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Ask a Meteorologist

Meteorologists from the National Weather Service, Duluth answer listener questions about weather-related  phenomena.

Segment airs on North Shore Morning and North Shore Weekend.

Have a question you want answered by a meteorologist? Submit your questions here.

February 17, 2026
Ask a Meteorologist – Hoar Frost vs Rime Ice

WTIP’s Ask a Meteorologist feature gives listeners a chance to have their weather related questions answered by the experts – meteorologists from the National Weather Service.

In this segment, Ketzel Levens, answers a listener’s question about different types of frost – what they look like, and what conditions contribute to them.

February 11, 2026
Ask a Meteorologist – Why is there more wind at night?

In this segment of “Ask a Meteorologist”, Ketzel Levens explains why there seems to be more and stronger winds at night during the winter.

 

January 29, 2026
Ask a Meteorologist – What causes Sundogs, Haloes and Sun Pillars

In this segment of ‘Ask a Meteorologist’, National Weather Service Meteorologist Ketzel Levens answers a listeners question – ‘What causes sundogs, sun pillars and haloes around the sun or moon?

January 23, 2026
Ask a Meteorologist – Atmospheric Rivers

In this segment, Ketzel Levens, meteorologist  at the National Weather Service in Duluth, MN, answers a listener’s question about atmospheric rivers.

January 15, 2026
“Ask a Meteorologist” – Bomb Cyclones

Minnesotans love talking about weather.  So, WTIP is debuting a new feature, “Ask a Meteorologist”.  We’re hoping that our listeners will send in their weather-related questions.  We’ll ask them of our friends at the National Weather Service in Duluth.  Their responses will air on North Shore Morning.  Submit your question for consideration here.

Soon, we will all sound like experts when we talk about our favorite subject!

In this first segment, CJ Heithoff talks with Ketzel Levens about ‘bomb cyclones’.