by Paul Douglas | Sep 30, 2020 | Blog
A Raw Weekend But Weather Mellows Next Week Weather is a metaphor for life: an unpredictable mash-up of good and bad, with only the illusion of control. In my muddled mind I consider the blustery showers rushing past my window cosmic payback for last week’s 80s....
by Paul Douglas | Sep 29, 2020 | Blog
November-ish This Week, Septemberlike Next Week Winston Churchill said “We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give”. I’m trying to call at least one friend, family member or colleague every day, to check in and say hi – see...
by Paul Douglas | Sep 25, 2020 | Blog
NOAA Takes Steps To Catch Up to ECMWF For the record, I’d like American Exceptionalism to apply to weather model accuracy. My take: The National Weather Service is the best on the planet, but in recent years the ECMWF (European Centre for Medium Range Weather...
by Paul Douglas | Sep 24, 2020 | Blog
La Nina Now Likely This Winter I’ve consulted my therapist and my winter outlook remains unchanged: “Colder with some snow”. It’s the details (when, where, how much?) that trip me up every time. According to NOAA, a La Nina cooling phase in the...
by Paul Douglas | Sep 23, 2020 | Blog
2020: A Disruptive Year For Weather Too “There are two ways to be fooled. One, to believe what isn’t true. The other is to refuse to believe what is true” wrote 19th century Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard. The way 2020 is turning out it’s...
