“Canada is a country whose main exports are hockey players and cold fronts. Our main imports are baseball players and acid rain, quipped former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. True, there’s nothing between Minnesota and the North Pole but a barbed wire fence. That will become evident today as the mercury struggles to reach 0; expect another 3 nights below zero. Temperatures warm into the 20s next week, freezing possible by the end of January. Despite the stinging breeze weather spotter Sharon Bertrand reports “the chickadees are singing their spring song” in Mendota Heights. I thought I was a naïve optimist. No major storms are brewing, good news for residents living along the Red River. The Fargo area experienced record December snows, and the National Weather Service warns of a 90% probability of major flooding in late March or early April. The worst scenario: a warm front with heavy rain falling on snowcovered, frozen ground. Hopefully, an epic flood, a rerun of ’97, can be avoided this spring. We’ll keep an eye on this and hope for the best.
Weather Stories
Now I've heard everything: tornadoes apparently give off an electromagnetic "hum" from lightning discharges. Yes, but can you dance to it! Sorry...
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NWS Watches & Warnings. Check out the flood warnings for the Red River Valley. With heavy rain and mild temperatures accelerating snow melt there is a growing risk of potentially disastrous flooding in the Fargo area. The Red River is forecast to crest near 40' next weekend, within a half foot of 1997 levels.
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Climate Stories
Climate change may claim a third of bird species.
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Terrifying Global Warming Pictures. Let's hope it doesn't come to this truly worst-case scenario. Greenland is the wild card (and the computer models do not handle arctic-region ice melt very well).
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