Last Winter we couldn’t buy snow and cold, but this year is shaping up to be a little different.  We have our snow cover back, we got our White Christmas, and as we head through the first week of January we are going to get our bitter cold.

All of last Winter we had 20.6″ of snow fall in Rochester.  To date at the Rochester International Airport, where  all official  snowfall information is taken, we’ve seen 14.5″.  Things are definitely a bit different around here thus far when you compare it to the crazy and unusual Winter we had last year.   Here is a comparison from this winter so far to last years winter through December 29th.

We have doubled the snowfall from this point last year

Here is another perspective.  It wasn’t just warm and dry on northern Iowa and southern Minnesota, it was warm and dry everywhere.  The next two graphics tell that story.  The first is the snow cover on December 29th of 2011 and the second is the snow cover as of December 29th 2012 across North America.   The difference is EYE-POPPING.   The white on the maps below indicate where there is snow.

December 29th 200 North America Snow Cover

As mentioned things have changed big time, especially in the lower 48.  There is snow on the ground as far south as Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.

North America Snow Cover as of Dec. 29th 2012

It doesn’t look like we will add to the snow pack over the next several days, but the Arctic will pay us a visit bringing MUCH colder air to Iowa and Minnesota.

Posted under climate, KTTC, minnesota, weather, winter, winter weather

You may have heard, but it looks like the biggest storm of year in the area is heading this direction and will be here as early as lunch time on Tuesday.  The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch (Blue on map below) that goes into effect on Tuesday and lasts through Wednesday evening.   The green represents a Blizzard Watch for portions of western Minnesota and the Dakotas.

In a storm like this the storm track means everything and will determine whether or not the bulk of the precip will fall as snow, rain or freezing rain.

First things first.  We are expecting an area low pressure to develop out of the Rockies as a strong upper level disturbance moves through.  All of that energy will eventually be heading this way and will have  a ton of moisture to work.  As the low moves through the plains states it is going to pull up abundant supply of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico.

Storm will pull Gulf of Mexico moisture northward as it moves through the Upper Midwest

The next question is how will this moisture be dumped?  Snow, Freezing Rain, Rain or all of the above.  Once the storm moves out of the Rockies, the track of the surface low is crucial.  Here are a couple of scenarios.  If you want heavy snow with pretty nice accumulations you want track 2, the southern track.

A couple of scenarios for potential storm Tue/Wed

The more the center of low pressure goes to the north, the better chance we have to see some freezing rain or even straight rain mix in and that will cut down on snow totals.  For the best snow you want to be sitting on the “cold”  (northwest) side  of the low.  As this storm begins to develop out of the Rockies on Monday, we will have a better idea of where this thing is headed.  Just a 100 miles or even less will change the impact drastically.

Futurecast has snow starting things out in the late morning on Tuesday as some snow and as warm air is brought up from the south, the snow will mix in in with some rain or freezing rain.  This is just one outcome.  At this point it is to early to tell how much of what we are expecting, but as we can pin down how much warm air gets pulled in and the actual track we will know much more.  Bottom line with this one, there is going to be a lot of moisture and the storm looks to be pretty large in size.  Stay tuned for more updates.

Posted under KTTC, weather, winter weather

We haven’t had a whole lot of reason to check out the radar around here lately, so you probably haven’t noticed that you can track tropical storm systems right here on our website. How, you might ask? Check out Interactive Radar. The picture you see above is a screen grab I took at home on my laptop. In the white drop-down box, located within the viewable map, you can select ‘tropical storms’ and ‘clouds’ to get that very same image. The controls for our interactive radar are just like those you’d find at bing.com or google maps, so you can navigate anywhere and check out the latest in the tropics.

Right now, Irene is becoming a monster of a hurricane and is forecast to have a major impact on the east coast (as of this Wednesday morning’s NHC forecast). You can see that forecast track on our interactive radar and get the forecast timeline by hovering over each dot along the track.

Posted under Atlantic Hurricane Season, KTTC, severe weather, Tropical weather

Here is a look at the some of the rain totals in the viewing area from Sunday morning.  Some places saw heavier thunderstorms than others and therefore rain totals differed greatly from place to place.  Check it out!

We will be under the gun for possible severe weather again and we will add to these twelve hour totals from Sunday morning as heavy rain is expected late tonight and through the early morning Monday.

