incoming weather

[mike89]

saying on the news the line dropped south...

[Gunner55]

Yeah, WCCO just said the storm has dropped about 50 miles or so SE.

[Dotch]

Actually still in a blizzard warning in Steele Co. but the conditions worsen the closer to I-90 you get.

[Gunner55]

Sis is just west of Austin a few miles & can't be much > 50 yards or so off I-90.

[roony]

Wake up roony! Blizzard warning canceled! 

https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=New+Richland&state=MN&site=MPX&textField1=43.8934&textField2=-93.493

Good for us! At tooth hurty this morning it was still on.

[Dotch]

My snowblower sure looks nice on the tractor though. Greased all the zerks, then put JB chain lube on the chains & the pto guard sleeve. Went on much easier than when I've put it on during snowstorms or at -20. Had fun playing with it up until choretime anyway. Where I live, I have the forecast dialed in by my location. It says I'm still in the Buzzard Warning. Snowing in Albert's Leaf & it's dark off that direction. If this thing passes to the south far enough, we may be able to put the ewes with lambs out this week after all. Everyone will be happier including the gawkers on our blacktop road. 🚗🛻🚘🚐 

[tangle tooth]

      For a while yesterday, we were in the 7-11" range here in SW Blue Earth County. Now, we're in the 1-3" range. I don't think anyone is getting away from the wind.

[Dotch]

Just started snowing. Coming down pretty good. 

[tangle tooth]

      Started getting some of that horizontal snow about 9:50. Lights flicker a little every now and then. Still just above freezing.

[Dotch]

Some thundersnow! That or the neighbors drove by with 14 empty gravity boxes hooked together...

[fishwidow]

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Good for us! At tooth hurty this morning it was still on.
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Not exactly weather related, but a true story. I had a dentist appointment at 2:30 a couple years ago. I walked up to the receptionist and said, “I have a 2:30.”  She broke out laughing, and when I asked her what was so funny, she said, “You just walked into a dental office and told me you have a tooth hurty.”

[LPS]

 

[roony]

We just got a very light dusting here. I'm ok with that.
Maybe Dotch wasn't lying.

[tangle tooth]

      The snow stopped by 11:00. Barely a dusting. Most of it has already melted. So much for visions of using my snowblower.

[Dotch]

So far, we've got roughly 1.2". Still melting out this morning's accumulation to see how much water is in it. Suspect a lot. Fed the bottle lambs at ~12:30 & the snow was pretty squishy. Road has been plowed by here . Looked like cottage cheese where the plow tossed it on the driveway. There have been some passing snow squalls after lunch. No graupel that I'm aware of...