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Weather and Climate News

Making weather forecasts is hard. Getting people to understand them is even harder

Making weather forecasts is hard. Getting people to understand them is even harder

After nearly a decade, the director of the National Weather Service has stepped down. Getting the public to understand weather is just as important as the science that delivers the forecasts, he says.
by Jeffrey Pierre

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Subzero temps early Friday; extreme Yukon cold may be coming

Subzero temps early Friday; extreme Yukon cold may be coming

A pool of brutally subzero air will likely be driven into Minnesota and the Upper Midwest this month. And we’re already tapping pieces of that air mass as they ride southeast. Subzero air covers all of Minnesota early Friday.
by Paul Huttner

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Dangerous cold again Thursday

Dangerous cold again Thursday

Another round of arctic air has settled across Minnesota, leading to dangerous wind chills, and almost the entire state will be stuck below zero until Friday.
by Nicole Mitchell

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Roller-coaster temperatures continue through weekend

Roller-coaster temperatures continue through weekend

Another round of arctic air has settled across Minnesota, followed by a brief warmup then another frigid blast early next week. Chances of snow remain limited.
by Nicole Mitchell

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Arctic blast delivers subzero air once again

Arctic blast delivers subzero air once again

Temperatures approach minus 30 in northern Minnesota by Friday morning.
by Paul Huttner

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Snowfall reports: Heaviest snow up north

Snowfall reports: Heaviest snow up north

Here are some snowfall reports from across the Upper Midwest.
by Paul Huttner

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Virginia officials defend response to snowy gridlock on I-95

Virginia officials defend response to snowy gridlock on I-95

A winter storm that started as rain — meaning roads couldn't be pretreated — followed by an unusually heavy snowfall and plunging temperatures resulted in the stranding of hundreds of motorists along a stretch of one of the nation's biggest interstate highways, Virginia officials said, as they defended their response to the gridlock. 
by The Associated Press

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Officials finally clear up crashes that kept drivers in freezing temperatures on I-95

Officials finally clear up crashes that kept drivers in freezing temperatures on I-95

Officials cleared a 50-mile stretch of Interstate 95 in Virginia, south of the nation's capital, about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday that left travelers trapped in freezing temperatures after heavy snowfall contributed to spinouts and crashes 24 hours before.
by Scott Neuman, Tien Le and Vanessa Romo

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