by Paul Douglas | Apr 12, 2019 | Blog
Welcome To The Major Leagues of Wild WeatherWell, at least our weather is rarely dull. We have that going for us. In the Pantheon of Meteorology, Minnesota is the Major Leagues. Exhibit A: Yesterday a Severe Thunderstorm Warning was in effect for Renville County, at...
by Paul Douglas | Apr 11, 2019 | Blog
Wind, Ice and Snow Make For Treacherous ThursdayHere in the Land of 10,000 Weather Apologies, spring is more theory than reality. 70 degrees one day, a full-blown blizzard with horizontal snow the next? Population-thinning weather. Last night’s burst of snow...
by Paul Douglas | Apr 10, 2019 | Blog
Blizzard West of MSP. “Sleet Sandwich” for MetroPredicting a snowstorm is a maddening game of three-dimensional chess. Snow requires sub-freezing temperatures in the lowest 1-2 miles of the atmosphere. Even a thin layer of milder air can spark a changeover...
by Paul Douglas | Apr 9, 2019 | Blog
Why Minnesota Springs Are An Acquired TasteThey say lightning never strikes the same place twice? They would be wrong. My blood pressure is just now receding after the 15.7 inches of snow that plastered the MSP metro April 13-15, 2018. “A fluke, an cosmic...
by Paul Douglas | Apr 5, 2019 | Blog
Mostly Rain – But Don’t Rule Out More Slush“Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems” wrote Rainer Maria Rilke. The weather never repeats, but sometimes it rhymes. Although right now I don’t expect a rerun of the...
