peak Summer” for me falls between the Summer Solstice and the 4th of July, when there’s still a twinkle of twilight on the...
by D.J. Kayser | Jun 28, 2021 | Weather
National Weather Forecast A stalled-out boundary on Monday from the southern Plains to the Ohio River Valley will continue to produce showers and thunderstorms, some of which could be heavy at times. The other big story Monday will be the continuing heatwave across...
