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The King Tides Are Coming – October 8, 2021
National Weather Forecast Showers and thunderstorms will be possible on Friday with a couple of areas of low pressure stretching from the Great Lakes to the Southeastern United States. An area of low pressure off the Carolina coast will bring some heavier rain and...
Disaster Fatigue – Calculating Your Home’s Flood Risk – Accurate Climate Models Earned a Nobel Prize
Weather Models Are Only A First Guess My father still thinks I forecast weather by looking out a west-facing window. I have nothing against using an “Amish Doppler” to gauge the current state of the clouds and sky. To be able to predict the future one needs to first...
Will Small Satellites Improve Extreme Weather Predictions – Fall Brings Secondary Tornado Peak to Parts of USA
Extended Forecast Is Up In The Air ”Autumn is the hardest season. The leaves are all falling, and they’re falling like they’re falling in love with the ground” wrote Andrea Gibson. With weather, every day is different and every autumn is different. The patterns may be...
Robotic Surfboards Investigating Hurricanes – Using Artificial Intelligence to Pinpoint Precipitation Arrival
A Year Without a Winter? Dream On No, winter has not been canceled. Delayed by a few weeks? Yes. I vaguely remember dreaming about a year without a winter in Minnesota: 30s and 40s, no snow to speak of, just rain and ice. That scenario is unlikely through mid-century,...
Ida’s Impact on Louisiana Education – This Year “Tornado Alley” Shifted to Mid Atlantic States
Beware of Extended Winter Outlooks Beware of gloom and doom winter forecasts. They’re rarely right. The science just isn’t there. It’s the rough equivalent of predicting where the stock market (or pandemic) will be in February. Nope. Keep in mind, only 1 in 4...
Air Pollution’s Silent Killer – Wildfire Smoke Increasing Plains to West Coast
Exposure To Wildfire Smoke Is A Health Risk What happens in Vegas doesn’t stay in Vegas, and the recent swirl of western wildfire smoke didn’t stay in California. New research shows an average of 8-10 weeks of smoke every year in Minnesota between 2016 and 2020. This...