Posted under KTTC, weather, wind

Tonight is a big night in the eyes of the “weather geek”.  The 1st of  March marked the official start of severe weather season in the United States.  We all remember from last year the power mother nature can pack when it comes to this type of weather.  June 17th comes to mind with that massive tornado outbreak.  Last year Minnesota broke their record for most tornadoes in one year and beat out every single state for most tornado touchdowns last year with 113 tornado confirmations.

It is important to have skywarn spotters to help give advanced warnings of tornadoes and any other kind of severe weather such as hail, lightning, straight line winds, flooding, etc. The information provided to meteorologists by trained spotters in the field can greatly increase warning times and provide crucial information as we continue to learn about the dynamic atmosphere.

If you are a weather weenie and would like to learn about the weather and more about severe weather spotter training come on out to the Rochester Event Center in Olmsted County at 6:30 to be trained! If you do not live close to Rochester, but are still interested, here is the schedule for a spotter training near you.

Here are some frequently asked questions about skywarn that can help answer some questions before the session.

Tornado near Albert Lea, MN on June 17th

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Posted under Albert Lea, atmospheric phenomenon, climate, flooding, hail, history, June 17, just cool, KTTC, MN Tornado, Natural Disaster, rainfall, rainfall amounts, Rochester, severe weather, snowfall amounts, spring, Travel, Uncategorized, Viewer Pics, weather, winter weather

A major 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck just off shore of the east coast of Japan just before midnight central time last night.  This is occurred in the region commonly known as the ring of fire, due to its numerous active volcanoes and seismic activity.  As if this massive tremor wasn’t enough, the quake generated a devastating tsunami followed.  Wave heights were as high as 30 feet along the coast of Japan.  tsunami warnings were quickly issued for Hawaii and the west coast of the United States.  It only took a few hours for the wave, that was traveling as fast as a jet plane, to hit Hawaii.  A few hours later, waves were seen in Oregon and then eventually California.  The wave as we speak is on its way to South America.  Wave heights in the states were not as big as in Japan, but it doesn’t take a big tsunami wave to create damage.  A reported 8.1 foot wave caused major damage in the harbor of Crescent City, California.

This earthquake was a prime candidate to create a tsunami because of the nature of the quake.  It was a very powerful quake for one AND it was a shallow quake, meaning it wasn’t very deep in the Earth’s crust.  This earthquake happened only 15 miles below the surface of the earth.

The video link  below shows how the earthquake happened and how the tsunami formed shortly after.

Earthquake/Tsunami Video

In the video the boat out at sea really was not  impacted at all.  Tsunami waves are very different from regular waves or tidal waves.  if you were out at sea and a tsunami wave went right below you, chances are you would not even notice.  A tsunami grows to massive heights whenever it gets close to shore because of the sloped terrain leading up to the beach.  The water has all of this momentum from the earthquake and when it runs into the shore, the only place it has to go is up.

Here are some video links that we found to show this horrifying event:

Buildings Shaking From Quake

Tsunami

Tsunami Over Fields

Whirlpool That Formed After EarthquakeHouses On Fire In Tsunami Wave

Posted under history, International, KTTC, Natural Disaster, Travel, Uncategorized

Like we thought,  snow totals out of our latest storm weren’t that impressive, well at least compared to the storms of December.  While southeastern Minnesota and northeastern Iowa did not see the worst of this March storm, major impacts are still being felt over the entire eastern third country.  Check out the watches/warnings this morning  from the National Weather Service: (From 5:33 AM)

The storm is ABSOLUTELY ENORMOUS!!  Here is a radar image from the same time showing how much real estate the storm is covered at this time:

Here are the latest storm totals for the day:

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
753 AM CST WED MAR 09 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 AM     SNOW             WAUKON                  43.27N  91.47W
03/09/2011  M4.0 INCH        ALLAMAKEE          IA   CO-OP OBSERVER

0700 AM     SNOW             POSTVILLE               43.09N  91.56W
03/09/2011  M2.4 INCH        ALLAMAKEE          IA   CO-OP OBSERVER

0643 AM     SNOW             HARPERS FERRY 2N        43.22N  91.15W
03/09/2011  M1.0 INCH        ALLAMAKEE          IA   PUBLIC

