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Spring weather

by , Posted to on 05/04/2010 11:15 PM | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |

Joined: 03/09/2009
Location: ND
 Now we are having some typical spring weather.

...ACCUMULATING SNOW POSSIBLE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY...   A STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER WYOMING WILL LEAD TO THE POSSIBILITY OF  ACCUMULATING SNOW THURSDAY AND INTO FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT THE  GREATEST SNOWFALL POTENTIAL IS ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND FAR SOUTH CENTRAL  NORTH DAKOTA. 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW MAY BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94 FROM BEACH...TO DICKINSON AND BISMARCK... WITH AN EMBEDDED AREA OF POTENTIALLY 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IN LOCATIONS SUCH  AS MOTT...BOWMAN AND HETTINGER THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY MORNING.  THE CONSISTENCY OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY TO BE WET AND HEAVY...WITH NORTH TO  NORTHEAST WINDS UP TO 30 MPH.  UNCERTAINTY DOES REMAIN WITH THIS SYSTEM... NAMELY...HOW SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON WARM GROUND...SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES  HOVERING NEAR FREEZING...TIME OF THE CHANGE FROM RAIN TO SNOW...AND THE TRACK OF  THE SYSTEM ITSELF. AS A RESULT...THIS SNOWFALL FORECAST IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE  DUE TO SEVERAL VARIABLES OF UNCERTAINTY. STAY TUNED TO FORECAST UPDATES.
Re: Spring weather
by on 05/04/2010 11:26 PM | Reply #1 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |

Joined: 03/09/2009
Location: ND
 That didn't post worth a darn. However it looks like we may be getting some snow.

AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT THE GREATEST SNOWFALL POTENTIAL IS ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND FAR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW MAY BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94 FROM BEACH...TO DICKINSON AND BISMARCK...WITH AN EMBEDDED AREA OF POTENTIALLY 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IN LOCATIONS SUCH AS MOTT...BOWMAN AND HETTINGER THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE CONSISTENCY OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY TO BE WET AND HEAVY...WITH NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS UP TO 30 MPH.
Re: Spring weather
by on 05/04/2010 11:27 PM | Reply #2 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |

Joined: 03/09/2009
Location: ND
 I give up.

The weather is going to suck.
Re: Spring weather
by on 05/05/2010 08:32 AM | Reply #3 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |

Joined: 01/08/2003
Location: ND
I am having the same problem with anything posting on the Deer Reduction thread!!!
 

Good Luck and Good Fishin'

Eric T


Re: Spring weather
by on 05/05/2010 08:39 AM | Reply #4 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |

Joined: 07/14/2003
Location: ND

Walynut,

You were trying to post an excel document.  That isn't going to jive with HTML requirements without some editing.

Bdub,

Not sure what you are trying to post but a hint is to get rid of all the HTML by using the clipboard button with a little blue page symbol on it.  That will greatly reduce goofy markups from other HTML pages.

I'm guessing you are trying to post something like this (Minot Forecast):

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WINDS IN THE SOUTHWEST CONTINUE STRONG WITH SUSTAINED WINDS 35 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH. WILL EXTEND THE HIGH WIND WARNING IN THE SOUTHWEST FOUR COUNTIES UNTIL 15Z OR 9 AM MDT THEN GO WITH A WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 18Z OR NOON MDT. FOR THE REST OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW WARNING CRITERIA AND ARE IN THE ADVISORY CRITERIA AND SHOULD REMAIN THERE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. STRONG WINDS CONTINUE SOUTH OF A TROUGH/COLD FRONT ROTATING AROUND THE SURFACE LOW IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. THE STRONG WINDS ALOFT HAVE BEEN SHIFTING SOUTH AHEAD OF THE FRONT. EVEN WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONTLIKELY TO SEE WINDY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE DAY AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT REMAINS FAIRLY STRONG BEHIND THE SURFACE LOW. THE LOW SHOULD BE FAR ENOUGH EAST OF THE AREA BY EVENING FOR THE WINDS TO LIGHTEN SIGNIFICANTLY. IN ADDITION MOISTURE WRAPPING AROUND THE LOW TODAY WILL BRING SPOTTY RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS TO THE AREA THIS MORNING...MAINLY SCATTERED TO ISOLATED SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES RISE.

