It must be Spring

Mar 20, 2008 07:38

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING.

HEAVY SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY FROM WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AROUND
SIX INCHES APPEAR POSSIBLE...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS
APPROACHING EIGHT INCHES.

THE WINTER STORM WATCH INCLUDES LOCATIONS SOUTH AND WEST OF AN
ALEXANDRIA...TO MINNEAPOLIS...TO RED WING LINE. SOME OTHER CITIES
INCLUDED ARE MORRIS...CANBY...WILLMAR...HUTCHINSON...REDWOOD
FALLS...FAIRMONT... MANKATO...ALBERT LEA...AND NORTHFIELD.

THE SNOW IS EXPECT TO BEGIN IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS
AFTERNOON...AND SPREAD TOWARD EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
THURSDAY EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY
IN NATURE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH
OF THE DAY ON FRIDAY. SOME AREAS MAY PICK UP ONLY FOUR INCHES...WHILE
ISOLATED SPOTS RECEIVE EIGHT INCHES OF WET SNOW. THERE SHOULD BE A
FEW PERIODS WHEN SNOW SHOWERS BECOME HEAVY...RESULTING IN
VISIBILITIES UNDER ONE HALF MILE.

IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING...STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS...AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES. MAKE SURE YOU SLOW DOWN...
ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND RAMPS.

Peachy!

UPDATE- For once they were right on the money. Woke up to six inches of heavy, wet March SLOP. Oh well, I needed the exercise, I guess.
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