by Paul Douglas | Nov 8, 2017 | Blog
Quick Shot of December Air – Milder Next Week Gordon Lightfoot wrote a song about the gales of November, a fierce storm with hurricane-force winds that sank the Edmund Fitzgerald on November 10, 1975. The National Weather Service got started as a way to issue...
by Paul Douglas | Nov 7, 2017 | Blog
Wintry Up North I had a chance to spend some time out in the woods this weekend up north and it sure was pretty. The snow brightened up the landscape quite significantly. It sure was quiet out there. Snow Depth Here’s the estimate snow depth from NOAA’s...
by Paul Douglas | Nov 5, 2017 | Blog
November Snow In The Twin Cities With the snow that moved through the metro Friday, we are already up to a half an inch of snow officially this month at MSP airport. During the month of November we do average 9.3″ of snow in the Twin Cities, however we only...
by Paul Douglas | Nov 4, 2017 | Blog
Friday – Early Saturday Snowfall Totals The heaviest band of snow set up a little bit further south than was originally expected with the batch of snow that moved through late Friday into early Saturday. That brought snow totals of 2-4″ as far south as the...
by Paul Douglas | Nov 4, 2017 | Blog
A Fine November Slush – Chilly Bias Continues Minnesota is trending wetter over time. So far in 2017 the Twin Cities metro has picked up 31.23 inches of rain, about 3.5 inches wetter than the running 30-year normal, to date. According to Mark Seeley October was...
by Paul Douglas | Nov 3, 2017 | Blog
Dark Days of November – Happy Hunters on Saturday? Welcome to the dark days. November and December compete for cloudiest months of the year. Throw in limited daylight, and one quickly understands why so many people fall into a deep, dark funk this time of year....