by Paul Douglas | Jan 27, 2021 | Weather
The Perils of Snow Squalls and a Thanksgiving Thaw Many of us become transfixed by the big snowstorms but sometimes it’s the little things. Like yesterday’s 60-minute snow burst, a “snow squall”. Prevalent downwind of the Great Lakes, these...
by Paul Douglas | Jan 27, 2021 | Weather
Yes, It Has Been A Crazy November Mother Nature is drunk again. Sorry, I said the quiet part out loud. The meteorological tantrums are getting worse. Tropical Storm Eta just brushed Tampa. Now we’re tracking “Theta” in the Atlantic. Next up,...
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...