Updraft
| Blog URL: | http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/updraft/ |
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Minnesota Public Radio chief meteorologist Paul Huttner blogs about our region's favorite conversation starter. |
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| Located: | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Tags: | weather, meteorologist, MPR |
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Latest Blog Posts
Watching the radar on Jun 24, 2009SPC maintains a slight risk for severe storms in southern Minnesota this evening. This post falls under the "news you can use" and "nowcast" categories. The atmosphere is still a little ticklish today around southern Minnesota. Af...
Metro lake temperatures on the rise on Jun 24, 2009What a difference a week makes. Last week at this time, I took an excursion in the Weather Lab motor boat on Lake Minnetonka. I was a little stunned to see the water temperature still stubbornly hanging onto a cool...
Heat and severe threat fades tonight on Jun 23, 2009The Twin Cities just can't buy a break when it comes to rainfall. The metro is bracketed by severe thunderstorm watch boxes to the north and south today. And it looks like that's where the severe weather and beneficial soaking...
Dew Point Driven Heat Index Values in June Somewhat Rare on Jun 23, 2009It has been sometime since southern Minnesota has seen high Heat Index values in June driven by extreme dew points. Late June of 1996 brought a brief heat spell that was driven by high dew points. The Heat Index (HI)...
Forecast contest winner on Jun 23, 2009Original upper air forecast for Monday June 22nd from Monday June 8th. Actual upper air map at 7pm on Monday June 22nd. We have a winner! Actually, we have two winners. One is an MPR listener that won the...
Lightning Awareness Week on Jun 22, 2009No matter what uniform you wear, or whether you are in the big leagues or little league, lightning can be a killer. So far fifteen people have been killed by lightning in the USA. In 2008, twenty-eight people, nearly...
