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Going to feel like Spring this week

Regional weather view. A very mild and dry week ahead for the Upper Midwest is in store, as a warm front brings in mild air from our west. This warm front will drop some minor snowfall accumulations across Western and Northern Minnesota and Wisconsin. Temperatures will range from the low to mid 40s where there …

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A mild, but breezy day Thursday. Snow system developing Friday minor accumulations, then cooling off and clearing out for Sunday.

Regional weather view. A mild Thursday will give way to a weather system on Friday. This weather system will bring a mixture of rain sleet and snow to Iowa, and all snow in Northern Iowa and southern Minnesota and Wisconsin, where minor snowfall accumulations are likely. Lingering snow showers will be possible on Saturday before …

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January 22nd freezing drizzle and January 23rd snowfall totals. 2-3″ was common

Downtown Rochester January 23rd from Elton Hills neighborhood To end the weekend and start the work week we had to deal with another weather making system that brought slippery roads and freezing drizzle on Sunday, and minor to moderate snowfall accumulations on Monday. Sunday, a low pressure and frontal system slowly pushed through area from …

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Mixed bag of weather and windy tomarrow for Southeast Minnesota all fairly light starting off as freezing drizzle/sleet changing to snow overnight. minor accumulations. Turning pleasent for midweek

Regional weather view. A weather system will cause quite a mess in the Upper Midwest for the end of this week. It will spread a mix bag of precip and weather ranging from mild and rainy in Illinois, to sleet and freezing rain in parts of Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin to snow in Northern Minnesota. …

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Latest blast of winter, Thursdays cold and Fridays snowfall totals, some spots topped 5 inches!

Snowy scene in our neighborhood January 20th 2012 A blast of actual winter hit the region this week and many were feeling it! Thursday we had cold temperatures that barely reached above zero and Friday we had a strong clipper system bring some descent snow to parts of the area. I thought it would be …

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Fair sized winter system tomarrow, Heavy snow likely across the area, Sigificant totals may possible in southern counties. Warming up afterwards, then more snow possible Sunday. Updated X1

Regional weather view. A strong clipper system will cause a few issues in the Upper Midwest for the start of the weekend. A low pressure system will slide southeast, and bring heavy snow with it. Significant accumulations are possible in Northeast Iowa, Far southeastern Minnesota, Northern Illinois, and Southern Wisconsin. It clears out Saturday, and …

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Arctic air moving in late tomarrow, Flurries with the front. Highs in the single digits Thursday with lows below zero, then more snow Friday Night. Updated X2

Regional weather view. A more active pattern will continue across the Upper Midwest. The next system will effect Minnesota with some minor snow. One big story will be the very cold arctic air showing it’s face for the 1st time across the Upper Midwest. The next system arrives Friday.  Local and metro views. weather view. Note; In this forecast, highs …

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A couple of cool new features on my blog + celebrating the 1000th post!

New Feature There are a couple things new this morning. One of those new things is the starting of a new page here at my blog which I am excited to get going! Some viewers may have noticed a new tab bar has popped above the posts, and just below the header. The tab has …

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Winter finally arrives to southeastern Minnesota. It arrived with cold temps, slick roads, gusty winds, and 2 to as much as 5″ of snow!

Winter scene from a Rochester park. January 12th 2012 As odd as this is to say, winter has finally arrive to Southeastern Minnesota in the sense that this is the first time we’ve had a snowpack lasting more then one day since well before Christmas! two things were really noticed today, and that’s the snow …

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Sigificant cooldown with snow and wind tonight and Thursday, Some could be breifly heavy with arctic air settles in Thursday. Updated X1

Regional weather view. A  significant change is in store for the Upper Midwest. It will go from a very mild pattern to way more winter-like for the middle part of this week. A storm system will impact the region Wednesday and bring snow, and it has the chance to bring significant snowfall to areas shaded …