Prepare the Arks for 1-3″ or more of rain…

I kind of feel like Noah with this forecast — gather two of every animal! A warm front will be pushing northward, bringing some very moist tropical air with it, throughout the day on Wednesday and will set up some heavy rains by Wednesday Night for the area. That, combined with a slow moving low [...]

Tropical Depression 6 Forms

Today’s Ham Weather blog. Tropical Depression 6 Forms Good Sunday morning everyone. Let’s tackle today’s weather headlines! Tropical Depression 6 Our next tropical system formed far out in the Atlantic yesterday evening, and as of posting it was still classified Tropical Depression 6. It is, though, expected to become Tropical Storm Danielle later today and [...]

Slight Risk Continues Next Few Days, June 17 Record Tornado Numbers, and a surprising MN stat

We were under a Slight Risk of Severe Storms Wednesday, but cloud cover along with rain earlier in the day helped to squash that. I was not overly impressed with the threat after looking at it. We are, however, under a Slight Risk of Severe Storms still through Friday, and my thought is that we [...]

Quiet Weather Until Tomorrow… Leftovers of Tropical Depression 5 Move Ashore (Again)

You may have noticed that this blog has gone quiet the past few days. Well, since the weather is nice I decided to take a break from everything and do as former Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Tice says: “Enjoy the season!” Things could heat back up tomorrow severe weather wise, so beware! Today’s Ham Weather [...]

Continued Heat and The Next Tropical System?

This mornings Ham Weather blog… Continued Heat and The Next Tropical System? Hope you are having a wonderful Tuesday — and staying cool out there too! Heat Grips the Country Another day bring more heat across a good section of the country. While our Heat Advisories (orange) and Excessive Heat Warnings (pink) have been pushed [...]

Amazing Tornado Video, Excessive Heat Continues, Reasoning with the Tropics, and Meteors later this week

Here is my blog from the Ham Weather Biosphere Blog this morning. Lots of good information inside. Enjoy — and I really want to thank the WeatherNation mets for allowing me (and trusting me) to write these every so often! Amazing Tornado Video, Excessive Heat Continues, Reasoning with the Tropics, and Meteors later this week [...]

Flash Flood Watch and Severe Threat Tonight

First, lets tackle today’s severe threat. We are under a slight risk of severe storms later this evening and into the overnight period that encompasses much of Minnesota and stretches into a chunk of Wisconsin. Storms that rolled through this morning popped along a warm front pushing its way into the state today; this is [...]

Two Stories: Severe Threat for Weekend; and Reasoning with Zombie TS Colin

We are tracking two stories tonight, one that could bring severe weather locally for Saturday-Tuesday… and the fact we, once again, are reasoning with Tropical Storm Colin. Also… a STC forecast at the end. Severe Threat We are watching a storm threat for your weekend, one that could seriously mess up the first half for [...]

Severe Weather Possible Later Tonight

We are watching the possibility of severe weather later tonight as another system tries to move through. We will watch out for this threat to last though the overnight and into the day on Monday. We should watch the storms push through by around midday Monday, so it’s mainly the next 24 hours we will [...]

Severe Threat Today, Along With Other Tidbits

We are once again under a Slight Risk of Severe Storms over the area today. The main threat for the area will be large hail and damaging winds, although we are under a 5% chance of tornadoes — and from the Twin Cities eastward they are under a 10% hatched risk. General thinking is that [...]