by Paul Douglas | Apr 22, 2021 | Blog
Paul Douglas Faint, Wondrous Whiffs of Spring I’m moderately confident that accumulating snow season is over now for most of Minnesota. Yesterday’s flurries were bookends to a long snow season (9.3” back in October) but overall winter snowfall was below average across...
by Paul Douglas | Apr 21, 2021 | Blog
NOAA NCDC May-July Outlookhttps://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/briefings/20210415.pdf Betting on a Stinking Hot Summer I’m enjoying November – what about you? Getting more use out of my heavy leather jacket than I’d like in April, but no floods, tornadoes or swarms of...
by Paul Douglas | Apr 20, 2021 | Blog
ECMWF Temperatures for MSPweatherbell.com Highlights of New 30-Year Climate Averages An early look at the new 30-year climate averages (1991-2020) is interesting. These are updated every 10 years and MSP data suggests warmer nighttime lows, wetter springs –...
by Paul Douglas | Apr 16, 2021 | Blog
NOAA GFS Temperatures for MSPweatherbell.com A Real Warm Front by Late April? ”Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty” said American actress Doris Day. I am grateful for many things, including my second Pfizer vaccine yesterday. No ill effects yet, but my hair is...
by Paul Douglas | Apr 15, 2021 | Blog
So happy we put out the patio furniture…Paul Douglas Emergency Siren Test Later Today My 90-year old father had it right. “Keep your expectations low and maybe you’ll be pleasantly surprised.” A Minnesota spring never moves in a straight line. It’s a roller...