John Wheeler
Duluth News Tribune
Fargo, ND, United States
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john Wheeler: Welcome to Daylight Saving Time
It was first introduced in the United States in 1918 and studies on it's benefits are conflicting at best. → Read More
John Wheeler: The Dakotas are having a cold winter, but not the rest of the US
Much of the rest of the country has been experiencing much warmer than average conditions so far this winter. → Read More
John Wheeler: Weather patterns and deep snow suggest a slow spring thaw this year
During winters in which a substantial snow cover is established, the reflection of sunlight of all that snow tends to keep the weather some ten to 20 degrees colder. → Read More
So long, Arctic air!
StormTRACKER Meteorologist John Wheeler looks at the changing weather pattern at the end of December → Read More
John Wheeler: The measurement of carbon dioxide on Mauna Loa has stopped because the volcano is erupting.
A lava flow from the now erupting volcano has cut power to the site. → Read More
Weather Gallery November 23
Nature's beauty from a weather perspective. → Read More
John Wheeler: Arctic air has well-known characteristics
When Arctic air is driven southward, its frigidity is usually tempered by conditions along the way. → Read More
John Wheeler: Before Daylight Savings Time, there was Standard Railway Time
By the 1880s, trains had developed the technology to travel from town to town fast enough to make the constant resetting of the clock ridiculous. → Read More
John Wheeler: All about ice
About two per cent of all the water on Earth is frozen. → Read More
John Wheeler: Europe's climate is warming faster than ours
Global climate models are predicting warming rates to increase in our region in the next few decades. → Read More
John Wheeler: We live in a place with a hostile climate
We cannot blame politics, Global Climate Change, or anything else. → Read More
John Wheeler: there is a lot to see in the night sky this fall
On nights when the sky is clear, two planets are really putting on a show this fall. → Read More
John Wheeler: The last 2.6 million years on Earth is known as the Ice Age
Over the last million years, the cycle has been for glacial advances of roughly 80,000 to 100,000 years interspersed with interglacial periods of roughly 20,000 years. → Read More
John Wheeler: Was the Great Flood really a part of many regional floods?
Mythological flood stories could be hinting at shared experiences from a certain period of time. → Read More
John Wheeler: NASA's asteroid deflecting mission resembles 'Star Trek' episode
Science fiction is good at showing future technology but often not as good at showing future society. → Read More
John Wheeler: Wind reports and forecasts are expressed in ranges
A wind report is measured by an anemometer at a location free of obstructions at 10 meters (about 33 feet) above the ground. → Read More
John Wheeler: Despite the general global warming, this could be another cold winter
The latest long-lead forecasts from the Climate Prediction Center calls for a colder than average winter. → Read More
John Wheeler: Don't call this the first day of fall
It is best to refer to these three months as Climatological Fall. → Read More
Scattered strong storms are possible Saturday afternoon and early evening
Mild and somewhat humid air this afternoon could become unstable enough for rapid updrafts to develop in a few thunderstorms. → Read More
John Wheeler: Pakistan flooding is the worst in history
One-third of the country is under water with the official death count at over 1,300 and rising. → Read More