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Atmospheric Rivers Getting Worse – 2010s Were Warmest Decade on Record
Still Waiting For Snowbirds To Return North I get a little defensive about cold fronts and frozen water. I prefer to think of this as an exotic Winter Wonderland, with a surplus of lakes. Snowbirds like to talk trash. Really? My Arizona friends remind me "it's a dry...
“Dorian” Was In a Different League – Statistical Odds of a White Christmas Across USA
Plowable Snow Monday - Polar Punch Next Week At the rate we're going I project a very white Christmas for Minnesota this year. Santa will have no difficulty finding snow on area rooftops. NOAA data suggests roughly 7 in 10 Christmas Days are white, with at least an...
First Subzero Air of Winter Next Week – Light Snowfalls Deadlier on US Highways Than Heavy Snows
Beware of Light, Nuisance Snowfalls Weather can be counter-intuitive. Data suggests that minor (nuisance) snows result in more traffic fatalities than huge, headline-grabbing snowstorms. A recent story highlighted NTSB traffic data from 2015-2017. The conclusion: 54...
Successes, Pitfalls of Hurricane Forecasting – Electric Snowmobiles?
A Mellow Pacific Breeze Lingers Into Sunday If, by some strange quirk of fate, you don't like winter, 2 dates stand out in my muddle mind. December 21: the Winter Solstice, when the sun is lowest in the southern sky. A few days later, daylight begins to increase...
Dorian Fallout in the Bahamas – Will 5G Wireless Mess With Weather Satellites?
Relatively Quiet The Next 10-14 Days Kurt Vonnegut said it best in his book, Cat's Cradle. "Peculiar travel suggestions are dancing lessons from God". Amen. My wife and I were out east visiting family for Thanksgiving; caught up in the ice storm that paralyzed much of...
A Parade of Wild Storms Across USA – 2.2 Billion Bushels of Corn Unharvested Due to Foul Weather
Another Big Storm Brewing This Weekend I'm deliriously happy for a quiet Thanksgiving. I try to start and end every day with a prayer of gratitude - so happy for family, friends, work, and calling America my home. The older I get the less I take for granted. Today's...