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Meteorological Messaging on “Ida” – How Did Warmer Water Super-Size Impacts?
In Praise Of Our Favorite Teachers We are the sum of the people we’ve met and the experiences we have had. I owe my meteorology career to weather merit badge in the Boy Scouts, a tropical storm that flooded the home I grew up in, and a series of remarkable teachers. I...
Category 3 Hurricane Larry Brushes Bermuda – America Not Ready for Rapidly Changing Climate
Minnesota May Benefit From Slow Warming A recent study suggests that Vermont is the most “climate-safe” state in the US. That may be so, but I suspect Minnesota will get its fair share of climate refugees in years to come. How so? Californians worried about wildfires...
Storms From The Northeast To Southern Plains – September 5, 2021
National Weather Forecast A frontal boundary working eastward on Sunday will bring showers and thunderstorms from the Northeast to the Southern Plains. A continued stalled-out boundary along the Gulf Coast into Florida will also bring the chance of storms. A system...
Where Could It Rain This Labor Day Weekend? – September 4, 2021
National Weather Forecast On Saturday, a lingering boundary from the Gulf Coast to Florida will help produce some showers and thunderstorms. A system moving through the central US will also help produce some storms, with rain possible into the Great Lakes. The...
Ida’s Legacy: Historic Floods and Oklahoma-Size Tornadoes Batter Northeast
Salvaging A Pretty Nice Holiday Weekend I’ve been tracking weather systems for 45 years, but nothing has prepared me for 2021’s dueling weather disasters. Our weather models have consistently underestimated the intensity of drought, fires and eastern floods. Why?...
Weather Disasters 4-5 Times More Common Than 1970s – 200 Year Flood and Kansas-size Tornadoes Reported Philadelphia to New York City Area
A Record-Setting Summer for Minnesota Meteorological Summer (June 1 to August 31) was the warmest on record for the Twin Cities, Brainerd and Duluth. Daytime highs weren’t as hot as 1988 but nighttime lows were consistently milder than average. The heat combined with...