More weather updates

This photo was on the main photo on the StarTribune.com yesterday, after we had some pretty severe weather around midday:

Also, Paul Douglas reported that yesterday the highest dew point and the highest heat index on the planet was in Moorhead, MN:

Paul Douglas has a LOT more details about this crazy weather on his blog, if you're interested.


This heat wave makes me think of Al Gore's recent article about climate change in Rolling Stone magazine.  Notably, it also contained these photos. First is the picture of wet vs. dry areas from 2000 to 2009:

Next is the prediction of wet vs. drought averages (based on 22 computer models) for 2090-2099:

Looking just at North America, there already seems to be some similarity to the prediction, at least based on current temperatures:

So please read the Al Gore article and follow through on some of his suggestions for counteracting climate change!