by Paul Douglas | Apr 15, 2014 | Blog
Over the Horizon There’s a better than 50/50 shot that El Nino is returning. A stain of unusually warm water in the Pacific Ocean is gaining momentum, spreading east, and it may flavor our weather here in Minnesota by the latter half of 2014. Every El Nino is...
by Paul Douglas | Apr 14, 2014 | Blog
A Fine Whine Amazingly, meteorologists are people too. Well, on a good day. We get just as annoyed with lousy weather as everyone else, even though it offers some (perverse) level of job security. Should we be clinical and unemotional? “Just the facts...
by Paul Douglas | Apr 11, 2014 | Blog
Weatherwise “Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it” Mark Twain mused. Little has changed since 1889. The weather still affects an estimated 30 percent of America’s GDP; everything from agricultural yields to...
by Paul Douglas | Apr 9, 2014 | Blog
Feverish Here in The Land of Low Weather Expectations 40F is considered grilling weather. 70F is an invitation to take off your shirt and bask in the sun. Today may at least partially restore your faith in a Minnesota spring; probably the mildest day of the year, to...
by Paul Douglas | Apr 8, 2014 | Blog
Hope Springs Eternal Sinclair Lewis said it best. “Winter is not a season, it’s an occupation.” 69.5 inches of snow, 17 inches above average, to date. The Polar Vortex is getting its own reality TV show. I’m relieved that spring has regained...