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La Nina Delaying Spring Northern Tier of USA – Creating Ripe Environment for Major Tornado Outbreaks?
Freezing rainPaul Douglas Stalled Spring? Please Blame La Nina A year ago ice was coming off area lakes and Minnesotans had an unmistakable spring in their step. After the coldest winter in 8 years we are all sitting by the phone, waiting for spring to ring us up and...
Today: Major Tornado Outbreak Deep South – When “Tornado” Was a Forbidden Word
Risk of a glacier...Paul Douglas Spring Shuffles Into Town Next Week Cringe-worthy weather factoids you won’t find on the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce website. 1). Latest flurries on record in the metro area? May 28, 1965. [insert laugh track here] 2). 26.1” of snow...
More Female Storm Chasers – Can We Build Stormproof Homes?
NOAA GFS Temperatures for MSPweatherbell.com Reluctant Spring Ramps Up Again Next Week Should meteorologists be canceled when they say things we don’t want to hear? Are there times censorship of the 7-Day is appropriate? What are the limits of free speech in late...
New Orleans Tornado Was an EF-3. 1-Minute Radar Updates = Fewer Airport Delays This Summer?
Spring Fever on HoldPaul Douglas Chilly Bias Expected Into Early April Meteorologists at my weather consulting company, Praedictix, are all scratching their heads in unison this morning. It would appear that Old Man Winter has canceled spring, at least for the next...
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...