That dark blue patch over Minnesota is a winter storm watch.
Winter Storm Watch
Dakota (Minnesota)URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
506 AM CST FRI NOV 30 2007
...WINTER STORM WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE GOPHER
STATE AND WESTERN WISCONSIN FOR THIS WEEKEND...
.THE FIRST WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON REMAINS POISED TO AFFECT
MUCH OF MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THIS WEEKEND. A STRONG
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING IN THE COLORADO ROCKIES WILL LIFT
NORTH INTO NEBRASKA BY SATURDAY EVENING. A BROAD BAND OF SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WELL AHEAD OF THE LOW ON SATURDAY SPREADING
ACROSS MUCH OF MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE LOW WILL CROSS
IOWA SATURDAY NIGHT REACHING WISCONSIN SUNDAY MORNING. ENOUGH WARM
AIR IS EXPECTED TO BE PULLED NORTH AHEAD OF THE LOW TO BRING A
PERIOD OF SLEET OR EVEN FREEZING RAIN INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND
INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...ESPECIALLY SATURDAY EVENING. SLEET
COULD REACH AS FAR NORTH AS THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AND
CHIPPEWA FALLS...WISCONSIN. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL OF
PRODUCING SNOW TOTALS IN EXCESS OF SIX INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF
SOUTHERN...CENTRAL...AND NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WESTERN
WISCONSIN. OF COURSE...ANY AREAS WHICH EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT
FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET WILL SEE DIMINISHED SNOW TOTALS. GUSTY
NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND
SUNDAY WHICH COULD CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.
TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ON SATURDAY
AS BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
Dakota (Minnesota)URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
506 AM CST FRI NOV 30 2007
...WINTER STORM WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE GOPHER
STATE AND WESTERN WISCONSIN FOR THIS WEEKEND...
.THE FIRST WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON REMAINS POISED TO AFFECT
MUCH OF MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THIS WEEKEND. A STRONG
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING IN THE COLORADO ROCKIES WILL LIFT
NORTH INTO NEBRASKA BY SATURDAY EVENING. A BROAD BAND OF SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WELL AHEAD OF THE LOW ON SATURDAY SPREADING
ACROSS MUCH OF MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE LOW WILL CROSS
IOWA SATURDAY NIGHT REACHING WISCONSIN SUNDAY MORNING. ENOUGH WARM
AIR IS EXPECTED TO BE PULLED NORTH AHEAD OF THE LOW TO BRING A
PERIOD OF SLEET OR EVEN FREEZING RAIN INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND
INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...ESPECIALLY SATURDAY EVENING. SLEET
COULD REACH AS FAR NORTH AS THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AND
CHIPPEWA FALLS...WISCONSIN. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL OF
PRODUCING SNOW TOTALS IN EXCESS OF SIX INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF
SOUTHERN...CENTRAL...AND NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WESTERN
WISCONSIN. OF COURSE...ANY AREAS WHICH EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT
FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET WILL SEE DIMINISHED SNOW TOTALS. GUSTY
NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND
SUNDAY WHICH COULD CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.
TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ON SATURDAY
AS BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
I am so not ready for this. I never cut back my fall raspberries. I have piles of dead tomatoes in the center of my back yard. I still have Brussels Sprouts and other things (dead) standing in my garden. I haven't even brought in all of my garden hoses.
I know I have been busy, but how did all of this creep up on me? After all tomorrow it will be December and this is Minnesota!
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