This is a noticed to viewers that there will be a slight change in how things are done for the rest of the month into the 1st week of January. This week is finals week for my horticulture classes at my college, and after Thursday December 16th students will be let out for a long winter break before next semester begins! During the break I will be going back to spend some much needed time my hometown for the duration of the break. So what that will mean is I will continue to forecast for Southeastern Minnesota, accept I will be doing it from my hometown at Clayton,WI. I will include pictures and statements from there, along side my regular reporting for Southeastern Minnesota. Some of my longer time viewers will likely be able to find many recognizable scenes! I will be back to Southeastern Minnesota around the 1st week of January, where I will eventually spend my first spring in Southeastern Minnesota!

 Satellite image from NCAR

Also while I’m posting this morning I thought I would post an interesting satellite image taken at 10AM this morning. With the clear skies across much of the Midwest it is easy to spot the snowcover from satellite covering Eastern Nebraska, Northwest Iowa, Southeastern Minnesota and Northwest Wisconsin. Another area of snowcover can be seen in Southern Michigan and Indiana.  Another thing that can be seen by satellite are trees in Northern Wisconsin causing a darkening effect in the image. You can also spot where Rochester and the Twin Cities metro areas are with all the buildings roads and trees also causing darkening. Last, you can see where river valleys are in Minnesota and along the Mississippi River and fog developing in Iowa and Nebraska.