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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: January 18, 2013, 11:46:03 AM »

17° Overcast

Blizzard Watch in effect for Saturday. Wind gusts to 50 mph expected.

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General Discussion / Re: American Airlines Unveils New Livery and Logo

« on: January 17, 2013, 04:20:08 PM »

I like the design. The airline, I never quite got used to. I try to avoid American if I can help it.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: January 16, 2013, 10:25:04 PM »

Just be lucky you guys don't live here. Over the past 7 days, the closest we got to winter was just some sleet this morning. Otherwise, the temperatures have been swinging, after it being mild and having some 60's, the tulips are sprouting. Now it's been 30's and damp, cloudy, and dark. It's really depressing, worst place to live if you want sun. Heck, even some palm trees still have green on them and are still alive. Next week may bring some cold air, though I'm skeptical of how cold it will get. I say only as cold as maybe 15°F. Coldest temp so far this season is only 23°F. Snow chances are small, at most a few inches, and if some of the individual members come to fruition, then we could talk maybe a foot. Otherwise, cold, dry and brown for a while. 

Yeah, but you don't want extremes. We've had multiple nights this month with temperatures falling well below zero - today we had a warm front move through and we got our high temperature at midnight: 37 degrees. It's been falling ever since (we're at -3 right now), and our highs are going to be sub-zero in a few days. The wind is always breezy nowadays so the wind chills are always quite dangerous. It's that time of year where you avoid going outside if you can help it.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: January 16, 2013, 06:04:11 PM »

My friends (natives of Minnesota and North Dakota for most of their lives), are joking that an inch of snow in Atlanta will bring the city to its knees. It is always interesting to see how different regions respond to snowfall. Obviously since the south is usually ill-prepared for the white stuff, the reactions to snowfall down there are slightly more hysterical than reactions farther north (this is just what I've noticed).

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Winter Weather / Re: 2012-2013 Winter Outlook

« on: January 16, 2013, 05:56:36 PM »

Winter is here in full force - we've had snow on the ground since late November and the wind keeps blowing it around like crazy. Cold snap arrives this weekend... high of -11 on Monday! 

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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: January 14, 2013, 06:05:57 PM »

5° Partly Cloudy.

Really cold air moves in next week - preliminary forecast for MLK Day (21st) is Mostly Sunny with a high of -10. Forecast low could get down to -25, not counting wind chill. 

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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: January 13, 2013, 02:06:04 PM »

2° Mostly Cloudy

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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: January 12, 2013, 01:18:38 PM »

1° Overcast/Breezy.

Forecast high temperature already busted for today.

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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: January 11, 2013, 11:54:09 PM »

11° Blizzard Conditions

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Your Local Weather / Re: Grand Forks Weather

« on: January 11, 2013, 11:14:38 AM »

Winter Storm Watch has been upgraded to a Blizzard Warning.

MNZ004-007-NDZ008-016-027-029-038-121800-
/O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0001.130111T1800Z-130112T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KFGF.BZ.W.0001.130112T0000Z-130112T1800Z/
KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH-GRAND FORKS-STEELE-
BARNES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...WARREN...CAVALIER...GRAFTON...
GRAND FORKS...FINLEY...VALLEY CITY
401 AM CST FRI JAN 11 2013

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST
SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
  CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN
  SIX INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
  COOPERSTOWN TO CROOKSTON TO BAUDETTE.

* NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45
  MPH THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD
  BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER
  MILE OR LESS IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAKING TRAVEL NEAR
  IMPOSSIBLE.

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.

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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: January 11, 2013, 11:13:21 AM »

19° Fog/Mist/Breezy. Very icy conditions; some departments have cancelled classes today.

Blizzard Warning in effect starting at 6 PM tonight.

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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: January 10, 2013, 02:25:55 PM »

48° Overcast/Breezy

Extremely impressive WAA today with strong southerly winds in our region. Temperature already 12 degrees above the forecast high.

Winter Storm Watch remains in effect.
Wind Advisory in effect for today.

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Your Local Weather / Re: Grand Forks Weather

« on: January 10, 2013, 01:39:55 AM »

Highlighted the most extreme days in blue for your convenience. Oooh, this is bitter. 

Overnight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 23. South wind 16 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 36. Breezy, with a south wind 13 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain or freezing rain before midnight, then a chance of freezing rain. Cloudy, with a low around 20. South wind 6 to 11 mph becoming light and variable. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Friday: Snow. High near 21. Blustery, with a north wind 14 to 19 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.

Friday Night: Snow with areas of blowing snow. Low around 3. Blustery, with a north wind around 25 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.

Saturday: Areas of blowing snow and a chance of snow before noon, then a slight chance of snow after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 3. Blustery. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around -18.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 0.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around -16.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 0.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around -11.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 7.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -5.

Wednesday: A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 10.

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Your Local Weather / Re: Grand Forks Weather

« on: January 10, 2013, 01:35:10 AM »

Back in Grand Forks, so time to post. Big storm on the way here. Although 6 inches of snow is nothing to sneeze at, the main story will be the cold air filtering in behind the system...and sticking around for quite a while! Attached is the Winter Storm Watch and the NWS forecast for the next week.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
342 PM CST WED JAN 9 2013

...MAJOR WINTER STORM POSSIBLE FOR THE END OF THE WEEK...

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-121800-
/O.NEW.KFGF.WS.A.0001.130111T0600Z-130112T1800Z/
WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-
WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-
EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-
SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-
WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER-
PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-
GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-
WESTERN WALSH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS...
HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN...
NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...
FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...
PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE...
FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...CANDO...
LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...
NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...
MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON...
ADAMS
342 PM CST WED JAN 9 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING.

* RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO FAR SOUTHEASTERN
  NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH
  THE FREEZING RAIN THREAT CONTINUING INTO THE DAY ON FRIDAY. SNOW
  WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN THURSDAY
  NIGHT...SPREADING SOUTH AND EASTWARD THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY
  AS TEMPERATURES DROP. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY
  NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF ON SATURDAY.

* WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 30 MPH RANGE WITH HIGHER
  GUSTS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS
  WILL BE MAINLY FROM THE RED RIVER VALLEY WESTWARD.

* VISIBILITIES COULD APPROACH A HALF TO EVEN A QUARTER OF A MILE
  AT TIMES.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HIGHEST IN THE DEVILS LAKE
  TO ROSEAU AREA WHERE 8 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. 6 TO 8 INCHES
  WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN THAT AREA SOUTH TO A VALLEY CITY TO
  BEMIDJI LINE. LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE FOUND IN
  SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

* WIND CHILL VALUES OF 25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE WEST
  OF THE RED RIVER LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF NEARLY A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE
  NEAR DETROIT LAKES TO BEMIDJI...WITH LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS NORTH
  AND WEST OF THAT AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$

JR

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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: January 09, 2013, 11:20:29 AM »

22° Partly Cloudy.

Potential major winter storm on the way here with snow accumulations of 6 inches or more possible, and bitterly cold temperatures.