Wow. That was weird.

[dreamshark]

I came home from work and it was still light out and I hadn't had any exercise since Monday so I decided to go for a quick bike ride: just once around the lake. I hopped on good ol' Comet and about halfway around Lake Harriet I realized that something was ... missing. About the time I got to the bandshell I realized what it was. IT WASN'T WINDY. This may be the first time this year that I have ridden around that lake without battling a gale force wind at some point. How strange. How nice. So I went around Lake Calhoun too. It was really fun.

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[barondave.livejournal.com]

Interestingly, just before reading your post I had read Wind on basically the same topic.

[dreamshark.livejournal.com]

On the same topic, but contradicting my basic observation, which is that it has been an INCREDIBLY windy spring. Yesterday was the first day in months that it WASN'T windy.

I know they are talking a little bit bigger picture than just the last 30 days, but I sure haven't seen any indication of less wind in Minnesota over the past few years. Have you?

[barondave.livejournal.com]

I don't really have a baseline to compare winds over the years. Most of the time at home I'm inside, and I've worked in many different places (downtown, burbs, etc) that I don't have your experience "around the lake" in the same conditions.

The last couple of years haven't been as good for thunderstorms as in the days of the Bozo Bus Bldg, but that's pretty localized and maybe I just haven't noticed. The Boz' back porch was great for storm watching, with an added spice of danger since the thing felt like it could collapse at any moment.