Author: Derek McKay

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Earth Hour this Saturday March 27th at 8:30PM

Streetlights in downtown Clayton March 24th. Many people may have noticed all the earth hour logos on my blog this past week, especially as we get closer to the final set date. Everyone has heard of Earth Hour at least once! Well, Earth Hour 2010 will take place Saturday evening March 27th, at 8:30PM to …

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slight chance light rain or snow chances Tuesday, then clearing once again. Remaining mild!

Regional View. There really isn’t much precipitation to talk about for the next 3 days. A small weak system may bring some light rain or light wet snowflakes to parts of the area Tuesday, But that chance appears pretty light. Wednesday Sunshine will come back into the picture. Mild temperatures will continue all 3 days, …

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Dry next few days. Chilly for the first day of Spring, but Turning Warmer by Sunday

Regional View. A cold air mass has moved in behind a strong cold front which passed through late Thursday. Temperatures will remain chilly as we head into the first day of astronomical spring. but temps will moderate pretty quickly. It will also be a dry next 3 days. Local View Flooding Warning First I thought …

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Continued warmth into Wednesday, but turning much cooler by weeks end with snow chances.

Regional View. We will continue to enjoy Mild and Pleasant weather which will continue to sit over the area for Wednesday and Thursday. But a change is on the way. Much cooler weather will follow this by the time we reach Friday. Snow will be possible in parts of MN, WI and IA. Local View. …

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Daffodil/Hyacinth projects planted with pleasant surprise! How early is this compared to past years? Also update on southside daffs.

Photo showing sprouts from spring flowers March 15th We had another awesome weather day across Western Wisconsin. Highs sored into the middle 60s under sunny skies. at my location had high of 65.F! Many signs of spring showing up today. I heard Canadian geese, and I heard the first croaking frogs of the season! The …

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Fairly sigificant rainfall with heavy rain showers and some of the first thunderstorms of the season! Snowpack nearly completely gone.

Garden View March 12th. What a wet past 3 days it has been! 2 low pressure systems moved north from the southern plains. These systems started effecting the area Tuesday March 9th and are lasting through the current day March 12th. They brought a waves of moderate to heavy rain to the area the past …

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Rainy weather continues. Light showers possible through the weekend. Finally drying out Monday, and remaining mild!

Regional Weather view. Well it appears that our wet rainy streak will continue for the weekend. all the heavy rain is over, but lingering showers or will continue. Mild temperatures will remain a fixture over the Upper Midwest as well and Melting snow will continue. Local weather view. This means that for the local area. …

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Spring-Like system-Rainy weather ahead with mild tempatures. Rapid snowmelt likely.

Regional View. A Spring-Like weather system will move into the Upper Midwest from the south. But with mild air in place it will actually bring just plain rain showers to nearly all of the Upper Midwest. Light Rain Drizzle with Fog possible weather will last through the rest of the week. from a 0.25 to …

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Birthday Post, A little more about me.

Picture taken on my 19th Birthday March 8, 2010. Well here it is. March 8th I am now 19! anyway, Last year on my birthday I took the opportunity to talk about what sparked my interest in weather. This time I would like to focus more on my other hobbies, lifestyle changes for me this …