<![CDATA[MinnPost - Paul Douglas]]> http://www.minnpost.com/pauldouglas/ en-us Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:42:54 -0500 Clockwork Active Media Manager <![CDATA[Winter Olympics weather update]]>

Today is the day that I've been waiting for since the last Winter Olympics (Torino Italy) back in 2006. I grew up a hockey player and living in Minnesota all my life, I've come to love a number of other winter sports, so these next 15 days of sporting events is going to be a treat.

By Todd Nelson

Comment ]]> Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:23:00 -0600 http://www.minnpost.com/pauldouglas/2010/02/12/15872/winter_olympics_weather_update#106-15872 http://www.minnpost.com/pauldouglas/2010/02/12/15872/winter_olympics_weather_update <![CDATA[Snowiest season on record out east]]>

Just for a moment, imagine yourself having to shovel and scoot around town after just going through two major winter storms with as much as 4 feet of fresh snow just under a weeks time. Also imagine the second storm blowing the new snow around at 50mph to 60mph into 10 foot snow drifts! Wouldn't that be something?

By Todd Nelson

Comment ]]> Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:14:00 -0600 http://www.minnpost.com/pauldouglas/2010/02/11/15821/snowiest_season_on_record_out_east#106-15821 http://www.minnpost.com/pauldouglas/2010/02/11/15821/snowiest_season_on_record_out_east <![CDATA[Back to normal (snowfall)]]>

A quick story for you... Yesterday, I was surfing the web, looking at the latest snow totals across Minnesota when I heard my SKYPE phone ring and who was it? It was my grandmother who called to verbally and visually complain to me about how she dislikes all this snow we've been getting.

By Todd Nelson

Comment ]]> Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:16:00 -0600 http://www.minnpost.com/pauldouglas/2010/02/10/15776/back_to_normal_snowfall#106-15776 http://www.minnpost.com/pauldouglas/2010/02/10/15776/back_to_normal_snowfall <![CDATA[Snow bowl XLIV winding down]]>

The good, the bad and the ugly... The good news is that we freshened up that snow pack out there. The fluffy snow will be great for any outdoor activities that you have planned this week that involves snow f- skiing, snowmobiling, sledding, snow angels, etc.

By Todd Nelson

Comment ]]> Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:08:00 -0600 http://www.minnpost.com/pauldouglas/2010/02/09/15736/snow_bowl_xliv_winding_down#106-15736 http://www.minnpost.com/pauldouglas/2010/02/09/15736/snow_bowl_xliv_winding_down <![CDATA[Slow and steady to shovelable levels]]>

The latest computer runs have brought lighter amounts of precipitation into the area, but still puts the heaviest of the slowly accumulating snow just southwest of the I-94 corridor. Total accumulations from Sunday through late Tuesday will likely be around the 4" to 6" mark in the Twin Cities area.

By Todd Nelson

Comment ]]> Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:00:00 -0600 http://www.minnpost.com/pauldouglas/2010/02/08/15696/slow_and_steady_to_shovelable_levels#106-15696 http://www.minnpost.com/pauldouglas/2010/02/08/15696/slow_and_steady_to_shovelable_levels <![CDATA[Flurries and light snow showers Sunday and Monday]]>

I have to admit, I was a little faked out yesterday. I thought for a VERY brief moment that I saw lightning in the distance, but quickly noticed fireworks above the bare treetops, not an all too common site for February, but when you 'think' you see lightning in the middle of winter when the air temperature is around 20 degrees, you know you have a serious case of SDS or "Supercell Deprivation Syndrome."

Comment ]]> Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:55:00 -0600 http://www.minnpost.com/pauldouglas/2010/02/07/15690/flurries_and_light_snow_showers_sunday_and_monday#106-15690 http://www.minnpost.com/pauldouglas/2010/02/07/15690/flurries_and_light_snow_showers_sunday_and_monday <![CDATA[Light snow, tapering to flurries by late afternoon]]>
Lately it seems that most (but not all) of our Minnesota winters have been neutered. De-fanged. Immunized against old-fashioned, tire-spinning, headline-grabbing, school-closing, water-cooler-bragging snowstorms.

By Paul Douglas
Comment ]]> Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:05:00 -0600 http://www.minnpost.com/pauldouglas/2010/02/05/15656/light_snow_tapering_to_flurries_by_late_afternoon#106-15656 http://www.minnpost.com/pauldouglas/2010/02/05/15656/light_snow_tapering_to_flurries_by_late_afternoon <![CDATA[A couple "plowable" events]]>

Washington D.C. has already seen nearly 30" of snow, 18" above average to-date, and another 10" is on the way by Saturday. Keep in mind that an INCH is a big deal in our nation's capital, capable of instilling dread, closing schools - inciting a run on area grocery stores in a mad-mass panic.

By Paul Douglas

Comment ]]> Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:16:00 -0600 http://www.minnpost.com/pauldouglas/2010/02/04/15611/a_couple_plowable_events#106-15611 http://www.minnpost.com/pauldouglas/2010/02/04/15611/a_couple_plowable_events <![CDATA[Happy to be "average"]]>
We're in-between. The worst of winter (in terms of hours below zero) are behind us. Yet it's way too early to even contemplate spring (although daydreaming about spring break is encouraged. If you've lived in Minnesota longer than 1 winter you know the cold, cruel truth: much of February and March is one step forward, two steps back.

By Paul Douglas
Comment ]]> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:02:00 -0600 http://www.minnpost.com/pauldouglas/2010/02/03/15568/happy_to_be_average#106-15568 http://www.minnpost.com/pauldouglas/2010/02/03/15568/happy_to_be_average <![CDATA[Gradual temperature inflation]]>

What exactly was that cold, white, (foreign), crystalline substance falling out of a slate-gray sky on Monday? Old-timers referred to it as s-n-o-w.

By Paul Douglas

Comment ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:51:00 -0600 http://www.minnpost.com/pauldouglas/2010/02/02/15532/gradual_temperature_inflation#106-15532 http://www.minnpost.com/pauldouglas/2010/02/02/15532/gradual_temperature_inflation