Winter Weather warning ... heads up!

Monty · Feb 27, 2012

SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM LIKELY TO IMPACT MUCH OF THE AREA TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...
A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS TO STAPLES.

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA... AS WELL AS FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

http://www.weather.com/weather/aler...ificance=A&areaid=WIZ014&office=KMPX&etn=0002

cableguymn · Feb 27, 2012

Notanewbie said:
http://www.weather.com/weather/aler...ificance=A&areaid=WIZ014&office=KMPX&etn=0002

More blue sky than clouds currently in Saint Paul.

Didn't know this was headed our way. Thanks for the heads up. I gotta work tonight.

twentyhigh · Feb 27, 2012

Make sure you keep all that stuff up North!

MissKat · Feb 27, 2012

snowing like crazy in Reno.

Doggie Daddy · Feb 27, 2012

Sunny and clear here in Spokane, looks like it's all below us.

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Lawrence · Feb 27, 2012

We are having the warmest Spring like day so far this year in Cincinnati!

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chefdennis · Feb 27, 2012

Bright and Sunny a "warm" in Manchester TN.....

OntarioVanMan · Feb 27, 2012

severe T-storms and chance tornados for down south....Tn is in line for about Wednesday/Thursday....

cranis · Feb 27, 2012

I like to use this one for traveling, from the weather chanel

http://www.weather.com/activities/driving/interstate/

RETIDEPXE · Feb 28, 2012

Came out of San Diego, CA last nite on SR 94 and snowing heavy at about 3000 ft near Campo, CA. Was crazy that close to our souther border. Hit I-8 and descended into spring time :#

cableguymn · Feb 28, 2012

It's here!!!! North metro area it's sleet/freezing on the road way. Southern metro it's sleet but wet roads.

Be safe out there. My plane is currently grounded 200 miles south of here. I might have to run down to it and recover the freight.

Gonna be a llllloooooonnnnnnnggggggg night.

tknight · Feb 29, 2012

It's rainy and pourin ,this ole man is almost snoring, here in. Kentucky

Monty · Feb 29, 2012

Like a dummy, I took another load from Chicago to Bismarck ..... took the senic route to avoid a lot of the weather, I-80 over to I-29 ... made it to Brookings, SD ... I-29 closed to Fargo ..... time for a nap!

OntarioVanMan · Feb 29, 2012

Notanewbie said:
Like a dummy, I took another load from Chicago to Bismarck ..... took the senic route to avoid a lot of the weather, I-80 over to I-29 ... made it to Brookings, SD ... I-29 closed to Fargo ..... time for a nap!

You only made it half way...DOH...at this time Fargo is STILL getting slammed...What would ever motivate anyone to take a load there at this time...Not like you need the money...I thought you of all people ....gee whiz....best turn tail...there is another more powerful storm just now emerging out of the Rookies into Western Montana....

usafk9 · Feb 29, 2012

Notanewbie said:
Like a dummy, I took another load from Chicago to Bismarck ..... took the senic route to avoid a lot of the weather, I-80 over to I-29 ... made it to Brookings, SD ... I-29 closed to Fargo ..... time for a nap!

We're a little north of you. NB lanes were closed last evening. We stopped in Watertown last night, after we went sideways 2x, but the conditions were improving, so we trudged on. Woke up just a bit ago, after stopping to sleep at a rest area, and it's uglier now. Still going to move......daylight on our side now.

Fargo was clear, but everything north of where you are now, Marty, is straight nasty. Lots of drifts, and sometimes can't make out where the road is. If they do open your side up, take it real slow. Big sheet of ice underneath it all.

Having flashbacks of my childhood......early1977, western NY....

Safe travels, everyone.

layoutshooter · Feb 29, 2012

There are just certain loads one should turn down at certain times of the year. We turning down a couple in the last two days for potential winter weather problems.

One was heading up near Sudbury, ONT. The other heading for Billings, MT.

OntarioVanMan · Feb 29, 2012

usafk9 said:
We're a little north of you. NB lanes were closed last evening. We stopped in Watertown last night, after we went sideways 2x, but the conditions were improving, so we trudged on. Woke up just a bit ago, after stopping to sleep at a rest area, and it's uglier now. Still going to move......daylight on our side now.

Fargo was clear, but everything north of where you are now, Marty, is straight nasty. Lots of drifts, and sometimes can't make out where the road is. If they do open your side up, take it real slow. Big sheet of ice underneath it all.

Having flashbacks of my childhood......early1977, western NY....

Safe travels, everyone.

Part 2 of storm...you are in the middle of it...

Blizzard Warning...

* FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW COULD RESULT IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR TAPERING TO AROUND 6 INCHES ALONG THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR.

OntarioVanMan · Feb 29, 2012

layoutshooter said:
There are just certain loads one should turn down at certain times of the year. We turning down a couple in the last two days for potential winter weather problems.

One was heading up near Sudbury, ONT. The other heading for Billings, MT.

Smart move Joe.....

OntarioVanMan · Feb 29, 2012

Guess I shouldn't be so hard on ole Nothead...LOL he loves adventure...hehehe

cableguymn · Feb 29, 2012

Minneapolis Metro is "fair" to the south ain't bad. Not sure about the rest of the area. Lots of parking on the sides of the roadways and in the ditches.. 4 wheel drive trucks out number the cars.

and here I am rolling along in a 2 wheel drive empty van... (in the parking lot of the hardware store at the moment. Blower broke a belt)

4 wheel drive instills a sense of false confidence in drivers.