Whoa Minnesota peeps!

17 years ago

Watch out for this system...its already in your neck of the woods from what I saw on tv with cancelations etc.

We've got -5 with 15 to 20 mph winds, a inch or two of snow and lots of blowing snow....but southeast ND and west Mn is getting pounded. I heard 10 inches of snow in Shelby, SD too.

Anyway got this before 9 am! You KNOW its a bad day when they pull plows that early!

Published February 26 2009

TRAVEL ALERT: Plows pulled from roads in southeast North Dakota

FARGO - Blowing snow has forced the Department of Transportation to pull

snowplows from roads in southeast North Dakota.

By: Forum staff reports, INFORUM

FARGO - Blowing snow has forced the Department of Transportation to pull

snowplows from roads in southeast North Dakota.

A no travel advisory issued for the south-central part of the state was

extended at 8:05 a.m. to the southeast region because of heavy snow reducing

visibility and accumulating on highways.

Bruce Nord, maintenance supervisor for the department's Fargo district, said

plows were pulled in the Forman, Lidgerwood, Lisbon, Wahpeton and Wyndmere

areas. Two plows were stranded at the Interstate 29 rest area just north of

Dakota Magic Casino, he said.

"He's on the on-ramp and can't see the interstate," Nord said of one of the

plow operators.

The no travel advisory applies to all highways south of I-94 from Bismarck

to the Minnesota border; U.S. 83 and U.S. 281 from I-94 to the South Dakota

border; and I-29 from Christine to the South Dakota border.

As much as 14 inches of snow was reported south of Bismarck, Nord said.

The heavy snowfall is expected to let up around noon, and plows will be back

on the roads, he said.

Several schools announced they were closed or buses were running late today.

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pattico_gw
17 years ago
drizzle...with no freezing (here in Iowa).....I hope.

Well I don't actually hope for that...I hope for sunshine and 70s...that's my very favorite.

patti
jel48
17 years ago
Ugh :-(

I work remote (from Michigan) in the Rochester Support Center. We're headed there tomorrow morning for a get together for a co-worker who is leaving us. I sure hope it's cleared up by then. Co-workers tell me (at 9:30 am Central) that it's a beautiful day out. No snow yet. But school in Rochester was cancelled because of what they expect to get.
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phyllis__mn
17 years ago
Yes, we're getting that fine stuff that usually means it will keep coming down, and the wind is blowing. I had an appointment in town about 11 miles away, but think I may need to cancel.
mariend
17 years ago
Sure glad we got home from our 6 weeks trip to CA between storms Connie--I do think of you when the mention Fargo/Grand Forks and hope you are ok. We north of Minot did get about inch or so, but oh so cold. Minus 6 BUT the sun is out.
glenda_al
17 years ago
We're warming up into the 70's here, today.
jel48
17 years ago
No snow yet in Rochester MN at 11:40 am, but there is heavy cloud cover.
JoanMN
17 years ago
When ND pulls snowplows, you know it's bad!!
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bigbaby
17 years ago
It's snowing here big time (17 miles north of Rochester, MN) with heavy wind, thunder and even lightening. Glad I'm inside and don't have to go out today.
Rudebekia
17 years ago
Here in my office in St. Paul it looks like a blizzard out there. I'm dreading the drive home.
liz
17 years ago
I hope spring is just around the corner for your Northern folks!
okwriter
17 years ago
I saw this on the news! Glad I live in the southern plains. :-)
pixistix
17 years ago
I.

am.

so.

sick.

of.

this.
Rudebekia
17 years ago
So sick of it, too. This has been the longest winter. . .
My university actually declared a snow day yesterday (it has to be pretty bad to do so) and I got home by 3 p.m., well ahead of rush hour. Thank God--driving was terrible, even on my 5 mile commute! I'm going to try to stay in today. The plumber is supposed to come, if he makes it, and I will need to get out eventually to get cat food. It is not even March and the cabin fever is terrible around here.
jel48
17 years ago
Road conditions through MI, all along the southern end of Lake Superior, ICY, SLIPPERY, BLOWING DRIFTING SNOW, POOR VISIBILITY. Road Conditions through WI, along so. end of L. Superior, SNOW PACKED. Road Conditions from Duluth to Rochester MN mixed fair and poor. 2 hour school delay here in the UP Keweenaw Peninsula.

I don't know whether we'll be making the Rochester trip today or not :-(

Oh and the wind chill is -20. Hadn't someone said spring was just around the corner?
phyllis__mn
17 years ago
It's cold here this morning..........-11Âº, but according to my handy-dandy little weather gizmo, it's -34Âº windchill. Hope it warms up a LOT!
hayjud_mn
17 years ago
It's almost 8AM and the temp is -11. They say we only got 3" of snow, but it is amazing how much that can look like when the wind has caused some good sized drifts.

I really REALLY hope this is the end of the below zero temps. We always get more snow in March. Snow is OK, there are so many fun things to do in snow. I just have had enough of this very cold weather.

Doesn't it seem like it has been at least 6 months since Thanksgiving?!?

Whoa Minnesota peeps!

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