Updraft

It appears that the first week of competition for the Beijing Olympics will see athletes contend with fog, rain, and warm/humid conditions. Forecasted highs range through the 80s F, with overnight lows in the 70s F and daily chances for showers and thunderstorms. I find it rather interesting that the Chinese Meteorological Service calls for…

I’ll admit being a little biased as I scan the weather maps these days. My eyes seem to drift up north to near Ely, where I’ll be heading next week for a little R & R in the BWCAW area. With morning temperatures in the low 40’s I have to wonder if campers up north…

I just returned from beautiful, but very congested Seattle. Wow, talk about traffic! The weather was delightful on Monday evening so the family decided to take in the Twins and Mariners ball game at Safeco Field. With the time difference we were able to watch the first few innings of the Cub game from Wrigley…

Tropical stroms are often dangerous, and this one may be, but it could also bring benefits. This may be one of those occasions where a tropical storm could be more good news than bad. Though Edouard may come close to or achieve category 1 hurricane status before making landfall on the Texas coast tomorrow, it…

Overnight lows fell off into the 40s F for many northern and central Minnesota communities during the first two days of the month. Though not record-setting Embarrass reported just 41 degrees F on the 2nd. Campers in northern Minnesota state parks surely had to appreciate their warm sleeping bags over the weekend. In addition thunderstorms…

Weather is a twenty-four hour a day business. National Weather Service offices are staffed with meteorologists who monitor conditions for the public safety, fire weather danger, aviation safety and hydrologic conditions. A meteorologist has a specific duty to deliver accurate and timely weather information for regional airports. Based on radar, satellite, computer models and local…

Bow echo approaches Twin Cities from the west at 7:09am A bow echo with severe thunderstorms is racing through southern Minnesota this morning. This may affect the metro between 8 and 10am this morning. This line of storms has a history of damaging winds and downed trees. Stay with MPR for severe weather updates this…

Corn field towering 8 feet along Highway 14 near Janesville, Wisconsin They say knee high by the 4th of July. I’m not sure how high it’s supposed to be by the end of July, but judging by the above picture taken in Wisconsin returing from a weekend road trip to Chicago Sunday I’d say much…

As I bicycled between the Minneapolis Campus and the St Paul Campus of the University of Minnesota I felt unusually tired and sweaty this morning….then when I checked the dewpoint reading from the St Paul Campus Climate Observatory I understood why….it read 76 degrees F, a value greater than what Cancun, Mexico was reporting this…

Prior to the reorganization and modernization of the Weather Service in the 1990s, the weather balloon observation was taken at the St. Cloud Weather Office. When the St. Cloud office was closed the observation equipment was relocated to the Chanhassen NWS site. Radiosonde fact sheet Information gathered by the radiosonde, attached to the balloon is…