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Done. Again, thanks for maintaining it this month, I've been extremely busy enrolling in a new school and searching for a job. I should be back to a reasonable level of editing within a few weeks. See you around! -RunningOnBrains 03:37, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm interested in seeing the climate data used to generate the data such what you use on Climate_of_Minnesota. It goes to an NOAA page, but there is no way that I can see to pull up those data tables on demand for other cities. In the past, I've found NOAA and NCDC to be very un-userfriendly when it comes to getting data that they have on their site; once it took me several days to try to find something that should've been very easy. Can you help me? Note: the .pl link that they give at the bottom of the page doesn't work. Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 21:56, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, that worked perfectly. I'm a bit of a climate statistics geek, and I'm glad to have yet another source of data at my disposal. (And one probably less likely to be corrupt than weatherbase.com, wunderground.com, and the CD I have here at home, and more user-friendly than worldclimate.com). You really picked a winner with that Winona place ... it's warmer than almost half of Iowa. I assume it's a microclimate phenomenon of some sort ... you see that a lot in the mountainous states but I guess sometimes it happens in the Plains states too. Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 00:45, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, WxGopher. This article looks interesting if you missed it. The tornado in Brooklyn Park near Roseville missed me by just a fluke so I went on about it on User:SMcCandlish's page if it matters. Some folks worry about things like killswitches probably because of games and fiction so when I heard the term, felt free to worry because it was real. I was told the man in the tree is the most famous arborist in the city of Saint Paul, as of about 2002 (would have to check), thus the photos because never again will I have a tree or enough to pay for work like that. He even fixed up the neighbors on one side, too late on the other. But, as I told my family, when I was caught, on the ground, staring up and grinning and he smiled back down, it was because I must have been the stupidist client on record. -SusanLesch (talk) 07:59, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm making a real push to get every date filled, and will be changing the format to only have events three days before and after today's date listed (like an actual week!). Just keeping you updated in case you see me editing a lot of your pages. -RunningOnBrains 17:06, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The article rotating thunderstorm should be merged into supercell. -- IRP ☎ 00:56, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Should Dry thunderstorm have a tag on its talk page for Wikiproject meteorology? -- IRP ☎ 19:30, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have merged VORTEX and VORTEX2 into VORTEX projects. -- IRP ☎ 15:44, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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I've done a quick copyedit to the lede and the first section, and there are a few things I'd advise you to change so far:

• Take out the think about Skywarn's "top severe weather event in Minnesota". The website says it's just one guy's opinion, and it doesn't really a lot add to the article (the numbers speak for themselves!)
• Single-section subheaders are discouraged (1 Meteorological synopsis and 1.1 Forecasts)
• Maybe get a satellite image for that day? Or a picture of people cleaning up or someone important surveying the damage maybe. Or both! I know free images are hard to get, but it seems kinda monotonous with a whole bunch of damage pictures and not much else.

Just those three for now, I'll get to some more later.-RunningOnBrains 06:59, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I did find some satellite images here, http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/misc/980329.html, but since it's not off a government server I don't know if we can use them. The images themselves came from a government satellite, but I don't know if someone can copyright their own enhancement of them or not. As far as different types of photographs, there are a ton here (http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mpx/?n=1998mar29photographs) but I don't see anything as being really outstanding. It's a lot of damage and that's about it.

Images from University of Wisconsin Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, which that first one is, are allowed on Commons, and so are allowed here (see {{UW-Madison CIMSS}}).-RunningOnBrains 04:23, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm still trying to figure out FA criteria myself but I can help out a bit :)

• With the tornado table, try not to use 0 mi for the distance traveled
• I'm not sure about the time policy for the severe weather project, but for the tropical cyclone project, UTC is preferred over local times.

I think you're right - I'll change this.

• With the F1 tornado near Lionsdale and F2 tornado near Castle Rock, are you sure that there's no information for them? Being that this was the largest single day outbreak for MN in March, I would think that there would be substantial information on al the tornadoes.

