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Mother’s Day Weekend And Heavy Rain Potential – National Weather Outlook For May 8, 2021
National Weather Forecast On Saturday, showers and thunderstorms will be possible with a few areas of low pressure near the northeastern United States. Meanwhile, we will be watching a system pushing out of the western United States bringing the chance of rain/snow...
Fires Still Burning In Sequoia National Park – National Weather Outlook For May 7, 2021
National Weather Forecast On Friday, a few areas of low pressure stretching across the Great Lakes to the Mid-Atlantic will produce some showers and storms, with some snow in the northern Great Lakes. A system moving through the Northern Plains will bring some rain...
New NOAA Climate Normals – National Weather Outlook For May 6, 2021
National Weather Forecast As we head through Thursday, an area of low pressure moving near the Great Lakes and Ohio River Valley will produce some showers and storms, with some snow showers possible in northern portions of the Great Lakes. An area of low pressure near...
What is a “Mesocyclone”? Pollution is Discriminatory – Lingering Confusion Over “Watches” and “Warnings”
Docks In By Late April?Paul Douglas Make Plans For Saturday’s Warm Front ”If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else” said baseball great Yogi Berra. I once asked a friend why he lived in California. “It’s a lifestyle - you never have to...
Tornado Tip-Offs, Lessons of 2011 Tornado Super-Outbreak, Western Drought Deepens
A Real Warm Front Arrives Saturday With apologies to The Beatles, Minnesota’s transition to summer is a long and winding road, littered with stormy potholes. It often comes down to situational awareness - keeping tabs on the weather pattern and listening for...
Remembering 2011 Tornado Super Outbreak – Twister Confusion Lingers – Drought Deepens Western U.S.
In Defense of Summer Thunderstorms During thunderstorm season I still stare up at the sky with 5th grade wide-eyed wonder. During the day towering cumulonimbus castles charge across the sky. At night the lightning can resemble a Stephen King novel: giant, mutant alien...