What a wierd spring...

A SIGNIFICANT HEAVY SNOWFALL IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY LIKELY ACROSS THE REGION BEGINNING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY INITIALLY BEGIN OR BE MIXED WITH RAIN...HOWEVER A TRANSITION TO A WET HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED BY MID-AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO LAST THE BETTER PART OF THURSDAY NIGHT AS WELL AS FRIDAY. THE ATMOSPHERE APPEARS CONDUCIVE FOR THE SNOWFALL RATES TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES... INCLUDING WITHIN THUNDER SNOW. BY FRIDAY NIGHT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF AT LEAST A HALF FOOT ARE APPEARING LIKELY WITH SIGNIFICANTLY MORE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE...NAMELY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AND THE HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES...GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS MAY LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... PRIMARILY IN RURAL OPEN AREAS.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
332 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO IMPACT THE TWIN PORTS VICINITY THURSDAY
NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY...WITH A MAJOR SNOWSTORM ELSEWHERE
ACROSS THE NORTHLAND...

AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST THROUGH
IOWA AND ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE THURSDAY INTO EARLY
SATURDAY. THIS STORM TRACK WILL FAVOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW
ACROSS THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY
SATURDAY.

A LARGE SWATH OF SNOW...IN EXCESS OF ONE FOOT IN SOME AREAS...
COMBINED WITH HIGH WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

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NORTHERN ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN ITASCA-
332 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THURSDAY TO 7 AM CDT
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THURSDAY TO 7 AM CDT
SATURDAY.

HEAVY SNOW...HIGH WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...AND BLOWING
SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD IN THE BIGFORK...ORR...AND ELY
VICINITY THURSDAY NIGHT...PERSISTING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. STORM
SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY.
THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

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BETTWY

Next season we should order this stuff in December instead of April.

Order it in September, just in case they are backlogged again. We should get it in Dec or Jan.

ha sure enough when my sleds in a million pieces we get hammered.

Maybe everyone will have a different idea on there dates next year when I "pin " the thread (I hope ) the 2nd Annual 1st accumulations of snow contest. I am currently working on getting .....snowmobiling related companies to be apart of it ( $$$$ )and , It will be better than before. Just think if I would of done the last snow fall contest .......LOL, That would of been fun ! After what were going thru now...... Details will follow though out the year , I will post a thread on it later ...........

Are you F'n kidding me!

NO

i bet we only get an inch.

hopefully.....i wish this crap would go away now. i wanted to go racing this weekend but i dont think that gonna happen

/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.080410T1800Z- 080412T1200Z/ STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT- CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD- REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON... REDWOOD FALLS 436 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT SATURDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT SATURDAY.

HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTHWEST AREAS OF MINNESOTA BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND LASTING THROUGH FRIDAY. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS A PERIOD OF RAIN AND SNOW...BUT A QUICK TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW AND SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...THERE WILL BE VERY STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WITH SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND FURTHER REDUCED VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. SNOW INTENSITY WILL DECREASE FRIDAY BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN A SWATH FROM CANBY TO REDWOOD FALLS NORTHEAST TO ALEXANDRIA TO CAMBRIDGE WHERE ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 15 INCHES... WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED BY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.

THE HEAVY SNOW IS IN RESPONSE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO REACH SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BY EARLY SATURDAY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.


This is awesome!!! The line from Redwood Falls to Cambridge damn near goes right over Hutch!!! Which I'm only prolly about 10-12 miles from as the crow flies!!!! A foot plus in April, down by the cities, arghhhh, damn global warming!!!!

I'm going to leave the farm near zimmerman and ride towards the north and blast the ditches only.........It will be fun the weeds and tall grass are already knocked down to just ....pin it !!!!!!

I have a full tank of 114/Klotz in the mod sled. I'm dieing to run it out. I just need about 8''-9'' then it's on!!

Same here full tank of 93 with klotz oil too. want to burn it out instead of pumping it out. The other night i was cleaning the garage and started sled on the stand to just smell the oil! Its great!

BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
7 AM CDT SATURDAY
NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH...COMBINED WITH HEAVY
SNOW...WILL RESULT IN A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HAZARDOUS WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS FOR LOCATIONS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR...INCLUDING THE TWIN
PORTS...WEST TO FLOODWOOD...SOUTH TO AROUND BARNUM...AND EAST TO
BENNETT WISCONSIN.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL REACH 11 TO 16 INCHES AT THE HEAD OF
THE LAKES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE.
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.