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Importance of Cirrus Clouds – Western Megadrought – Most NWS Warnings?
More Slushy Encounters On The Way I’m not superstitious, but it would be bad luck (and bad form) to remove driveway stakes anytime soon. Or banish your heavy jacket to cold storage. That would be presumptuous and woefully premature. Tantalizing flashes of spring are...
NOAA Data: Average Last Spring Freeze – Best and Worst Cities for Air Pollution
Rainy Days and Tuesdays...Paul Douglas Whistling Through the Slush ”Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoeful of slush” wrote Doug Larson. Yep. Second-string shoes. Spring in Minnesota is always two steps forward - one (big) step back. Waves of...
Significant Tornado Outbreak Gulf Coast – Antarctic “Heat Wave”
Paul Douglas Steadier, Heavier Rain Arrives Today A withering drought continues for much of the western USA, long-track tornadoes may grind across Louisiana and Mississippi later today and massive wildfires are burning from Texas to the Florida Panhandle. So remind me...
Lake Powell Levels Approach Historic Lows – Will a Lingering La Nina Mean Another Active Hurricane Season?
Paul Douglas More Early Hints of April Coming March is an atmospheric aberration, a cosmic jumble, an impossible juxtaposition of warm, cold, wet and windy. You can’t jam all 4 seasons into one month? Mother Nature: hold my beer. Exhibit A: On March 18, 1968 an...
Where U.S. Drought May Improve In Coming Weeks – Climate Change Impact on Beer?
Pete Schenck Unusually Mild and Quiet for Mid-March ”There’s no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing wrote Alfred Wainwright in his 1973 book “Coast to Coast”. Sorry Al, I live in Minnesota and I beg to differ. There IS such a thing as lousy weather. I...
Warm Bias Returns – Politics of Rain-Making – How Hurricanes Can Spark Future Wildfires?
Paul Douglas Skipping a Month - Heading Right To April In case anyone asks, the last time the mercury hit 60 degrees in the metro was November 7, 2021. The high was 62F that day in the Twin Cities. There is a slight chance of 60F later today, a better chance of 60F...