by Paul Douglas | Jul 27, 2017 | Blog
August 21st Solar Eclipse “The Great American Solar Eclipse is less than one month away. How much of the sun will be covered over your home town? A great way to find out: Animated eclipse maps created by science-artist Larry Koehn. On his web site, there are...
by Paul Douglas | Jul 26, 2017 | Blog
Thunderstorm Shadows From Space Well, this is kind of neat. This Tweet from @AstroTerry aboard the ISS shows shadows from thunderstorms!! See more from @AstroTerry HERE: _____________________________________________________________________________ Large Hail in Spain...
by Paul Douglas | Jul 24, 2017 | Blog
Visible Satellite Loop Monday The visible satellite loop from Monday showed a fairly sunny day across much of the state. A complex of showers and storms from South Dakota moved into western Minnesota late in the day. This unsettled weather will become more widespread...
by Paul Douglas | Jul 24, 2017 | Blog
Twin Cities Dew Points So Far This Summer Last week was certainly a muggy week in the Twin Cities, with maximum dew points each day in the 60s and 70s. In fact, we saw three days last week with a dew point of 70 or higher – the highest being both Tuesday and...
by Paul Douglas | Jul 23, 2017 | Blog
14 Fun Facts About Dragonflies… I was poking around in the garden this weekend and my 5-year old son came up to me holding this beautiful dragonfly. It didn’t move much, made me wonder if he was tired from breakfast. It got me thinking, what to dragonflies...