THE NEXT CHALLENGE WILL BE THE SURFACE LOW THAT WILL MOVE INTO THE PLAINS ON THURSDAY WHILE THE STRONGEST
UPPER LEVEL FEATURES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE DAKOTAS. THE MODELS ALL INDICATE SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL FOR PRECIPITATION AND ALL TRACK THE 700 MB LOW ACROSS THE DAKOTAS NEAR THE ND/SD BORDER BUT WITH THE USUAL DIFFERENCES. THICKNESSES ARE BELOW 540 DECAMETERS WITH 850 TEMPERATURES GENERALLY BELOW 0 DEGREES CELSIUS WHICH INDICATES A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. AT THIS POINT...THE TRACK OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS STILL SOMEWHAT IN DOUBT BUT APPEARS THAT THE BEST POTENTIAL WILL BE IN THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE. CONSEQUENTLY WILL ISSUE A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR HEAVY SNOW FOR THOSE COUNTIES ALONG INTERSTATE 94 FROM THE MONTANA BORDER TO BISMARCK AND SOUTH. WILL START THE WATCH IN THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 3 AM MDT THURSDAY MORNING...THEN ADD THE REST OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ND AFTER 6 AM MDT OR 7 AM CDT THAT MORNING...ENDING AT 6 AM MDT OR 7 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING. DUE TO CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION...TEMPERATURES SHOULD SEE ONLY MINOR RISES ON FRIDAY IN THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL...BETTER ELSEWHERE BUT STILL BELOW NORMAL. FRIDAY SHOULD BE THE BEGINNING OF A WARMING TREND...BUT WILL STILL BE WELL BELOW NORMAL MOST AREAS.

.LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...
MODELS AGREE IN DEPICTING A PROGRESSIVE PATTERN WITH GENERALLY BELOW
NORMAL HEIGHTS ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA AND THE CENTRAL US. THE EXTENDED PERIOD WILL BE COOL AND WET. I WILL FOCUS ON THE WAVE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. ALTHOUGH THE ECMWF AND GFS DIFFER SOMEWHAT BY MONDAY...GENERALLY THERE IS A BROAD SOUTHWEST FETCH AT H500 MB ACROSS THE CENTRAL US. THIS WILL GIVE AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR LOW LEVELS TO TAP INTO GULF MOISTURE. SO WILL RAISE THE PROBABILITY FOR PRECIPITATION INTO THE CHANCE CATEGORY OR 30 TO 50 PERCENT RANGE. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE COOL...WITH HIGHS UPPER 40S TO MID 50S AND LOWS IN THE 30S. I WILL KEEP THE PRECIPITATION AS RAIN AS TEMPS LOOK TOO WARM FOR SNOW.




 
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Re: Spring weather
by on 05/05/2010 08:39 AM | Reply #5 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |

Joined: 11/04/2003
Location: ND
yes it does, woke up this morning and everything is coated in wet, heavy snow, and the wind is picking up also.
Re: Spring weather
by on 05/05/2010 08:44 AM | Reply #6 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |

Joined: 03/09/2009
Location: ND
Thanks Tim. 

...ACCUMULATING SNOW POSSIBLE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY...

A STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER WYOMING WILL LEAD TO THE POSSIBILITY
OF ACCUMULATING SNOW THURSDAY AND INTO FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME IT
APPEARS THAT THE GREATEST SNOWFALL POTENTIAL IS ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND
FAR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW MAY BE
POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94 FROM BEACH...TO DICKINSON
AND BISMARCK...WITH AN EMBEDDED AREA OF POTENTIALLY 4 TO 8 INCHES OF
SNOW IN LOCATIONS SUCH AS MOTT...BOWMAN AND HETTINGER THURSDAY
AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE CONSISTENCY OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY
TO BE WET AND HEAVY...WITH NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS UP TO 30 MPH.

UNCERTAINTY DOES REMAIN WITH THIS SYSTEM...NAMELY...HOW SNOW WILL
ACCUMULATE ON WARM GROUND...SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES HOVERING NEAR
FREEZING...TIME OF THE CHANGE FROM RAIN TO SNOW...AND THE TRACK OF
THE SYSTEM ITSELF. AS A RESULT...THIS SNOWFALL FORECAST IS SUBJECT
TO CHANGE DUE TO SEVERAL VARIABLES OF UNCERTAINTY. STAY TUNED TO
FORECAST UPDATES.
 
Re: Spring weather
by on 05/05/2010 08:59 AM | Reply #7 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |

Joined: 01/29/2009
Location: ND
Yes the weather sucks and it's apparently my fault.  Had nice weather up until last weekend when I started to side the house.  Had about 4 hours to go and got rained out.  Then wanted to finish yesterday and rained out again.  Looks like maybe this weekend now.  Start an outdoor project and of course it's going to rain, kinda like washing the truck.  
"Lifes tough pilgrim, and it's even tougher if you're stupid"  --John Wayne
Re: Spring weather
by on 05/06/2010 10:18 AM | Reply #8 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |

Joined: 07/14/2003
Location: ND

8 to 10 inces down in the southwest corner!

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/wxstory.php?site=bis

And then you take a look at the precip forecast.  She's a wet one.

http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/d12_fill.gif (2 day)

http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/p120i12.gif (5 day)




 
Kirsch's Outdoor Products | Fargo, ND | 701-261-9017 koutdoorproducts.com
Risovi Taxidermy Studio | New Rockford, ND | 701-947-2048 risovitaxidermystudio.com
Jig-em-Up Guide Service | Grand Forks, ND | 701-739-9198 jig-em-up-guide-service.com

 
Re: Spring weather
by on 05/06/2010 10:21 AM | Reply #9 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |

Joined: 11/24/2004
Location: ND
this was my trip back to bismarck to do moms day and fish the river - ---shot down in "rain".    No more planning
Stay thirsty my friends
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