>> ERIC: INSERT YOUR FAVORITE ADJECTIVE TO DESCRIBE THIS YEAR'S SPRING SEASON.

SLUGGISH?

INDIFFERENT?

INSINCERE?

LISTLESS?

ALL WOULD WORK JUST FINE.

WE THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT THIS IS NOT THE SPRING OF PAUL DOUGLAS' DREAMS.

DREAMY PAUL IS A MULTI-MEDIA WEATHER TALENT.

THE "STAR TRIBUNE," WCCO RADIO, AND "ALMANAC," WHO COULD ASK FOR MORE.

>> OH, MY.

>> Eric: THERE IS NO SPRING ANYMORE, IT'S WINTER TO SUMMER.

>> PAINFUL, THAT'S THE WORD THAT COMES TO MIND FOR ME.

>> Eric: YOU BROUGHT A THESAURUS OR -- >> THE INTRO WAS PAINFUL.

>> Cathy: IT'S TRUE, JUST NOT A GOOD SPRING.

>> Eric: WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE WEATHER?

>> BILL SHAKESPEARE, HE HAD THE RIGHT IDEA BUT NOW IS THE SPRING OF OUR DISCONTENT AND WE ARE SEEING MORE DISCONTENTMENT, ESPECIALLY MARCH AND APRIL OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS.

TOO EARLY TO SAY IF IT'S A FLUKE OR A TREND BUT I DID BRING VISUALS.

A VISUAL REMINDER THAT, AS BAD AS IT IS, IT CAN ALWAYS BE WORSE.

>> Cathy: OH, NO.

>> THAT WAS ME HOVELING OUR DECK BACK IN APRIL OF 2018.

>> Eric: WOW.

>> MY WIFE WAS AFRAID THE DECK WOULD COLLAPSE AND I DID NOT HAVE THE ENERGY TO ARGUE O I JUST WENT OUT AND SHOVELED THE DECK.

26 INCHES OF SNOW.

>> Cathy: YEAH.

>> Eric: YOU COULD CLIMB UP YOUR WALL AND HIRE SOMEBODY.

[Laughter] OKAY, TOCCHET.

NO, I NEEDED THE EXERCISE.

THANK YOU, IT COULD ALSO BE WORSE, FOR INSTANCE, AND WHEN PEOPLE SAY, OKAY, PAUL, THE SPRINGS ARE GETTING LOUSY BUT I REMINDS THEM, 1965, I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD A WORSE SPRING.

CERTAINLY NOT IN ODERN DAY WEATHER RECORDS.

WE HAD RECORD FLOODING ON THE MISSISSIPPI, MINNESOTA, AND ALSO ON THE ST. CROIX.

LEVELS HAVEN'T REACHED THAT HIGH EVER SINCE AND I DON'T THINK THEY WILL FOR A LONG TIME.

IN ADDITION, WE HAD THE TORNADO OUTBREAK.

MAY 6th, ANYWHY ARE WHERE FROM 4 TO SIX SEPARATE EF4 TORNADOES, ABOUT AS POWERFUL AS THEY EVER GET, WINDS UP AROUND 180, 190 AND THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY A DEVASTATING EVENING, ESPECIALLY FOR THE TWIN CITIES METRO.

IT HAS NOT BEEN RIFLED SINCE.

>> Cathy: THAT THE FAMED FRIDLEY TORNADO?

>> YES, THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN BEEN HIT Y TWO SEPARATE EF4s IN FRIDLEY.

AND THEN TO TOP THINGS OFF, THE LATEST FLURRIES ON RECORD, MAY 28th, 1965.

>> Cathy: OH, NO, COME ON.

>> SO DO YOU THINK THEY WERE COMPLAINING IN 1965.

>> Cathy: SHELL-SHOCKED IN '65.

>> BUT THE QUESTION IS COMING UP NOW, INCREASINGLY, WHAT S GOING ON?

WHAT IS RUINING OUR SPRINGS AND, LOOK, MOST YEARS, IT'S NOT ON A DIMMER SWITCH, IT'S ON OR OFF BUT IT SEEMS INCREASINGLY WE'RE SEEING COLDER WEATHER LINGERING LONGER AND MORE SNOW.

AND ACCORDING TO MARK SEELEY, SPRING TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN COOLING SINCE ABOUT 2012, AND HE LISTED SOME OF THE YEARS.

2013, 2014, 2018, 2022, AMONG THE COLDEST SPRINGS OF THE LAST 50 YEARS AND, YES, SPRINGS ARE ALSO TRENDING WETTER THAN NORMAL.

