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Must be summer in ND - starting off just like last summer with power outages over a good swath of the state from severe thunderstorm winds.
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May 14
1/? Today’s blowing dust has sparked a lot of conversation among people in town and in agriculture. Many off the cuff statements such as “it’s like the dirty 30s” have been uttered due to the start brown/gray sky. Below is a map from 1934 showing “critical” crop conditions…
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May 14
But then off to the west, a cold front bringing even more blowing dust. This is the classic “northwest duster” the older generation talks about. With no till farming over Saskatchewan and the high plains now compared to the 1930s, today is probably about as dusty as we can get.
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May 14
All told - a very interesting day across the Northern Plains and southern Canadian Prairies. Very interesting to see several climatological favorable setups for blowing dust on the same day. Unfortunately a lot of newly planted crops are likely paying the price.
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Blowing dust in parts of SW ND, some falling snow in the north, wind pretty much everywhere. Checks out for April in ND. As is typical this time of year, the past two weeks have been a “wait a day or take a drive” to find the weather you prefer.
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Feb 17
Winter returns …. Days like today are fun. Forecasting this stuff never gets old. Prettier than an artists painting.
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Jan 18
“Improved” is a loose term. When a plume goes overhead its total whiteout, and in many areas visibility is below a quarter mile. However, if you are out of a plume and downwind of a bare field (which there are a fair amount of in the valley), visibility can be up to almost a mile
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18 Dec 2025
Literally how a meteorologist knows a blizzard is coming tomorrow:
I will say, even text messages know in 2025 to fill up to only 6-7 or whatever the kids say.
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18 Dec 2025
Even the Grand Forks Airport has decided to get in on the 6-7 action with this blizzard based on the latest wind gust. #NDwx
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9 Oct 2025
When life gets crazy, just head back west for a few days. Big blue skies, cool mornings and warm but short afternoons. Fall harvest is underway across ND, with cooperative weather at least for now. The mad dash before winter sets in has begun.
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24 Aug 2025
THESE are the mornings we live for. Beyond ready for fall/winter. Time to replace thunderstorms with blowing snow.
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8 Aug 2025
The story of the summer continued again tonight. An overnight line of storms, sig severe gusts, and for some North Dakotans, they yet again woke up to no power. Busy summer for linemen. #NDwx
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23 Jul 2025
Crops have made quite the turn around after what was looking like a disappointing start with blowing dust in May. Hopefully this active weather pattern the next few weeks stays on the tamer side. Storms ahead of harvest is never fun.
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6 Jul 2025
North Dakota summer evenings after work when the weather is quiet >>>>>
Can’t beat back roads on the prairie.
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23 Jun 2025
Went out with Fred Remer this morning, widespread damage from tornadoes and the North Dakota derecho is visible from Jamestown all across the central Red River Valley. Several tornado tracks are were very evident. Elsewhere, wind damage took out many shelterbelts/buildings. #NDwx
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23 Jun 2025
This is just a few photos we collected. We also used 3 GoPro’s mounted on the plane. That video data should help in determining what damage was caused by what. We will be looking over that video in the coming days. Humbling to see the amount of damage to homes and farms.
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