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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Snow falling on West Downtown Rochester November 19th 2011 Many people seen their first snowfall accumulation of the season with the resent system that passed through the Upper Midwest. What started off as drizzle with temperatures in the mid 30s on the warm side of the system here in Rochester eventually started to turn to …

Regional Weather View. Some of the region will be getting their first real measurable snow this weekend as a system passes through Iowa then through central Wisconsin. Minor accumulations of snow is possible across much of Minnesota and Northern Wisconsin. But some significant accumulations are possible in South Dakota, and the Snowbelt areas of Northern …