Category: Gardening

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College Winter break statement-Temporary slight changes ahead at blog for the rest of the month into part of Jan- Plus cool satellite image.

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 …

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Cold temp report. Cold day across Southeastern Minnesota today. Some places started off below zero.

View of the of West Downtown skyline on a cold December 9th evening. A very cold say across Southeastern Minnesota today as a cold high pressure sent the first arctic are of the season southward from Canada. Some places manly north and west started off below zero. The low on my station was 2.F so …

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Should finally see the sun tomarrow with fair temps, then arctic cold front brining more sun but the coldest temperatures so far of the season. Highs in the 10s lows near if not below zero.

Regional Weather View. A strong arctic cold front will sweep into the region delivering very cold air from the north. There may be some light snows with this front in Iowa and that will be the only precip to speak of. The main story with this will be the coldest air of the season so …

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December 3rd snowfall totals. Some places had 7 inches with heavy snow reported! Fresh blanket of snow covers all of Southeastern Minnesota with 1st significant snowfall of the season.

Front yard on December 3rd 2011 Everyone is either talking about, or shoveling the snow from the 1st significant snowfall of the season. Most places got a pretty good blanketing of snow, around 4 inches, but one report I found from Spring Valley totaled 7 inches. Here at my station in West Downtown Rochester, I …

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Winter storm still looks likely for Southeastern Minnesota starting tomorrow. Significant accumulations up to 6″ with higher amounts not out of question. Then very cold arctic air sinks south for next week.

Regional weather view. Attention continues to be on a winter storm that will effect the Upper Midwest this weekend. The heaviest snow should fall in Northwestern Iowa, Southeastern Minnesota and Western/Central Wiscosnin exenting up into the UP of Michigan, significant snowfall is a possibly in these areas. Further north and west Minor accumulations are likely. …

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“Winter” Finally hits Rochester and the rest of Southeastern Minnesota. Just about 1 inch fell here in Rochester this morning!

Backyard view. December 1st 2011 Winter seems to have finally reached Southeastern Minnesota, and what a better time for it to happen on the first day of meteorological winter! Our snow developed ahead of an arctic cold moving southeast across Minnesota. As proof that it is an arctic front, Temperatures at 8AM are in the …

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Cooler breezy with Light snow from weak system arrives tomarrow, light accumulations. Then weekend snowstorm potienal?

Regional weather view. In what appears to be a more active time ahead setting up for the Upper Midwest. a couple of systems look to produce snow across parts of the Upper Midwest. The 1st one will be fairly light on Thursday mainly across Minnesota and Wisconsin, along with parts of Northeast Iowa. A sharp …

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Quiet, mild weather returns for start of work week.

Regional weather view. The weather will take an unfortunately dry and mild pattern for the start of the work week. We can expect really no weather issues region wide with nothing left over but sunny and mild conditions through Wednesday. Local weather view. The dry quiet weather pattern across the region will make for a …

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Warm temp report. Warmest Thanksgiving in many years. Record high temps broken with highs in the 60s!

Photo near Rochester Intl. Airport on a mild November day the 23rd. What a warm Thanksgiving that was! I hope everyone had a great holiday, and hopefully you were able to enjoy the beautiful weather! This will go down in history as the warmest thanksgiving in many locations. as abundant sunshine and lack of snowcover …

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Very nice Thanksgiving ahead-Record highs likely! then late weekend light rain/drizzle Fri night/Sat ending as flurries and light snow. small accumulations- Updated x1

Regional view. A very mild Thanksgiving is expected as a warm airmass peaks. Highs will be near if not breaking records for parts of the region. Saturday a fairly weak storm system will develop in Iowa and Wisconsin which could produce rain across the Eastern half of the region, which could change to light snow as the sysatem departs.  It does …