Category: Gardening

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Rain and warmth in the mid to upper 40s seen this past Thursday and Friday. Snowcover is now sigificantly lacking. Sharp cold front passed through overnight.

Snowcover as of January 12th 2013 A center of a low pressure system tracked north over South Dakota into Northwest Minnesota. This placement brought warmth and the 1st rain of the year surging northward out of Iowa into most of Minnesota over the past couple days. A completely different story was taking place on the …

Gardening, Uncategorized

Warm for the rest of the work week. Sunny and breezy Wednesday, Rain and drizzle developing Thursday. Snowpack to take a hard hit. Then much colder temps and light snow for the weekend, light accumulation.

Regional Weather View A mild weather pattern has overtaken the Upper Midwest for the remainder of the week. A low pressure system will arrive from the south spreading in warmth and rain across Eastern Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois. Most of the snow pack which covers at least 95% of the region will be melting …

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Dry and seasonible strech ahead for the rest of this weekend into the weekend. January thaw by early next week, sunshine with highs in the mid 30s expected. Next chance of moisture next Thursday? Updated X1

Regional Weather View A very dry pattern has set up across the Upper Midwest. A split level flow has allowed for all the storm systems to remain north and south of the region, bringing dry weather with seasonable temperatures.  Early next week southwesterly winds will spread continued sunshine and warmth to the region with high …

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2012 Summary. A year to remember! It will go down as the warmest in recorded history at Rochester International Airport.

This is a summary report of weather that occurred at my station in West Downtown Rochester and the Rochester Airport. 2012 will be a year to remember for many people as a year with a very early spring and hot and rather dry year. It ended out being the hottest year on record for parts …

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Happy New Year! January 1st cold temperature report. Lows fell to their coldest levels of the season so far

Happy 2013, and Welcome to January! We rang in the new year on a cold note as Lows fell to their coldest levels of the season so far. The arctic air was pulled down behind a snow system that was effecting Missouri and Kansas. Lows for January 1st ranged from double digits below zero to …

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December 27th to 29th snow system. Widespread minor accumulations fell.

Hometown house Clayton,WI December 28th A low pressure system moving across the Upper Midwest delivered snow to the region yesterday in what turned out to be a long range snow event that started Thursday night all the way through Friday. The snow was mostly light in nature but some moderate snows were seen. Accumulations ranged …

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Snow system will produce developing snow Thursday night into Friday. Snow could be heavy at times 2-4″ likely. Turning dry and seasonal for the weekend. Updated X1

Regional Weather View. After last weeks snowstorm we have cold arctic air in place for the Christmas Holiday with a high pressure system in place. The stormtrack is located to the south of the region bringing severe weather and significant snow to  southern states. This will leave the Upper Midwest cold and sunny. Friday a …

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December 20th Winter Storm Report- Significant snowfall accumulations with strong winds 40 to near 50MPH brought blizzard conditions causing some road closures. Southeastern Minnesota will have a white Christmas!

Blowing snow in my neighborhood December 20th 2012 A significant winter storm brought impacted Southeastern Minnesota on Thursday bringing with it significant snowfall around 4 to nearly 10″ of snow and high winds near 50MPH at some locations which caused travel impacts and blizzard conditions at times. The cause of the storm was a low …

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Dangerous Blizzard Condtions for Southeastern Minnesota! Northwestern edge of a major winter storm will cause sigificant impacts and dangerous travel condtions Sigificant snowfall accumulations expected with strong winds over 45MPH at times causing whiteout condtions with sigificant blowing and drifting. Cold Arctic dry air will race southward for the weekend. Updated X2

Regional Weather View All attention is focused on a major winter storm which will send its rampage across the Upper Midwest starting late tomorrow. Winter Storm Warnings, Watches and Blizzard watches are all out concerning this storms potential. This storm will cause blizzard conditions, heavy snow and major travel impacts to parts of Iowa, Nebraska …

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Snow developing for tonight and the 1st part of Tuesday, could see an inch or two then Snowstorm for Thursday? Still in question with much dissagreement-updated X2

Tonight System Tonight and Tuesday: A small fast moving system currently located in South Dakota will quickly move east following the I-90 corridor across the southern part of Minnesota. This small feature will spread a quick burst of snow for Southern Minnesota and Central Wisconsin for late tonight into the 1st half of tomorrow, especially …