Yeah, I couldn't find anything. The Twin Cities NWS put a really comprehensive piece up last year, and nothing specific is mentioned in these either. It is a bit odd, that tornado could be rated F2, and not have any damage listed.

- http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwevent~ShowEvent~325620

- http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwevent~ShowEvent~325622

- http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mpx/?n=1998mar29intro

• The table should be referenced

I do have a ref down at the very bottom of the table... Do you think I should refernce each specific tornado in the table again?

Just some help with the table, I'll see what I can find later with the rest of the article since I have to go to school Cyclonebiskit 12:26, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, I'll take a look later today. –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 14:01, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I know it's been a while, but since you were one of the contributors to the Tornado Naming Conventions, I figured I'd drop you a line and let you know that I proposed some changes at the project talk page. Let me know what you think. Thanks! -RunningOnBrains 04:17, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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This could refer to a jet streak, a mid-level trough, a smaller shortwave trough, cold air aloft, etcetera. It depends what you mean. Thegreatdr (talk) 04:55, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Not to criticize, but I thought this was funny: [1] :-D -RunningOnBrains 22:17, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No no, if you look, you tagged the article back in April as a stub, then you tagged it today as not a stub, and nothing changed in the meantime. I don't have strong feelings either way, I just thought it was funny.-RunningOnBrains 22:29, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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We should add a climate chart like the one on Virginia to MN/Climate of MN. -Ravedave (talk) 04:38, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Just wondering your thoughts on keeping the Olympics reference in the TCF Bank Stadium article. While the Chicago bid was eliminated, it was still a fairly large event tied to the stadium. -Colslax (talk) 15:45, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It was just a blip on the radar. No one will remember/care in a month or two. So I would say remove it. -Ravedave (talk) 19:47, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OOPS! I didn't realize this wasn't the TCF Bank Statdium article. Sorry to intrude. :) -Ravedave (talk) 19:50, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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I came across your article Climate of Minnesota today and was majorly impressed. As a MN resident currently under a deluge of snow, I must commend you on making this unfortunate yearly phenomenon easy to understand! I hope you return to WP soon! Ruby 2010/2013 22:27, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You! WxGopher (talk) 20:08, 6 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi WxGopher - I noticed back in March of 2008 that your wrote in the 1881 Minnesota tornado outbreak page that the citizens of New Ulm were congregated in the city in fear of renewed Native attacks by the Dakota. To my knowledge, the Dakota were removed from Minnesota by then-governor Alexander Ramsey during and the Dakota Conflict of 1862. Are you reading that source correctly? Take care... Dinkytown talk 15:10, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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In the area? You're invited to the November 2024 Minnesota User Group Meeting The organizer of this soiree is Joe Hoover aka Myotus feel free to drop him a message. Okay its been a while since the Wikipedia Minnesota User Group has meet. Since the last time we meet there has been social upheaval, plague, etc... - no small thing to be sure. There has been some sad lonely discussions on the Minnesota Meetup page on getting together but little action. So here it is. Come and be seen. Talk about the future of the Minnesota User Group and see what nefarious plans we can hatch. Date: Sunday, November 3, 2024 Time: 1 to 3:30 pm (reminder - Daylight Saving Time ends) Place: Wild Mind Ales' 6031 Pillsbury Ave, Minneapolis, MN Look forward to seeing folks!

Myotus (talk) 02:33, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In the area? You're invited to the 2025 Minnesota User Group Wikipedia Day Celebration The organizer of this feed is Joe Hoover aka Myotus feel free to drop him a message. Wednesday, January 15, 2025 is Wikipedia Day and the Minnesota User Group is meeting to celebrate the day with a Tater Tot Hotdish Dinner! When: Wednesday, January 15, 2025, from 6 to 7:30 pm CDT Where: Rondo Community Library, Meeting Room B 461 Dale Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota To ensure that a helping of Tater Tot Hotdish is waiting for you at the meeting please RVSP on the event page. Transit Metro Green Line | Dale St Station Bus 65 Look forward to seeing folks! Wear yer mittens!

Myotus (talk) 23:50, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]