Northland

Winter is coming, but it may not be in much of a hurry this year, due to planetary warming amped up by a Super El Nino in the Pacific Ocean

Don't look now but the hottest weather of 2023 is coming in early September, after the official kick-off of "Meteorological Autumn" on September 1

The hottest air of the summer will brush much of Minnesota and Wisconsin with a heat index anywhere from 100 to 111F Tuesday and Wednesday, hot enough to buckle roads according to NOAA

Well, this is random and fun.

The El Nino pattern currently underway may quickly become a Super El Nino, keeping the Northland warmer and drier into next winter, with frequent outbreaks of "weather weirding".

Mosquito season in the Northland is nearly a month longer than it was for our parents in the late 70s, according to data from Climate Central.

Smoke has arrived a couple of months early this summer season and here is how you can help your family protect themselves on days when air quality is poor.

It won't snow for the Minnesota Fishing Opener, but it will be windy and chilly with wake-up temperatures stuck in the 40s. The good news: most of the rain should pass to our south and west on Saturday. Choppy on your favorite lake, but at least you won't get soaked.

The Twin Ports just set a new all-time winter snowfall record: more than 138" and the snow isn't over just yet. The freezing rain is over but more light snow will fall today and tonight.

Rapid warming is triggering flooding over the South Shore of Lake Superior, and temperatures near 70F (inland) later today will accelerate runoff and flooding across much of the Northland. Cooler weather, and a little slush, is shaping up for the weekend.

I have been trained to avoid yellow snow, but what about brown snow? Dust from Mexico got vacuumed into our snowfall yesterday with reports of brown snow. Whatever the color, much of the snow will finally melt in the coming weeks as a fast-forward thaw arrives.

It's still early, but a combination of ice, snow, and high winds may result in treacherous travel conditions by the middle of next week, with blizzard or near-blizzard conditions a very real possibility.