incoming weather

[glenn57]

She is raining here now.   Let it rain!!!!!   We need it.

i looked at the long range fore up by you Scenic.............should start making ice next week!!!!!!!

[mike89]

rain leaving us now   and the wind is picking up

[LPS]

Still steady light rain here.

[markn]

I had 2.5" in the gauge at 8:00 this morning.

[Scenic]

She is raining here now.   Let it rain!!!!!   We need it.

i looked at the long range fore up by you Scenic.............should start making ice next week!!!!!!!

Yes it should about next Wed from what I see.  Bring it on!!!

[Jerkbiat]

We have 1.62" of rain here today

[mike89]

looking at mn 511 the twin cities is really showing how good the drivers are down there!!!    lots of color and marks!!! 

[glenn57]

looking at mn 511 the twin cities is really showing how good the drivers are down there!!!    lots of color and marks!!!

no say that. i gotta drive through there tomorrow   

[tangle tooth]

      Looking at 511 here in the Blue Earth, Watonwan and Faribault counties and talking with folks. Lots of spinouts, a couple of jackknifed semis and some slick intersections. Good night to be inside the home.

[Dotch]

Yupper, the roads were icky yesterday a.m. Some dummies tailgated me all the way into Bugtussle. I knew how slick it was. When I came to the stop sign on the gravel after feeding the sheep at the neighbor's pasture, it was tough to move w/o putting it in 4WD. Looked like a skating rink so kept 'er cool once on the blacktop. Was afraid the way it was snowing after chores last nite I might have to move snow this a.m. Luckily it stopped shortly after I was inside.

It warmed up overnite & lot of the roads had thawed off or blown clear when I went to town this a.m. Looks like it's reached the freezing mark so it should continue to thaw this afternoon. Melting good in Bugtussle presently. Old Man Winter just fired a warning shot.     

[mike89]

have had clear skies this morning until the last 1/2 hour or soo..  clouding up and fog coming off the lake!!   

[Scenic]

have had clear skies this morning until the last 1/2 hour or soo..  clouding up and fog coming off the lake!!

Here as well.  Just put salt on the sidewalk because the fog is almost like a mist and they are slickery.  Guessing some black ice on the roads in places too.

[Dotch]

Fog & mist earlier, staying cloudy. The county blacktop here was OK but MN Hwy 13 seemed to be a little slick outside of Bugtussle. Had to scrape the windshield before starting out this a.m. so that was a clue. Looks like a warmer weekend relative to the past couple days so likely be a good time to do odds and ends around the yard before the ground freezes up. Some are hoping for the ground to freeze so they can get one more shot at anhydrous ammonia or finishing primary tillage. Some were able to get some tillage done until it warmed back above freezing. Soil surface turned to snot and it was over until it freezes up again. I'd like it to be frozen too for manure hauling so I don't track mud all over. Wild how it's gone from being dry as a popcorn fart to too wet in a matter of a couple weeks. 

[mike89]

quiet morning overall with a few snowflakes falling

[Dotch]

Tossed some pumpkins over our fence to the sheep at the neighbor's pasture. Thought maybe they'd bust open but they're hard as a rock. The ewes will have their work cut out for them to open those babies up. Bad news: they're not gonna thaw anytime soon. Colder air will settle in here too. Not like the big boys up north but plenty miserable after some 50 degree highs not long ago. Could see a flurry today but haven't yet. ❄️

[mike89]

everything has turned white here..    and still nothing on the radar..   

[Dotch]

Actually, after typing that some flakes showed up. I should've written about something naughty instead...

[mike89]

still lite snow in the area and just looked at mn511 and almost the whole state has blue roads!!