0643 AM     SNOW             NEW HAMPTON             43.06N  92.31W
03/09/2011  M2.0 INCH        CHICKASAW          IA   PUBLIC

0643 AM     SNOW             EDGEWOOD                42.64N  91.40W
03/09/2011  M3.0 INCH        CLAYTON            IA   PUBLIC

0643 AM     SNOW             CLAYTON CENTER          42.88N  91.32W
03/09/2011  M2.0 INCH        CLAYTON            IA   PUBLIC

0700 AM     SNOW             VOLGA 1NE               42.81N  91.52W
03/09/2011  M1.9 INCH        CLAYTON            IA   CO-OP OBSERVER

0643 AM     SNOW             OSTERDOCK               42.73N  91.16W
03/09/2011  M1.0 INCH        CLAYTON            IA   PUBLIC

0700 AM     SNOW             FAYETTE                 42.85N  91.82W
03/09/2011  M3.8 INCH        FAYETTE            IA   CO-OP OBSERVER

0700 AM     SNOW             CHARLES CITY COOP       43.08N  92.67W
03/09/2011  M2.0 INCH        FLOYD              IA   CO-OP OBSERVER

0643 AM     SNOW             CHARLES CITY            43.07N  92.68W
03/09/2011  M1.0 INCH        FLOYD              IA   PUBLIC

0643 AM     SNOW             CRESCO                  43.38N  92.12W
03/09/2011  M2.5 INCH        HOWARD             IA   PUBLIC

0700 AM     SNOW             CRESCO                  43.37N  92.11W
03/09/2011  M2.0 INCH        HOWARD             IA   CO-OP OBSERVER

0643 AM     SNOW             OSAGE                   43.29N  92.81W
03/09/2011  M4.0 INCH        MITCHELL           IA   PUBLIC

0700 AM     SNOW             ST ANSGAR               43.37N  92.83W
03/09/2011  M3.6 INCH        MITCHELL           IA   CO-OP OBSERVER

0643 AM     SNOW             DECORAH                 43.31N  91.79W
03/09/2011  M2.0 INCH        WINNESHIEK         IA   PUBLIC

0643 AM     SNOW             FORT ATKINSON           43.14N  91.94W
03/09/2011  M1.4 INCH        WINNESHIEK         IA   PUBLIC

0745 AM     SNOW             DODGE CENTER            44.03N  92.86W
03/09/2011  M2.0 INCH        DODGE              MN   PUBLIC

0700 AM     SNOW             SPRING VALLEY 3E        43.68N  92.33W
03/09/2011  M3.5 INCH        FILLMORE           MN   CO-OP OBSERVER

0700 AM     SNOW             LANESBORO               43.72N  91.97W
03/09/2011  M2.9 INCH        FILLMORE           MN   CO-OP OBSERVER

0745 AM     SNOW             PETERSON 1S             43.78N  91.82W
03/09/2011  M2.4 INCH        FILLMORE           MN   PUBLIC

0745 AM     SNOW             CALEDONIA               43.63N  91.50W
03/09/2011  M4.0 INCH        HOUSTON            MN   PUBLIC

0745 AM     SNOW             LA CRESCENT 3SSW        43.81N  91.32W
03/09/2011  M3.6 INCH        HOUSTON            MN   PUBLIC

0745 AM     SNOW             RENO 3SW                43.53N  91.33W
03/09/2011  M3.5 INCH        HOUSTON            MN   PUBLIC

0700 AM     SNOW             SPRING GROVE 4N         43.61N  91.62W
03/09/2011  M2.4 INCH        HOUSTON            MN   CO-OP OBSERVER

0700 AM     SNOW             AUSTIN                  43.67N  92.95W
03/09/2011  M3.6 INCH        MOWER              MN   CO-OP OBSERVER

0745 AM     SNOW             AUSTIN KAAL TV          43.68N  92.95W
03/09/2011  M3.1 INCH        MOWER              MN   PUBLIC

0700 AM     SNOW             GRAND MEADOW            43.71N  92.56W
03/09/2011  M2.5 INCH        MOWER              MN   CO-OP OBSERVER

0700 AM     SNOW             ROCHESTER AP 2NE        43.93N  92.48W
03/09/2011  M2.6 INCH        OLMSTED            MN   CO-OP OBSERVER

