>> MARY: IT'S BEEN A WILD WEEK OF WEATHER SO NO BETTER TIME TO CHECK IN WITH AN "ALMANAC" FAVORITE, PAUL DOUGLAS.

HIS WEATHER MUSINGS CAN BE FOUND IN THE "STAR TRIBUNE."

YOU CAN HEAR HIM ON WCCO RADIO.

AND IN HIS SPARE TIME, HE HEADS UP HIS OWN WEATHER COMPANY, PREDICT-IX.

WELCOME BACK, PAUL.

WET, WINDY, WILD.

>> YES.

>> Mary: THERE ARE SOME WITHs FOR YOU.

>> WE'RE DONE HERE.

YOU SUMMED IT UP PERFECTLY.

YOU STOLE MY THUNDER.

IT HAS BEEN A WILD SPRING, AND WE'LL GET TO THE STATISTICS.

FIRST OFF, THE TORNADOES, FOUR CONFIRMED TORNADOES, BRAINERD LAKES, ON UP TO CARLTON COUNTY.

>> Eric: I WANT GRAPHICS TO PROVE THIS.

>> USUAL VISUALS, REALLY?

I KEEP FORGETTING THIS IS TV.

>> Eric: THERE YOU GO.

>> PRETTY PICTURES.

BY THE WAY, I?!

THIS PHOTO ON THE CROSSTOWN AFTER MY BIRTHDAY DINNER WEDNESDAY EVENING.

>> Mary: NOT WHILE YOU WERE DRIVING, RIGHT?

>> NO, I'M SORRY, DID I -- MY WIFE CAPTURED THIS AS I WAS DRIVING WESTWARD BUT THAT IS CUMULONIMBUS MAMATUS, REMIND ME OF ICE CREAM SCOOPS ANDMERCIALFULLY, WE GOT STORMS IN THE MORNING IN THE METRO WHICH COOLED THE ATMOSPHERE.

OTHERWISE, HAD THAT NOT HAPPENED, HAD WE NOT HAD THOSE MORNING STORMS, WE MIGHT HAVE SEEN A TORNADO OUTBREAK HERE IN THE IMMEDIATE METRO.

AS IT WAS, THE FOCUS WAS UP NORTH.

FRIEND OF MINE, PETE SKANK, LEVELS ON LAKE OSSIWOWANOMIKEE, FOUND HIS PONTOON TOLDLY FLIPPED, TOTALLY SUB MERGED BUMP HE TOLD ME THAT TWO HOMES DOWN, NO DAMAGE.

THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE STRAIGHT-LINE WIND.

THAT DOES SOUND LIKE TORNADO FOOTAGE.

THIS IS THE -- THIS IS 5-17, THAT IMAGE ON THE RIGHT WHERE YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RED AND THE GREEN, THAT'S THE VELOCITY FIELD.

IT INDICATES A CAN YOU PLEASELET RAPIDLY SPINNING, SUPER CELL THOROLD AND JUST A LITTLE BIT AFTER THAT, IT DROPPED SEVERAL KANSAS-SIZE EF2 TORNADOES, AND I WANT TO MENTION, WE HAVE THE VERY LATEST WAS JUST CAME OUT ABOUT AN HOUR AGO, AN EF2 TORNADO IN CROW WING COUNTY, TOUCHED DOWN WHITEFISH LAKE, CLAM ISH LAKE, STARTED IN ABOUT JENKINS AND THEN LIFTED OFF THE GROUND NEAR BREEZY POINT.

>> Mary: IT'S LIKE YOU'RE READING OFF THE WIRE ALL OVER AGAIN HERE, PAUL.

>> I KNOW.

>> Mary: BREAKING NEWS.

>> IT WAS ON HE GROUND FOR THREE MILES, 700 YARDS WIDE.

THEN TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN, FARTHER DOWNWIND, STILL CROW WING COUNTY, RAPID LAKE, CEDAR LAKE, HAM MEDICAL LAKE AND A BRIEF TOUCHDOWN IN AIKIN COUNTY.

TWO SUPER CELLS, FOUR TORNADOES AND SPEAKING OF WINDY, THE SECOND-MOST WIND GUSTS OVER 30 MILES AN HOUR SINCE 1945 FOR METEOROLOGICAL SPRING.

ONLY 2022 HAD MORE WIND GUSTS.

I DON'T REMEMBER THAT.

>> Mary: THERE'S A LOT OF WEATHER HAPPENING.

WET, WINDY, JUICY OUT THERE.

>> YEAH.

WE FINALLY HAVE THE MOISTURE, IT'S GREEN, LUSH, MARK SEELEY, FOURTH WETTEST AROUND IN MAY SINCE 1895.

I SEE NO END TO THAT AND HERE IS A MAP WITH NOTHING ON IT WHICH I THOUGHT WAS NEWS WORTHY.

WE DON'T HAVE DROUGHT, NO DRY POCKETS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR YEARS.

MODELS HITTING AT TEN INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT WEEK FOR PARTS OF MINNESOTA.

WE WILL SEE MORE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AFTERNOON, SATURDAY NIGHT.

SUNDAY LOOKS LIKE THE BETTER DAY FOR THE LAKE, IN THE 80s.

I THINK WE'LL BE UP NEAR 90 EARLY NEXT WEEK.

WE JUST GET A TASTE OF THIS HUGE HEAT WAVE WHICH IS GOING TO BE GRIPPING THE GREAT LAKES, THE NORTHEAST AND THE MID ATLANTIC.

FOR US, THE 7-DAY FORECAST, UPPER 80s, LOW 90s, COOLS OFF A ALSO BUILT LATER NEXT WEEK BUT HOPEFULLY NOTHING MORE SEVERE.

>> Eric: BY NEXT FRIDAY, 1260 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE U.S. WILL SEE TEMPERATURES 90 DEGREES OR HIGHER WITH HEAT INDEXES ABOVE 100.

260 MILLION PEOPLE.

>> YEAH.

MUCH OF THE GREAT LAKES, THE OHIO VALLEY, PLACES LIKE CARIBOU, MAINE, WHERE THEY'VE NEVER GOTTEN TO 100 DEGREES MAY SEE 100.

>> Eric: WHAT ABOUT SOUTH FLORIDA, THEY'RE GETTING DRENCHED?

>> SOME SPOTS GOT 10 TO 20 INCHES, I SAW A MAX OF 28 INCHES NOT THAT FAR ARE FROM MIAMI AND IT WAS A TOPICAL DISTURBANCE, IT WASN'T VEN A TROPICAL STORM.

>> Mary: IS THIS ALL CLIMATE CHANGE?

>> THERE'S MORE WATER IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND THAT'S JUST A FACT.

THAT'S NOT A CLIMATE MODEL.

YOU WARM HINGS UP, BASIC PHYSICS, IT CAN HOLD MORE WATER VAPOR AND THAT WATER VAPOR COMES DOWN HARDER NOW, CONSISTENTLY.

>> Eric: THANKS, AS USUAL.

>> MY PLEASURE.

>> Eric: YOU'RE THE KING OF THE GRAPHIC.

A GRAPHIC NOVEL, MAYBE.