Good Morning!!!!!!

[delcecchi]

In the middle of a burst of ice pellets.......
Frozen slush all over the road.   Gonna be a mess for a few days at least.   

[Rebel SS]

Looks like those little frozen ice cream bead things..

[glenn57]

Looks like those little frozen ice cream bead things..

morning there sunshine thought maybe  ah never mind!

[Rebel SS]

Looks like Dotch is gonna get flattened too....worse.   Hang in there, buddy.



 

Blizzard Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN

1104 AM CDT Sat Apr 14 2018

 

...HISTORIC WINTER STORM ONGOING... ...SNOWFALL RATES AROUND UP TO

2 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...

 

.This is shaping up to be a historic storm. Please stay off the

roads if possible, especially in southern Minnesota. Several

rounds of very heavy snow will continue through this afternoon

into this evening. Snowfall rates of around 1 to 2 inches per hour

can be expected through the afternoon hours. The snow will taper

down Saturday night, but light snow will continue into Sunday.

 

A Blizzard Warning remains in effect through this evening for

portions of west central through south central Minnesota. A

Winter Storm Warning remains in effect to the east of the

Blizzard Warning, including most of east central Minnesota, a

portion of south central Minnesota, and all of west central

Wisconsin. A Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect for

Morrison county Minnesota.

 

Total snow accumulations of 8 to 15 inches are expected through

Sunday from southwest Minnesota to east central Minnesota and

northern Wisconsin. Totals will taper off to 4 to 8 inches across

west central Minnesota. There will likely be a sharp gradient on

the north side of the heavy snow band. In addition, up to a tenth

of an inch of ice accumulation is possible in southeastern

Minnesota into southwestern Wisconsin.

 

MNZ068-069-076-077-084-085-093-150015-

/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-180416T0000Z/

/O.EXB.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180415T1200Z/

Carver-Scott-Le Sueur-Rice-Waseca-Steele-Freeborn-

Including the cities of Chaska, Shakopee, Le Sueur, Faribault,

Waseca, Owatonna, and Albert Lea

1104 AM CDT Sat Apr 14 2018

 

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY...

 

* WHAT...Blizzard conditions. Winds gusting as high as 40 mph will

  cause whiteout conditions in blowing snow. Significant drifting

  of the snow is likely. Additional snow accumulations of 8 to 12

 inches are expected.

 

* WHERE...Portions of east central and south central Minnesota.

 

* WHEN...Until 7 AM CDT Sunday.

 

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Travel will be very dangerous to

  impossible. Tree branches could fall.

[roony]

Looks like Dotch is gonna get flattened too....worse.   Hang in there, buddy.

Thanks for caring about me Reb;    Well, its off to work in Mankato till 3am or more, might be interesting.

[Rebel SS]

  I thought you were north of it! Where the heck you at?!

[roony]

waseca, 

[Rebel SS]

Hoo boy, are you ever......I mean, BE CAREFUL!!!!  That is NOT good..... 

[mike89]

drive safe roony!!!  roads closing all over the south west part of the state!!!  Waceca to Kato are good roads if I remember right...

[Rebel SS]

Just closed Hwy 14 down here...buddy called, was just sent out on a call, got turned back.

[HD]

Yup, that part of town is crappy! Jr. is down at Gustavus (St. Peter), and he said the roads are really bad!

Be careful boys!

[Rebel SS]

All flights in and out of RST and MSP are cancelled...

[Bobberineyes]

Good luck roony.  Picked up the kid from a little bit ago , the roads and visibility are not good. Was out and took a broom to the bay window,  if I'm stuck in looking out I wanna see!! Thunder and lightning going on as well.

[glenn57]

snowin and blowin like a mudder here!!!!!!! all of a sudden i gotz a whole heard of junco's at the feeders!!!!!

[Rebel SS]

I had a Junco pokin' around in the snow a little bit ago. Poor guys are all confused. I think he got blown in. Hwy 52N just closed down north of here. That pretty much locks us in here, 63 is the only one left open.

[delcecchi]

Had a whole flock of juncos all morning.  I went out and Broadcast seeds on the ice for them.  Had a couple cardinal and a couple blue Jays as well.

[glenn57]

I had a Junco pokin' around in the snow a little bit ago. Poor guys are all confused. I think he got blown in. Hwy 52N just closed down north of here. That pretty much locks us in here, 63 is the only one left open.

dang reb, you's guyz must be getting smoked!!!!!

[Rebel SS]

It ain't pretty. Stopped for a bit, but we're just in the middle of the horseshoe now.  It's wrapped all around us.

[glenn57]

It ain't pretty. Stopped for a bit, but we're just in the middle of the horseshoe now.  It's wrapped all around us.

good luck!!!!!! snowing good here to!

[mike89]

all you folks hunker down and take care!!!   be safe!!!!

[Coffee118]

I know I was having fun with you guys with it being in the 80's sunny and beautiful out golfing and cutting the grass here the last two days  but seriously y'all be safe if you have to travel and take your time with the snow removal because I'm sure it's a wet and heavy snow unless you live near Del, we don't need anyone dropping over with a heart attack. Be safe out there.

[HD]

Still blowing here....

[delcecchi]

Was just out throwing out a few handfuls of seed for the birds.  Snow felt perfect for throwing snowballs at Reb, except my shoulders are worn out.   

It was about the third or fourth time I was out to feed them.  Seeds keep getting buried in the snow. 

[Rebel SS]

Why dontcha build a little roof over the seed spot for 'em? Or open yer garage and lay the seeds on the floor...but ya might get a canada in there, and it'll bite ya in the butt. Then ya can say that ya got goosed in the garage.

[HD]

Good morning boys!

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[delcecchi]

Looking like so far we at least partially dodged the bullet, and only got a few inches of snow atop the rain, slush, and ice pellets.   

Daughter in St Paul sent a picture of the 15 inches they got...

Not looking good for opener, and I am starting to worry about our Quetico trip on 6/1..

[mike89]

mornin all, hope all are doing well..  we only have gotten a small amount of snow and compared to some amounts I have heard we have really nothing..  wind is still bowing but not as hard..  stay safe everyone and have a good day!!!

[Gunner55]

Mornin guys, 21* & ain't seen 1 snowflake. Watching the radar, it looked to me that most of it stayed on a Duluth/Moose Lake to Brainerd line. They're sayin there's a 50/50 chance we might get a little overnight tonight.The wind backed off yday late afternoon for us. Seen a couple reports of over 24" in SW Mn, wow! Not much new here, hope you have a good 1. Like Coffee said, take it easy moving the snow & if you have to be on the roads, be careful.

[LPS]

Man that's a lot of snow Delman.  We had wind and sun here.  I did go drill some holes and caught a 20" walleye and 2 smaller ones.  Will have walleye with eggs for breakfast.  I went to the Vidas access yesterday and there were some boats that pushed over the shore ice and were dodging ice bergs trying to fish.  That is about 6 miles from me.  I still had 24" of solid ice here.  It was cracking and making lots of noise.  The wife would have run for her life.  lol  Gonna be 36 for a high today.  50's by the end of the week.  I will believe it when I see it. 

[Bobberineyes]

That sounds fun Lps.  I have no idea how much snow we got here Burnsville,  moved snow several times yesterday and it all filled back in overnight . I was shocked when I got up and the paper was in the driveway by 6. Thinking on running up to cub and get some pork butts and burger to mix up some Swedes.  See ya!!