Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Bracing for More Winter Weather

Once again from the Weather Service:

WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS WEST & CENTRAL NO. DAKOTA.

LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO SO. DAKOTA WILL SPREAD A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN, SLEET & SNOW ACROSS WESTERN & CENTRAL ND TODAY & TONIGHT. ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS FORECAST ACROSS NW & CENTRAL NO. DAKOTA THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING, WITH THE LARGEST POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL OVER THE SO. CENTRAL & JAMES RIVER BASIN, WHERE 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW FAR NORTH HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL EXTEND.

IN ADDITION, A MIX OF PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE & LIGHT SNOW CONTINUES ACROSS SOUTHWEST ND, WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS AREA TO SPREAD NORTH AND EAST THIS MORNING. FREEZING RAIN WILL REMAIN A THREAT ACROSS THE WEST INTO THE AFTERNOON & EVENING HRS TONIGHT.

THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL TODAY & TONIGHT ACROSS WEST & CENTRAL ND CAN EXPECT VERY HAZARDOUS ROADWAY CONDITIONS. ONLY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AMOUNTS ARE NEEDED TO CREATE ICY ROADWAYS. IN ADDITION, LESS THAN AN INCH OF SNOW FALLING ONTO WARM ROAD SURFACES WILL PRODUCE SNOW & ICE COVERED ROADWAYS AS THE SNOW MELTS & QUICKLY REFREEZES, ESPECIALLY OVER BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

And winter hasn't even started yet ...

3 comments:

Kimberly said...

I drove home in that wintry mix! It wasn't a pleasant experience but we made it here without mishap. I'm sure not ready for it to be winter.

Anonymous said...

I just noticed your blog title and was checking it out. My son and his family are at Minot,ND. He's in the air force. His wife is sad that the snow has started already!You all had such a bad winter last year! I live down in WV, so it's not nearly as cold and snowy here.I don't have a blog but really enjoy reading about homesteading life around the country and world.My e-mail is Luella2897@hotmail.com.

Anonymous said...

Thanks Lynn for the pictures.

Glad to see the trucking of the wind tower and blades. I didn't get any of those and will add them to our pictures. They sure are building a lot of them all over the upper mid west.

Gp B