Monday, May 23, 2011

A Look Ahead to the Memorial Day Weekend

Here's a quick look at what the local weather prognosticators see for the weekend. KARE sees the warmest Saturday and KSTP seems to see the nicest Sunday.

KARE

FOX

KSTP

WCCO

Friday, May 20, 2011

Thoughts on Spring So Far?

What do you make of our Spring so far? And do you think any of the local forecasters have shown brighter than others in their predictions for this challenging forecasting time of year?

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Severe Weather on the Way?

Wow, what a sudden surge of heat..... and now the focus is on the threat for severe weather, both tonight and over the next few days. Look for your local weathercasters, or rather their news directors, to capture as much of the weathercasters talking about severe weather as possible. After all, it makes for good television, and (we say skeptically), May is a sweeps month for the Nielsen ratings.

Let's use this blog post to discuss the prospects of severe weather over the next few days.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Might We REALLY Warm Up Next Week?

According to some of TMF's loyal followers and weather enthusiasts, temperatures next week may trend even warmer than most of the forecasts, which generally are going for the low 70s. Let's dedicate this post to tracking the possible warmth that may be heading our way next week.

Here are forecasts obtained as of Thursday night:

WCCO

KSTP

  
KARE
FOX