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I just hate being on the winter side of it. It was nice to see and hear some lightning/thunder for the first time in a long time last night.
We had some pretty loud thunder last night too which resulted in our 6 year old sleeping with us. And meant I had a knee in my back most of the night.
 
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That blizzard last night was some BS. I was golfing the first week of April last year if I remember correctly. Maybe that was the year before.
 


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That blizzard last night was some BS. I was golfing the first week of April last year if I remember correctly. Maybe that was the year before.

Yeah it gets depressing after awhile. Your memory is correct.

Round One last year for me was 4/2/2022
Round One in 2021 was 4/7/2021
 






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Someday: I retire.

The next day: Driving a moving van west.
Yeahbut that's gonna be expensive.

That's why housing is relatively cheap here, compared to other parts of the country. Who wants to deal with this crap??
 



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Thankfully the sun is doing good work already today.
 

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There are so many good photos and videos from yesterday's Iowa tornadoes, but I think these are the best.



Some of the camera angles at the end are amazing.



This is really good between 4-6:30. The structure at about 5:42 is just unbelievable. Both of these chasers had to have endued up pretty close to each other.

 
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This can't be good for possible flooding. Sounds like there's a big warmup on the way too.

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This can't be good for possible flooding. Sounds like there's a big warmup on the way too.

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Will not help the Red River situation, that is for sure. They were already expecting moderate - major flooding.

But on the positive side, QPF is only expected to be around 1.3 inches, which is not a ton for 18 inches of April snow (14:1 ratio). In our storm on Thursday-Friday in the Twin Cities my house had 1.2 inches of liquid in about 9 inches of snow. (8:1 ratio)

Also positive is most of this will not fall on the Mississippi watershed so the impacts on the Twin Cities may not be as bad as it could have been.

Third positive is this storm is the final big one on the horizon for a while. After this moves out most of the country outside the SE and extreme NW will have some time to dry out. But, the SE rainy weather will make the Masters dreary, which is a bummer.
 

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Will not help the Red River situation, that is for sure. They were already expecting moderate - major flooding.

But on the positive side, QPF is only expected to be around 1.3 inches, which is not a ton for 18 inches of April snow (14:1 ratio). In our storm on Thursday-Friday in the Twin Cities my house had 1.2 inches of liquid in about 9 inches of snow. (8:1 ratio)

Also positive is most of this will not fall on the Mississippi watershed so the impacts on the Twin Cities may not be as bad as it could have been.

Third positive is this storm is the final big one on the horizon for a while. After this moves out most of the country outside the SE and extreme NW will have some time to dry out. But, the SE rainy weather will make the Masters dreary, which is a bummer.
I'm hardly an expert in this but seems to me the Red River situation could get pretty bad. There's already 5-6" water equivalent in the Fargo areas and the really nice weather coming will probably melt the snow very quickly. 45-50+ degrees in April with the sun out and longer days will get rid of the snow fast. A more gradual melt is much better of course. Plus those areas of a couple feet of frost where in the Minnesota River area there was very little frozen ground underneath the snow.
 

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Interstate is closed from Fargo all the way to Canadian border.
 





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It's been a little disorienting the past couple of days walking out my front door and not seeing a 2-6 ft snow bank lining my driveway. I think it was there since the very end of November.
 

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It's been a little disorienting the past couple of days walking out my front door and not seeing a 2-6 ft snow bank lining my driveway. I think it was there since the very end of November.
I have a lot going on right now. Everything happening at once it seems. Just a little too chaotic for my liking. If it was still "winter" out, I would have been bummed out. But.... it was so nice out the last few days that my mood was instantly lifted. I really need to get out of this state.
 

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I have a lot going on right now. Everything happening at once it seems. Just a little too chaotic for my liking. If it was still "winter" out, I would have been bummed out. But.... it was so nice out the last few days that my mood was instantly lifted. I really need to get out of this state.
Just being able to open windows both in the house and the car significantly improves my outlook on life. I'm not even going to complain about spring allergies this year. Bring it!
 

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Did we completely skip Spring in this state?
 


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Don't worry, it'll be right back to the 40s and 50s for the foreseeable future after tomorrow.
The forecast on Sunday looks like we are skipping Autumn and heading right back to Winter.

Uffda.
 




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