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Lowering Skin Cancer Risk – In Defense of Snow Days – Homes Able to Withstand Category 5 Hurricanes?
Paul Douglas Welcome to Sunscreen Season in Minnesota What do masks, seat belts, guard rails and sunscreen have in common? They all help to lower risk. Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the U.S. 1 in 5 Americans will develop skin cancer by the age of 70. Two...
Southern Plains Heavy Rain – National Weather Outlook For May 17, 2021
National Weather Forecast With a somewhat stationary boundary in place from the Mid-Atlantic and Ohio Valley back into the Plains and Great Basin, showers and thunderstorms will be possible across this region, with some snow at higher elevations in the Rockies and in...
Extreme Fire Danger Northern Minnesota – Tornado Alley Not Living Up To Its Name – La Nina Fades
All sharing options 3km NAM Future Radar for Todaypivotalweather.com Showery Today - Brighter Weekend Skies I don’t have the time or energy, but made-to- order-weather would be a worthy tech start-up. Schedule showers for farmers on weekdays (preferably at night)....
Is Tornado Alley Shifting – Deepening Drought West – Penn State: Fewer Atlantic Hurricanes in 2021?
Better Than Average Fishing Opener Weather ”Fishing is not an escape from life, but often a deeper immersion into it” wrote Harry Middleton. Sorry Harry, it is an escape and that’s OK. A chance to put down your phone and give your brain a break sounds good to me. Even...
Drought Deepens Across Western USA – 25th Anniversary of “Twister” – New Normals – Stinking Hot Summer?
It’s May, As In It MAY Warm Up It’s May. As in it MAY be nice. Or it MAY snow a little. Or Flood. Or tornado. May is manic and momentous, a meteorological gateway drug to summer. I’m a summer guy, but there is something to be said for May, before the bugs, jungle-like...
NOAA Climate Models Predicting Hotter Summer, Drier Western USA – 25th Anniversary of “Twister”
25th Anniversary of “Twister”, The Movie ”Hey Bryce, you better get over here and take a look at this!” 13 words that changed my life forever. Well, not really. That was my line in the movie, “Twister”, which came out 25 years ago. Director Steven Spielberg used...