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From tornadoes to ice storms to floods the State Climate office lists the historical weather events that were most notable in and bordering Minnesota for the decade. How about the BCWA and Ham Lake wild fires in May 2007! Not really a weather event, but significant impact on the landscape and environment. Read more about…

As we get ready to close the book on this December it is noteworthy to mention that for some southern Minnesota communities the monthly snowfall has been record setting. Thanks to the heavy snow storms of the 8th and 9th, along with the 24th and 25th, several observers reported over 30 inches of monthly snowfall.…

Wind Chill Chart from NOAA

High resolution radar from the College of Dupage

Forecasters at this time have little concern about anything close to a repeat of flooding on the Red River in 2010.

A minor system with a push of milder air will stir up some snowflakes on Wednesday over southern Minnesota, mainly the light, fluffy kind.

Ice accumulation from March storm 2009. Here’s an assessment from the State Climate Office on what they considered as one of the leading high impact weather events in the state for 2009. A vigorous area of low pressure moved from western Nebraska on March 22 to Sioux Falls South Dakota by the morning of March…

NOAA visible satellite image from Monday afternoon. From this visible imagery you can clearly notice the forested regions of Minnesota and Wisconsin as the more grey regions. You can also see some of the lakes and streams in Minnesota. One of the challenges we have this time of year is determining cloud cover from snow…

It is as tough to measure snow as it is to forecast it. See why our best forecast is always a range of several inches. I’ve heard of as much as 17 inches of snow from Le Seur through Prior Lake to Chaska. Fourteen inches from Waconia to Delano. CE