MinnPost - Paul Douglas

November lite

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:36:00 -0600

November. No-snow. No-ice. No-wind chill. No-parkas or dressing-in-layers. No-rush hour nightmares or incessant watches, warnings and advisories polluting the airwaves. No sense of dread or impending weather-doom. Wait. Is this really November?

By Paul Douglas

An end to our weather honeymoon?

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:46:00 -0600

The weather has been nothing short of phenomenal - amazing - wondrous - awe inspiring. I've run out of pithy adjectives. Unless you've been cooped up in a cave you realize how memorable November has been, normally a time of gray, windblown flakes, day after day of wind chill and long faces.

By Paul Douglas

A November to remember

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:45:00 -0600

I'm enjoying this November;this coming from a guy with two (Polaris) sleds collecting cobwebs in the garage. Yes, to be honest I can't wait to get out and play in the snow.

By Paul Douglas

Welcome to Octember!

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:36:00 -0600

The calendar on the wall is whispering November, but the atmosphere is SHOUTING October. Temperatures for the first 16 days of November are running 9 to 9.5 degrees warmer than average, making this the warmest November since modern-day NWS records were first started in 1891.

By Paul Douglas

The perils of weather modification

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:12:00 -0600

A recent spate of record blizzards across northern China has created an uproar. Nearly 50 people have been killed during the heaviest snows in five decades across northern China's drought-stricken northern regions.

By Paul Douglas

Puddles predicted for evening football games

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:09:00 -0600

How's this for odd & random: the first 11 days of November are turning out to be a couple degrees warmer than ALL of October! That doesn't happen very often.

By Paul Douglas

Winter hazard awareness week

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:57:00 -0600

I know - I know. It's hard to get excited about snow, ice, blizzards and dangerous wind chill with temperatures poking well into the 50s to near 60 and talk of Indian Summer in the air.

By Paul Douglas

The magic starts to fade

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:42:00 -0600

"November always seemed to me the Norway of the year," wrote Emily Dickinson, who apparently equated Norway and shivering.

By Paul Douglas

Ida strikes, November soaking shaping up?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:30:00 -0600

No, the two headlines are not related. We will not see any rain from Tropical Storm Ida, although the idea is not as bizarre as it might appear at first blush.

By Paul Douglas

First U.S. hurricane landfall of 2009 imminent?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:10:00 -0600

The 2009 Atlantic based hurricane season is only a couple of short weeks away from wrapping up officially, but a late season storm has developed and is heading straight for the Gulf Coast.

By Todd Nelson