AND HE MENTIONED ARTIC AMPLIFICATION, THE WARMING OF THE ARCHITECT, THE MELTING OF PERMA ROST MAY BE KNOCKING THE JET STREAM KIND OF OFF ITS ROCKER AND IT'S A DIFFERENT CONFIGURATION NOW THAN IT WAS TEN YEARS AGO.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THAT Dr. KENNY BLOOMINGFIELD FROM THE MINNESOTA DNR, OUR SENIOR CLIMATOLOGIST SENT TO ME, ALL THOSE RED BAR GRAPHS, TEMPERATURES TRENDING WARMER IN THE FALL.

THE LATEST 30-YEAR CLIMATE AVERAGE VERSUS THE PREVIOUS.

>> Cathy: SO IT'S FLIPPING IN A SENSE.

>> >> IT'S FLIPPING.

WARMTH IS LASTING LONGER, DEEPER INTO a.m., BUT APRILS ARE ESPECIALLY APRILS ARE TRENDING COLDER.

SO WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?

IT COULD JUST BE NATIONAL VARIABILITY.

WEATHER IS FICKLE, RIGHT?

WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ''NUF DATA TO SAY WITH A DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE TO SAY, YES, IT'S RELATED TO CHANGES AT THE NORTH POLE BUT WHERE I HAVE' HAD A La NIÑA PATTERN FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND THAT CORRELATES WITH CHILLY WINTERS AND SPRINGS HERE IN THE UPPER MIDWEST.

IT COULD HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE ARTIC, THIS ARTIC AMPLIFICATION, THE ARTIC WARMING TWO TO THREE TIMES FASTER THAN MINNESOTA.

AND THAT'S AFFECTING THE CONFIGURATION OF THE JET STREAM, DISPLACING COLD AIR THAT SHOULD BE UP OVER THE NORTH POLE FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST.

BUT, ANYWAY, BE THAT AS HE IS IT MATE, 182 IN BAY FIELD, THEY BROKE THE OLD RECORD BY 32.

MARK SEELEY TOLD ME THAT, YEAH, HOVELAND IS ALSO UP AROUND 160, 170 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE NORTH SHORE.

DULUTH SET A RECORDS, 139.9, WE'RE NUMBER 3, 90.3, St.

CLOUD SET AN ALL-TIME RECORD, 88.2.

AND LOOK AT THESE DEPARTURES.

20, 30, 40, 50 INCHES ABOVE AVERAGE.

THE SILVER LINING AND THERE ARE SOME, THE DROUGHT IS OVER FOR MOST OF MINNESOTA, A LITTLE POCKET OF DROUGHTS DOWN AROUND WORTHINGTON, FAIRMONT, NEAR THE IOWA BORDER BUT WE'RE IN MUCH BETTER SHAPE THAN WE WERE LAST YEAR.

WE'RE HEADING INTO AN EL NINO, MAYBE A SUPER EL NIÑO.

THE PACIFIC 3, 4 DEGREES WARMER THAN AVERAGE AND THAT CORAL RATES WITH WARMER WINTERS, AND LESS SNOW AND MORE RAIN AND ICE, AND THIS IS THE LATEST EUROPEAN MODEL.

60s RETURN NEXT WEEK, WE'LL SEE SOME 70s AND THEN BY THE WAY, UNDER THE HEADING IT CAN ALWAYS BE WORSE, THE SKI RESORT IN UTAH, 901 INCHES.

I KNOW IT'S A SKI RESORT BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE?

>> Cathy: NO, WE CANNOT.

IS THERE ANY CORRELATION BETWEEN WHAT WE'VE HAD, IKE OURS AND SEVER WEATHER OUTBREAKS IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER?

>> THERE IS, 1965 AGAIN COMES TO MIND.

WE HAD THE INCREDIBLE FLOODING AND THEN WE HAD THAT TORNADO OUTBREAK ND WE HAD SNOW ON THE GROUND LITERALLY INTO LATE APRIL THAT YEAR SO THE FASTER WE WARM UP, OFTEN, THE MORE PRIMED THE ATMOSPHERE IS FOR TORNADOIC STORMS.

IF WE DO TURN ON A LIGHT SWITCH AND WE HAVE ENOUGH MOISTURE, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, IT WAS IN THE 80s AND WE MIGHT HAVE SEEN TORNADOES BUT IT WAS VERY DRY.

SO, YEAH, I THINK THIS YEAR COULD BE A MORE ACTIVE YEAR FOR SEVERE STORMS.

>> Eric: THANK YOU, DREAMY DOUGLAS.

>> Cathy: DREAMY DOUGLAS.

>> Eric: THAT'S WHAT IT IS INTRO SAID.

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