Weather geeks talk weather and take your questions

Nate LeBoutillier gets help shoveling.
Nate LeBoutillier, center, gets help shoveling his driveway from his daughter Violette, 8, and son Archie, 6 in North Mankato, Minn. on Wednesday afternoon. A weather system brought 7-10 inches of snow to Southern Minnesota on Wednesday morning and afternoon. (Jackson Forderer for MPR News)
Jackson Forderer / For MPR News

Meterologists Paul Huttner and Jason Samenow take your questions and talk about their favorite weather phenomena.

Highlights:

A fair to remember?

Paul Huttner says that the initial forecast predicted a few really hot days at the start of the Fair, but now it looks a little cooler. Maybe one 90 degree day followed by some days in the 80s.

Is The Farmer's Almanac reliable?

"Don't get me started on the almanacs...I have a long tirade there," said Paul Huttner. The Farmer's Almanac made the right call for last winter when many metorologists got it wrong. Huttner and Semenow discuss what goes into the almanac forecast and their long rage models.

How did you get into this job?

"The passion and the love of weather starts at an early age for meteorologist," said Samenow.

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