by Paul Douglas | Feb 13, 2020 | Blog
Winter The Way It Was Meant To Be? Minnesota is the Winter Olympics of Cold. We should all get obligatory gold medals. In truth, it’s been an average winter with temperatures running above normal since December. We were due for a Siberian smack, and it’s...
by Paul Douglas | Feb 1, 2020 | Blog
Milder With a Risk of Seasonal Affective Disorder I identify with people who miss seeing the sun. Me too. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) sends some of us into a dark funk. Friday was the 23rd day this month with cloudy or mostly cloudy conditions. It was the...
by Paul Douglas | Jan 31, 2020 | Blog
Why Do We Care What a Groundhog Thinks? Why rely on a groundhog to predict the weather? Duh Paul. A typical rodent doesn’t ask for time off or a raise. Got it. Hundreds of years ago people living in Europe believed animal behavior could predict winter’s...
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by Paul Douglas | Jan 30, 2020 | Blog
Gray Days Drag On – But Nothing Subzero! Think of this as Seattle with lakes. My oldest son lives in Seattle and complains about a predictable treadmill of gray days. Locals are amazed when the sun does come out. “They still play outside in the rain and...
by Paul Douglas | Jan 28, 2020 | Blog
Another Quiet Week – Big Weekend Thaw Indelicate question: would you rather endure an endless streak of gray, Seattle-like, 30-degree days? Or would you prefer a brilliant blue sky….and 20 below? There is no wrong answer, by the way. I’m impressed by...
by Paul Douglas | Jan 20, 2020 | Blog
Hints of Early March Next 1-2 Weeks Like physicians, plumbers and astrophysicists, meteorologists are trained to be analytical. Stick to the data. Don’t let your emotions get in the way of decision-making. Right. Easier said than done. I like a good snowstorm,...
