incoming weather

[Dotch]

Frost depth is starting to decrease. It was 20" at Waseca on the 10th. The walk in door on the barn is closing & latching again. Yard has firmed up as well. The LeSueur River was up substantially yesterday as the snow continues to melt. Most of what's left is in the road ditches, grassy areas & along rivers & streams.

[Gunner55]

There was a little water running out of the side of paper mill in GR 3 weeks ago. Then 2 weeks ago they had a couple gates cracked a bit & close to 1/2 of the river upstream of that bridge was open. Last week the gates were open a little more & it was all open upstream, plus probably at least 75 yards downstream of the bridge too. This week the Mississippi was close to 1/2 open where that big bend in the river is just east of Cohasset. Last week the next dam downstream from there, where the DNR has an office by that campground only had a small area on the south side open. This week it's open upstream just past that railroad bridge & downstream of that dam at least 50 yards.  The puddle out between the garage & the new shed has shrunk from what it was when the neighbor just got here on Monday too.