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Here today, gone tomorrow

This has been a weird winter in Duluth.  For a city that welcomed me with 45 inches of snow in the first two weeks and temperatures plummeting to near 50 below on several occasions, this winter has been exceptionally mild.  There have been a couple snowstorms, but nothing major, which makes Derek sad.  However, the...

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Sea Smoke :: Duluth, MN

When the temperature in Duluth gets insanely cold, sea smoke rises from Lake Superior and shrouds the shoreline and anything out in the water in an eerie mist.  On a simpler level, it’s basically fog formed when very cold air moves over warmer water.  The same principle leads to lake-effect snow.
I have no idea how...

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The calm before the blizzard :: Duluth, MN

About a week ago, I noticed on Weather.com that we were supposed to get some snow.  That’s all I really heard and thought nothing of it.  A few days later I heard some news that it could be big.  My hopes immediately jumped up, but I remained calm because most storms that get talked about...

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