Welcome to my world..........as of 435PM CST

[MistyMorning]

Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
435 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2013

...PERIODS OF SNOW CONTINUE THIS EVENING WITH MORE HEAVY SNOW ON
THE WAY FOR LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...

.WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL REDEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND
BECOME HEAVY LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS THE MAIN PART OF THE
UPPER LEVEL STORM TO OUR WEST MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. WIDESPREAD
ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN
MOST AREAS...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 12 TO 20 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG THE
HIGHER TERRAIN ADJACENT TO THE NORTH SHORE FROM DULUTH TO LUTSEN.
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESSER EAST OF HAYWARD AND ASHLAND
WISCONSIN...WHERE A WINTRY MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED
WEDNESDAY...WHICH WILL ACT TO CUT DOWN ON SNOWFALL.

THREE DAY STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY THE TIME THE STORM COMES TO
AN END WEDNESDAY NIGHT SHOULD BE IN THE 12 TO 18 INCH RANGE IN
MOST AREAS. HOWEVER...THE HEAVIEST STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IS
EXPECTED IN LOCALES FROM NEAR DULUTH...NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE
HIGHER TERRAIN ADJACENT TO THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR WHERE
20 TO 30 INCH TOTALS SEEM LIKELY. A FEW FAVORED LOCATIONS BETWEEN
DULUTH AND LUSTEN COULD APPROACH 3 FEET STORM TOTALS.

FOLLOWING THE STORM...BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL FILTER INTO
THE UPPER MIDWEST FROM LATE THIS WEEK INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH
DAYTIME HIGHS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE AND BELOW ZERO AND
MORNING LOWS EASILY REACHING THE TEENS AND 20S BELOW ZERO.

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KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN ITASCA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INTERNATIONAL FALLS...ELY...BIGFORK
435 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

* LOCATION...FAR NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

* TIMING...WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL REDEVELOP
OVERNIGHT AND PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING TO
FLURRIES LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR THURSDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 8 TO 12
INCHES THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THREE DAY STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL
WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 12 TO 18 INCHES BY TIME THE EVENT IS
FINISHED.

* WINDS...EAST-NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 35 MPH
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

* VISIBILITY...AROUND A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...EXPECT SLICK AND HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS
WITH RESTRICTED VISIBILITY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE
COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS COULD ALSO RESULT IN
LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS HEAVY SNOW
ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED. EXPECT SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
VISIBILITY LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...
EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR
DESTINATION. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE AND EXPECTED
ARRIVAL TIME AND HAVE A WORKING CELL PHONE IN CASE YOU BECOME
STRANDED. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE...INCLUDING
A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER.

 

[Aaron]

And up to this point, the winter was actually going very well. Weather station said Fort Frances/International Falls was dead center bullseye for the storm. Hopefully that has changed.

 

[hillsdown]

We got over 60 cm's(24 inches) from Saturday night to Monday night .. This was NOT out first heavy snowfall of the year . If this is a prediction of wind , snow and bitterly cold temps for the winter it will probably be my last year here . :roll:

Stay warm and safe MM !

Poor cows

 

[MistyMorning]

And up to this point, the winter was actually going very well. Weather station said Fort Frances/International Falls was dead center bullseye for the storm. Hopefully that has changed.

Maybe, but this now freezing rain, on top of a foot of snow, with another foot coming, is making my whole body seize up in anticipation of tomorrows activities!

 

[lavacarancher]

We need to put up a blizzard fence between us and our neighbors to the North to keep this cold stuff up where it belongs. Oh shucks, I shouldn't have said that. Osama will have that working in the next few months.

 

[john250]

And up to this point, the winter was actually going very well. Weather station said Fort Frances/International Falls was dead center bullseye for the storm. Hopefully that has changed.

Maybe, but this now freezing rain, on top of a foot of snow, with another foot coming, is making my whole body seize up in anticipation of tomorrows activities!

You picked the wrong time to join the "Polar Bear" club.

 

[backhoeboogie]

Good to know you are still alive MM

Bring in some wood for the fire.

 

[ga.prime]

Stay home, make great savings, play some tunes ...♩♪♫♬♭. ♪ ....Muskrat Susie, Muskrat Sam..♩♪♫♬♭.... ♫

Hope this helps! :santa:

 

[cow pollinater]

MistyMorning, You do realize that there are places in the world that you can live where it doesn't do that, right?
It's supposed to get down to 24 here tonight and that's newsworthy panic time here.

 

[dun]

now freezing rain, on top of a foot of snow, with another foot coming, is making my whole body seize up in anticipation of tomorrows activities!

A little ExLax should clear that seized up feeling

 

[Deepsouth]

It was in the 80's here today but they say it may get down in the 30's Saturday morning. I may have to get a jacket out.

 

[MistyMorning]

We got over 60 cm's(24 inches) from Saturday night to Monday night .. This was NOT out first heavy snowfall of the year . If this is a prediction of wind , snow and bitterly cold temps for the winter it will probably be my last year here . :roll:

Stay warm and safe MM !

Poor cows

All safe HD, thanks for the kind words!

You picked the wrong time to join the "Polar Bear" club.

Nah, there isn't but 5-6 inches of ice on the lakes yet, needs to get colder :shock:

BHB, lots of wood for the fire, going out in the cold to fill the boiler is nasty though!

GA, I think that trip you took to Minneysoda froze your brain.

and dun....... never mind.

 

[tncattle]

I just don't think I could live up north and deal with that for months at a time. Although I've heard some old timers say it's better for a cow to calve in well below freezing temps and snow than in mid 30s, rain and wind. I just can't keep my hands warm anymore and sometimes my feet, I did get some new Rocky brand insulated & waterproof boots that seem to be really warmer than I've ever had.

 

[MistyMorning]

I just don't think I could live up north and deal with that for months at a time. Although I've heard some old timers say it's better for a cow to calve in well below freezing temps and snow than in mid 30s, rain and wind. I just can't keep my hands warm anymore and sometimes my feet, I did get some new Rocky brand insulated & waterproof boots that seem to be really warmer than I've ever had.

To be honest, ice storms folks south of us are having seem a lot more brutal and frightening to me, ice is pretty destructive.

 

[dun]

An even 5 inches of snow here, on top of about 1/4 inch of ice

 

[redcowsrule33]

I just don't think I could live up north and deal with that for months at a time. Although I've heard some old timers say it's better for a cow to calve in well below freezing temps and snow than in mid 30s, rain and wind. I just can't keep my hands warm anymore and sometimes my feet, I did get some new Rocky brand insulated & waterproof boots that seem to be really warmer than I've ever had.

To be honest, ice storms folks south of us are having seem a lot more brutal and frightening to me, ice is pretty destructive.

:nod: Yup, I'll take a foot and a half of snow over a 1/2 inch of ice any day. We ended up with about 4" of snow with an inch of rain on top, so now that it's below zero we have snow a deer can walk on.