Douglas: Daylight saving time ends; rainy Sunday through Tuesday

By Todd Nelson, filling in for Paul Douglas:

Today we end the 238-day event called “daylight saving,” which covers spring, summer and part of fall. Clocks fall back one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday, and while we gain an hour, the sunset will be one hour earlier and it will be very noticeable how early it gets dark this week.

Keep tabs on your emotions in the coming weeks and months. A lack of sunlight can trigger a particular form of depression called SAD, or seasonal affective disorder. Light therapy and vitamin D supplements can be helpful.

We saw a record wet Halloween with 1.26″ of liquid falling the MSP Airport, surpassing the previous record of 0.85″ liquid during the Halloween Blizzard. The weather pattern remains active over the next seven days. Off and on rain showers develop Sunday and linger through Election Day Tuesday with as much as an inch possible across parts of central and southern Minnesota. Long-range models suggest another rain maker next weekend. We could certainly use the moisture before the ground freezes up, so let it rain.