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Why Can't We Predict Rain With Greater Precision? "It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future" Yogi Berra famously quipped. I feel his pain. We all demand perfection - in an imperfect world. But meteorologists have such cool gadgets: Doppler radar,...

Once Again, Weather is Locked in a Wet Rut The weather is an enigma wrapped in a riddle. Every day is different; every pattern unique. The weather may rhyme, but it never repeats. Gazing at the maps I'd swear it's mid-June. The persistence of 2019's wet bias is...

Monday's National Weather Forecast On Monday, Humberto will still be sitting off the Southeast coast, not bringing too many impacts to the region besides potentially some rain along the coast as well as higher surf and rip currents. Showers and storms will be likely...

Saturday's National Weather Forecast On Saturday we will be watching Tropical Depression Nine/Tropical Storm Humberto moving northwest through the Bahamas close to the Florida coast, potentially making a close approach by Sunday across the region. This will bring...

Will This Be The Wettest Year on Record at MSP? My drip-dries are drooping. Moss is growing on my northern extremities. Not proud of that. I have a nice collection of rice paddies floating in my front yard. My sprinkler has rusted out from lack of use. It really does...

Flash Flood Watch In Effect. Temptation to "Spin the Weekend Forecast"? The weather is the weather. We do our best to predict it, but Mother Nature always gets the last word. It's fairly rare, but every now and then a business owner will ask me to "spin the weather...