Category: Gardening

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New Years sigificant wind with storm causing minor damage December 31st- January 1st then info in comparence to the same storm here in Western Wisconsin!

Image from KCCT Skycam showing the lack of snowcover continuing January 2nd Over the New Years Holiday weekend a strong storm system hit bringing high winds which took down trees and ripped shingles off homes. It also brought much cooler weather nearly 20 degrees cooler then on Friday. The cause of the high wind was …

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Sigificant Storm will hit Southeastern Minnesota tonight! Very strong winds 45-50MPH likely. Minor totals but sigificant blowing/drifting is possible-Travel impacts possible!

Regional Weather View. All attention is on the 1st significantly strong storm system to hit the Midwest in some time. The main impact with this system will be widespread high winds gusting 45 to 50MPH across much of the 7 state area! gusts topping 60 are even possible in Iowa. Snow from this system will …

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UpdatesX1 Snow tonight, some possibly heavy then warming up and turning windy Saturday.

Regional weather view. A more active pattern is setting up across the Upper Midwest finally! It is not conducive for big storms but multiple little systems and clippers with move southeast through the region this week. bringing chances for accumulating snows north and snow and drizzle chances south. It will be a very mild week …

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Warm and snowless winter continues so far highs reached 50.F today and severe drought continues to cover parts of the area. Warm temps causing some plants to start sprouting.

Snowless brown fields from Clayton,WI December 26th Another beautiful and warm but breezy, sunny late December day occurred across the area today, as well as here in my hometown area of Western Wisconsin, where the high was a balmy 48.F today! Today was a nice day in a string of them which seems to have continued for quite some …

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Very mild Christmas hoilday expected. Everyday above freezing for highs, 35 to even near 45 after Christmas Day. Plenty of sunshine as well.

Regional weather view. A very mild week in late December expected for the entire Upper Midwest as mild air combined with very little snowcover moved in. Highs well above freezing are expected region wide for through Christmas and well into next week. As we continue a pattern meant more for fall then Winter. The only …

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Calm and mild weather week for Southeast Minnesota. Wednesday night light snow chance is one of the last ones before Christmas.

Regional weather view. The main weather story will be the calm weather continuing to be in place across most of the Upper Midwest. The other weather to talk about through Tues is a system that will effect Southeast IA, MI and IL. Wednesday and Thursday a cold front will swing through following that system which …

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December warmth, after the snow melted from yesterday some places quickly warmed to 50.F today!

December 18th scene from my hometown area-Clayton,WI Widespread Midwest warmth was in place today behind a strong warm front, and the lack of snowcover across the region allowed for temps to be amplified. Starting off in the upper teens this morning, highs locally were in the 40s and even some lower 50s in spots, which …

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Rochester Christmas decoration photos plus photos of Thanksgiving cactus in full bloom.

U.S Highway 63 in Downtown Rochester,MN This weekend is a great weekend to get out and enjoy the beautiful Christmas decorations around Rochester and surrounding communities around Southeastern Minnesota, because it seems like every community has gotten there decorations out, and with a fresh covering of snow from last nights system blankets the area and …

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System report- Warm December rainstorm. highs in the 40s with heavy downpours in spots. Former snowpack completely melted.

Green December lawn at RCTC horticulture college campus on a rainy December 14th 2011 A fairly strong, and very warm weather system moved into the region over the week, but it did not bring hefty snow amounts like some may have expected and even have been hoping for, instead it brought warmer temps, fog and …

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Rain likely with Heavy downpours tomarrow, thunder is possible with highs in the mid 40s! Then big cooldown Thursday with flurries. Updated X1

Regional Weather View. A complex weather system will pass through the Upper Midwest tomorrow. Warm will push well north ahead of the low. This system has more of an early fall look rather then mid December. The system will likely spread rain well up into Minnesota and Wisconsin, with only the far north experiencing snow with …