FARGO — The Polar Vortex has become a favorite winter weather buzzword in recent years, despite the fact that only serious meteorologists actually know what it is. The Polar Vortex is not the ...

FARGO — When forecasting temperature, there is much to consider. What is the temperature range within the air coming our way and how will it be changed by radiative processes? In winter ...

FARGO — A forecast of partly cloudy or cloudy skies with no mention of snow can leave the public confounded when the sky fills with feathery flakes. Forecasters try to make mention of the ...

FARGO — It has been quite cold most of this month, and some of us have begun to get used to it. Cold weather during the latter days of winter often seems just a little less frigid than the same ...

FARGO — Although the days are beginning to get noticeably longer, the winter is the same. In fact, the forecast for the coming week is fairly brutal. However, across the Gulf Coast region of the ...

FARGO — Anyone who has ever grabbed a doorknob or any other metal object in extremely cold weather knows that feeling of a cold touch burn. This minor freezing is usually so brief that no ...

FARGO — We have reached that time of the year at which sunshine can cause melting at almost any temperature. This is melting due to radiation from the sun. The sun is not only in the sky longer ...

FARGO — When our weather finally begins to warm above freezing again, the snow will be slow to melt because its temperature will have been lowered by this ongoing cold weather. An exception to ...

FARGO — About halfway through the month and the average daily mean temperature so far in February is running colder than the January average daily mean temperature. With the temperatures this ...