A wind with no name

Posted at 1:29 PM on April 15, 2008 by Craig Edwards (2 Comments)

In 1959, Loerner and Lowe composed a song entitled, They Call the Wind Mariah, for the musical Paint Your Wagon. Tropical storms are named, but not the gradient winds that howl through the prairies of the nation's midsection. I've seen stronger winds in Minnesota than those which alarm coastal residents with the potential for 45 mph wind gusts simply because the tropical storm has a name.

Earlier today I spied a report of sustained winds of 38 mph with gusts to 54 mph at Marshall, Minnesota. High Wind Warnings are in effect for southwest Minnesota with a wind advisory posted until this evening for south central Minnesota.

Fire danger from strong winds

Winds ushering in milder air across the Upper Mississippi Valley are a sign of spring, when snow can melt rapidly, frost dissolves in the soil, thawing of the lake ice is accelerated and the landscape quickly gives up the recent moisture.

Today's gusty winds are the result of nature atoning for the chill of last week and gracing us with seasonal temperatures. Surface pressures are falling as a trough of low pressure takes shape in the Dakotas. This change in air masses could induce a few showers on Wednesday as slightly cooler air reaches northwest Minnesota and the winds switch back to the northwest.

We could initiate a process to name blustery winds after meteorologists. Today, I'll call this blast of warmer wind, Craig.
CE
Naturesmessenger.com

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Comments (2)

all day long you talk about a high wind warning not once today when you give the weather have you gave the wind speed or direction HIRE PAUL DOUGLAS OR SOME ONE TO TELL IT ALL i walked outside & looked at the Flag pole i giss that is good as it get at PBR
Doug Tierney

Posted by Doug Tierney | April 15, 2008 3:21 PM

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Yah, so I decided, like, to ride my bike a bit at lunch time, ya know? And I headed south and I was all like "whoa!", and then later I was going west between a couple of hills, and I was all like "whoa!" 'cause the wind almost, you know, blew me over on my bike. Yah. Yah. Strong wind today, eh?

Posted by Chris B. Critter | April 15, 2008 9:31 PM

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