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Nighttime Heat Biggest Killer in Heat Waves – Chasing Cyclones Via Satellite – Tracking “Godzilla”: Massive 2020 Atlantic Dust Storm
Research: Warm Nighttime Temperatures Pose Greatest Risk It’s not as viscerally terrifying as a tornado, hurricane or flood, but excessive heat is a bigger killer than all three. In the last 6 decades the number of annual heat waves in 50 US cities has, on average,...
Expanding Heat – Expanding Drought – Tornado Alley Shifting South/East?
Welcome to the Dog Days of June ”It’s so hot your clothes iron themselves.” “Wait, it’s so hot they installed a fan in the debt ceiling!” True story. From a Polar Vortex in February to the Vegas Vortex in June, all signs point to an unusually hot and dry summer. This...
Northern US Heat Wave Continues – National Weather Outlook For June 7, 2021
Twin Cities Long Heat Waves On/Before June 15th Are Not Common This stretch of early-season heat will go down in the record book for more than just the record highs that have been set. The Minnesota State Climatology Department complied some early-season (occurring on...
Record-Breaking Upper Midwest Heat – National Weather Outlook For June 6, 2021
Saturday Was A Record-Breaking Day While many thermometers - including the Blaine airport - saw highs at or above 100F on Saturday, MSP airport missed it by *holds fingers close together* that much. The high at MSP topped off at 99F, setting a new record for the day...
Record Heat And Heavy Rain – National Weather Outlook For June 5, 2021
Record-Breaking Friday It was a hot one on Friday across the state, with essentially every climate location breaking its record for the day. The high in the Twin Cities made it up to 97F, but it reached 100F in both Park Rapids and Brainerd. The high of 98F in...
Heat Wave Expands – More Records Likely – The Weather Forecast That Made D-Day Possible
The First Heat Wave of Summer is Here Men will sweat. Women will glow. Dogs will pant. Cats won’t care. An antiperspirant airmass pushes into Minnesota on a gusty, blast-furnace breeze, pushing the mercury into the mid to upper 90s the next few days. That’s 120-140...