0745 AM     SNOW             ORONOCO                 44.16N  92.54W
03/09/2011  M2.5 INCH        OLMSTED            MN   PUBLIC

0700 AM     SNOW             ELGIN 2SSW              44.10N  92.27W
03/09/2011  M1.6 INCH        OLMSTED            MN   CO-OP OBSERVER

0745 AM     SNOW             ROCHESTER               44.02N  92.48W
03/09/2011  M1.5 INCH        OLMSTED            MN   PUBLIC

0700 AM     SNOW             WABASHA                 44.39N  92.05W
03/09/2011  M1.8 INCH        WABASHA            MN   CO-OP OBSERVER

0745 AM     SNOW             GOODVIEW                44.07N  91.71W
03/09/2011  M1.8 INCH        WINONA             MN   PUBLIC

0700 AM     SNOW             MINNESOTA CITY DAM 5    44.16N  91.81W
03/09/2011  M1.0 INCH        WINONA             MN   CO-OP OBSERVER

0700 AM     SNOW             LA CRESCENT DAM 7       43.87N  91.31W
03/09/2011  M1.0 INCH        WINONA             MN   CO-OP OBSERVER

0700 AM     SNOW             WINONA DAM 5A           44.09N  91.67W
03/09/2011  M1.0 INCH        WINONA             MN   CO-OP OBSERVER

0745 AM     SNOW             FRIENDSHIP              43.97N  89.82W
03/09/2011  M5.2 INCH        ADAMS              WI   PUBLIC

0745 AM     SNOW             ARKDALE                 44.03N  89.88W
03/09/2011  M5.0 INCH        ADAMS              WI   PUBLIC

0745 AM     SNOW             WHITE CREEK             43.84N  89.87W
03/09/2011  M4.0 INCH        ADAMS              WI   PUBLIC

0745 AM     SNOW             FRIENDSHIP              43.97N  89.82W
03/09/2011  M2.0 INCH        ADAMS              WI   PUBLIC

0700 AM     SNOW             ALMA DAM 4              44.33N  91.92W
03/09/2011  M1.0 INCH        BUFFALO            WI   CO-OP OBSERVER

0700 AM     SNOW             NEILLSVILLE 3SW         44.53N  90.64W
03/09/2011  M2.0 INCH        CLARK              WI   CO-OP OBSERVER

0745 AM     SNOW             NEILLSVILLE             44.56N  90.59W
03/09/2011  M0.5 INCH        CLARK              WI   PUBLIC

0700 AM     SNOW             SOLDIERS GROVE          43.39N  90.78W
03/09/2011  M3.8 INCH        CRAWFORD           WI   CO-OP OBSERVER

0700 AM     SNOW             STEUBEN 4SE             43.13N  90.84W
03/09/2011  M3.7 INCH        CRAWFORD           WI   CO-OP OBSERVER

0745 AM     SNOW             GAYS MILLS              43.32N  90.85W
03/09/2011  M1.0 INCH        CRAWFORD           WI   PUBLIC

0700 AM     SNOW             PRAIRIE DU CHIEN        43.05N  91.13W
03/09/2011  M1.0 INCH        CRAWFORD           WI   CO-OP OBSERVER

0745 AM     SNOW             LANCASTER               42.85N  90.71W
03/09/2011  M2.0 INCH        GRANT              WI   PUBLIC

0700 AM     SNOW             TAYLOR                  44.32N  91.12W
03/09/2011  M3.0 INCH        JACKSON            WI   CO-OP OBSERVER

0745 AM     SNOW             BLACK RIVER FALLS       44.30N  90.85W
03/09/2011  M2.0 INCH        JACKSON            WI   PUBLIC

0745 AM     SNOW             NECEDAH                 44.03N  90.07W
03/09/2011  M5.0 INCH        JUNEAU             WI   PUBLIC

0745 AM     SNOW             NEW LISBON              43.88N  90.17W
03/09/2011  M4.0 INCH        JUNEAU             WI   PUBLIC

0700 AM     SNOW             LA CROSSE WFO           43.82N  91.19W
03/09/2011  M5.2 INCH        LA CROSSE          WI   CO-OP OBSERVER

0700 AM     SNOW             WEST SALEM 1W           43.90N  91.09W
03/09/2011  M5.0 INCH        LA CROSSE          WI   CO-OP OBSERVER

