Weather and Climate News

Some 70s on Monday, then cooler; wet September
The southern half of Minnesota had weather perfection this weekend, with plenty of sunshine and comfortable temperatures. Our Sunday afternoon high of 76 degrees at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 7 degrees warmer than our average Twin Cities high temp for this time of year. Where do we go from here? Temperature trends  We’re expecting Monday…
Autumnal beauty today; NWS survey adds to Thursday tornado tally
Our first Sunday of astronomical autumn will be a keeper. There’ll be plenty of sunshine in about the southern half of Minnesota, with highs in the 70s. It’s nice when pleasant weather happens on a weekend! Temperature trends Sunday highs in northern Minnesota will range from the 40s near the Canadian border to 60s in places…
North Carolina river swirls with gray muck near flooded coal ash dump
Gray muck was flowing into the Cape Fear River on Saturday from the site of a dam breach at a North Carolina power plant where an old coal ash dump had been inundated by Florence's floodwaters.