A sloppy smooch so long

I'm known as a frugal guy, but after looking at the latest weather charts, I'm offering to purchase a one way ticket for Old Man Winter on the Monday morning north bound train.

March will close out like a lion as a very wet weather system sloshes across the Mississippi Valley into the Great Lakes. Drenching showers in the somewhat milder air in Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois are likely to produce swollen creeks and rivers.

In the cooler air that is expected to hang close to the Twin Cities, a heavy, wet snowfall is possible. The fine line between cold rain and accumulating snow may put the heaviest snowfall closer to Blaine than Burnsville.

Graphical National Weather Service Weather Story (scroll down if image is not visible)

A chilly wind, temperatures in the 30s and mixed precipitation will make for an uncomfortable setting on the plaza for Opening Day of the Twins regular season. Baseball in March; an enclosed stadium seems like a wise idea.

CE