by Paul Douglas | Sep 12, 2018 | Blog
Juggling Weather Models – Latest on “Florence” As meteorologists, we know the models are going to be wrong. The trick, the “art” is to identify the weather model that is LESS WRONG under specific conditions. My team looks at as many...
by Paul Douglas | Sep 11, 2018 | Blog
Major Hurricane Florence Threatens East Coast Florence may be poised to become the strongest hurricane to strike the East Coast in 3 decades. “Hugo” was the last Category 4 storm to hit north of Florida, punishing South Carolina September of 1989. Records...
by Paul Douglas | Sep 7, 2018 | Blog
September The Way It Was Probably Meant To Be? My dear friend and WCCO Radio co-host, Jordana Green, offered to kick me in the Doppler if it rains on her son’s bar mitzvah on Saturday. Luckily for me (and Maddox) the weather should cooperate, but I’ll tell...
by Paul Douglas | Sep 6, 2018 | Blog
A Welcome Spell of Dry, Comfortable Days Welcome to the 7th wettest start to September on record in the Twin Cities. You think your yard is soggy? Some towns in southeastern Minnesota picked up 3-6 inches of rain. For perspective, that’s nearly 2 month’s...
by Paul Douglas | Sep 5, 2018 | Blog
One of the Wettest Starts to September On Record? Well, that was as refreshing as a cold, wet slap across the face. It looks and feels more like early June than early September out there – waking up to monster-puddles and waterlogged yards. 1-3 inches of rain...
by Paul Douglas | Sep 4, 2018 | Blog
A Highly Unusual September Soaking Into Tonight The calendar insists it’s September 4, but I’d swear it’s June 4, staring out my rain-splattered window. Sheets of wind-driven water, pond-size puddles, a sluggish front draped overhead? September is...
