10 minutes ago, 12poundbass said:

As you guys know in Minnesota, it’s the freezing rain that can really do some serious damage. 

 

Yes, that's accurate.  Minnesota is fairly unique when it comes to topography though.  The entire western half of it is almost entirely prairie like it is in the Dakotas and Iowa.  Whereas the eastern half is probably more like what you have in Michigan.  There is a blend of timber and bluffs.  The entire northeast sector of MN is all heavy timber, aka the Arrowhead.

 

That is why the Blizzard Warning is in effect here for the western portion of the state.  The eastern portion is classified as a Winter Storm Warning even though the winds and snow are projected to be almost exactly the same.

1 hour ago, gimruis said:

The entire western half of it is almost entirely prairie like it is in the Dakotas and Iowa

And there it is, my one thing new I learned today. I think of Minnesota a lot like Michigan, hills, lakes, and lots of trees. 

Sneaking into the 3 ft area code now.

With the big wind coming, this is when we can get epic pics

of those first early morning fresh virgin snow drifts.

The ones that extent all the way up to the roof . . . . .

My dogs will get lost in that mess . . . .

Probably at a foot or so now 

A-Jay

 

7 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Probably at a foot or so now 

A-Jay

 Right now we got stars out...but the temp is already at -10 and the wind is picking up.

 

South of us - they're closing roads cause of blizzard conditions. Any road marked with a red-circle/white dash...that one's closed.

Not much snow down this way, but a lot of cold wind.  Wind chill an hour ago was -32 degrees. 

Luckily we’re just getting a ton of rain in upstate NY. Weather is in the 40s and 50s. Not often that we miss the brunt of winter storms here but we got lucky this time. 

24 minutes ago, Jar11591 said:

Luckily we’re just getting a ton of rain in upstate NY. Weather is in the 40s and 50s. Not often that we miss the brunt of winter storms here but we got lucky this time. 

Yeah, but that may be turning to ice in a lot of places seeing rain right now. It was 56 at midnight here, it's 43 now, going to be below freezing by noon, and 11 degrees in the morning. Luckily we've had all our rain (almost 2") with this system. Some folks further west may not be as fortunate.

3 minutes ago, Deleted account said:

Yeah, but that may be turning to ice in a lot of places seeing rain right now. It was 56 at midnight here, it's 43 now, going to be below freezing by noon, and 11 degrees in the morning. Luckily we've had all our rain (almost 2") with this system. Some folks further west may not be as fortunate.

Yes luckily the precipitation is supposed to stop before it gets too cold. Temps will be taking a nose dive into the teens tonight but the rain should be over by then. 

Who needs coffee in the morning when you get right out of bed and go shovel snow for our little dog with windchills -16! I did break a little sweat so I must’ve been dressed appropriately.

 

So far we’ve received around 5” but there’s more coming and the wind is blowing at a pretty good clip. 

Everything is shut down here and bracing for the ice storm.  Right now it's 37* and pouring.

3 minutes ago, J Francho said:

Everything is shut down here and bracing for the ice storm.  Right now it's 37* and pouring.

That’s not good. I’ll take a ton of snow over the potential of freezing rain. 

9 hours ago, MN Fisher said:

South of us - they're closing roads cause of blizzard conditions.

The entire section of Interstate 90 between Albert Lea, MN and Rapid City, SD has been closed as of yesterday at 5pm.  That is a LONG stretch of highway.

 

Additionally, Interstate 94 from Jamestown, ND to Glendive, MT has also been closed.  As has Interstate 29 between Sioux Falls, SD and Fargo, ND.

 

So ya, virtually all of the Dakotas and southwestern MN have been completely shut down.

25 minutes ago, 12poundbass said:

That’s not good. I’ll take a ton of snow over the potential of freezing rain. 

It's a thing here.

https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2021/03/03/ice-storm-1991-rochester-ny-weather-history-worst-storms-look-back/6900575002/

15 degrees & still snowing here ~

"I'd keep playing, I don't think the heavy stuff is gonna come down for quite a while."

https://youtu.be/PB2fMCTEQn4

A-Jay

3 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

15 degrees & still snowing here ~

"I'd keep playing, I don't think the heavy stuff is gonna come down for quite a while."

https://youtu.be/PB2fMCTEQn4

A-Jay

Ha! For once we’re colder than you! It’s now 5 here. ?

18 minutes ago, 12poundbass said:

Ha! For once we’re colder than you! It’s now 5 here. ?

Take ours - currently at -9 with some wind bringing the wind-chill to -35

Heat wave coming!

 

Just now, gimruis said:

Heat wave coming!

Ya - they're saying mid-30s by Wednesday.

It’s -2 degrees here this morning.  That the coldest it’s been in over 20 years.   All of the California immigrants in our neighborhood are freaking out.

@A-Jay ferme la porte (close the door) you're letting the cold air in!

Winds are touching 40+ mph here and it's snowing - thankfully.  That means no ice storm, I hope.

 

It hit 13 degrees last night...and then the ice storm hit.  Ugh.  Lots of road closures, airport was shut down for a while, house is coated in ice.  Thankfully we have power and it's supposed to warm up to 38 today.  Then it's heavy downpours with temps around 50 for the next week.  Hey, at least it won't be freezing anymore.

We just had power restored, was out for 3 hrs due to high winds.

4* with a forecasted -15 wind chill tonight.

 

Set my alarm for 3am so I can shove more wood in the boiler, it won't hold all night in those temps.

 

4 minutes ago, Bird said:

We just had power restored, was out for 3 hrs

We are out of power here. Hopefully won’t be too long 

I just looked at my shipping app and there isn’t a single ship on Lake Michigan right now and there’s only two ships on Lake Superior and they’re hugging the Canadian coast. 
 

It would be a wild ride for sure on those two lakes today.