NOAA Hurricane Prediction: Busier Than Average (will NOAA technical failures impact forecast accuracy?)
Ill-Timed Warm Front For Upper Midwest     My barber, Hurricane Heidi Rusch, was brutally blunt: “my clients are DISGUSTED by spring, Paul. They’re so sick of cool and wet they don’t even want to talk about it!” It’s been a tortured spring, and I’m keeping weather-expectations for the first unofficial holiday of summer low, [...]
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Cut-Off Lows, Severe Weather, and the Three Amigos
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 Snow in May? Thanks to the National Weather Service out of Missoula, MT for the picture below out of Drummond, MT. The elevation here is around 4000ft. – there have been some impressive tallies so far. Snow Reports So Far… Here are some of the reports of snow so far in [...]
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Are You “Tornado Aware”? (more follow-up to Moore EF-5 tornado tragedy)
Tornado Aware     Our hearts go out to residents of Moore, Oklahoma, recovering from the 3rd violent tornado in 14 years. Talk about bad luck.     Minnesota has experienced 2 EF5 tornadoes since 1950. No, we don’t live in traditional Tornado Alley but we do live in Tornado Cul de sac. EF4 tornadoes [...]
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Talking About Tornadoes, An Overabundance Of Rainfall, And Memorial Day Weekend
Look at that picture above…  I’m sure you already did, without me mentioning it.  It is incredible.  Unfortunately, that storm was the one that hit Moore, OK – now officially tabulated as an EF-5 rated tornado, at least for a small portion of its life cycle.     The EF Scale – Enhanced Fujita – [...]
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