0700 AM     SNOW             LA CROSSE ASOS          43.88N  91.26W
03/09/2011  M2.6 INCH        LA CROSSE          WI   CO-OP OBSERVER

0700 AM     SNOW             HOLMEN 2S               43.93N  91.25W
03/09/2011  M2.4 INCH        LA CROSSE          WI   CO-OP OBSERVER

0745 AM     SNOW             LA CROSSE 5SSE          43.79N  91.21W
03/09/2011  M1.8 INCH        LA CROSSE          WI   PUBLIC

0700 AM     SNOW             FOUR CORNERS            44.07N  90.92W
03/09/2011  M4.3 INCH        MONROE             WI   CO-OP OBSERVER

0700 AM     SNOW             WARRENS 5WSW            44.10N  90.59W
03/09/2011  M3.2 INCH        MONROE             WI   CO-OP OBSERVER

0700 AM     SNOW             RICHLAND CENTER 1NW     43.36N  90.42W
03/09/2011  M3.8 INCH        RICHLAND           WI   CO-OP OBSERVER

0700 AM     SNOW             RICHLAND CENTER         43.32N  90.38W
03/09/2011  M2.6 INCH        RICHLAND           WI   CO-OP OBSERVER

0745 AM     SNOW             MEDFORD                 45.14N  90.35W
03/09/2011  M0.5 INCH        TAYLOR             WI   PUBLIC

0700 AM     SNOW             TREMPEALEAU DAM 6       44.00N  91.44W
03/09/2011  M4.0 INCH        TREMPEALEAU        WI   CO-OP OBSERVER

0745 AM     SNOW             GALESVILLE 2ENE         44.09N  91.31W
03/09/2011  M2.3 INCH        TREMPEALEAU        WI   PUBLIC

0700 AM     SNOW             OSSEO                   44.58N  91.22W
03/09/2011  M1.7 INCH        TREMPEALEAU        WI   CO-OP OBSERVER

0700 AM     SNOW             BLAIR 2NW               44.31N  91.27W
03/09/2011  M1.5 INCH        TREMPEALEAU        WI   CO-OP OBSERVER

0700 AM     SNOW             VIROQUA                 43.55N  90.90W
03/09/2011  M4.8 INCH        VERNON             WI   CO-OP OBSERVER

0700 AM     SNOW             LA FARGE                43.57N  90.64W
03/09/2011  M3.1 INCH        VERNON             WI   CO-OP OBSERVER

0745 AM     SNOW             STODDARD 2NE            43.69N  91.18W
03/09/2011  M2.6 INCH        VERNON             WI   PUBLIC

0745 AM     SNOW             VIROQUA                 43.58N  90.88W
03/09/2011  M2.0 INCH        VERNON             WI   PUBLIC

0745 AM     SNOW             DE SOTO                 43.43N  91.20W
03/09/2011  M1.5 INCH        VERNON             WI   PUBLIC
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Posted under atmospheric phenomenon, flooding, just cool, KTTC, minnesota, Natural Disaster, rainfall, Rochester, severe weather, snowfall amounts, spring, Travel, weather, winter, winter weather

A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued by the National Weather Service in La Crosse.  This is in effect from 6PM tonight until 6PM Wednesday.

The winter storm we have been talking about will impact the area late this evening through Wednesday afternoon.  We are thinking totals should be in the 3-6 inch range for this event.  The biggest issue with this storm is not the actual snowfall amounts, but the timing.  The heaviest snow looks to fall right before the early morning commute to work.  Travel will most likely be very hazardous during these hours.  Another issue with this storm is how much moisture is associated with it.  The snow that falls will be very wet and very heavy.  This will make shoveling difficult and potentially dangerous for the elderly or people with heart problems.  This is the time for the young and the strong to step up and help in the snow removing efforts.

This storm also adds to the concern with spring flooding.  Any new snow greatly increases flooding chances in southeastern Minnesota  for the upcoming spring.

Posted under flooding, KTTC, minnesota, Natural Disaster, Rochester, snowfall amounts, spring, Travel, weather, winter, winter weather

We haven’t seen much sunshine lately in the past few days, but that hasn’t stopped temperatures from making it into the mid to upper 30′s this past week.  This recent thaw has done numbers to decrease the dirty and ugly looking snow pack that still covers the area.  More snow is expected to fall next week which could help replenish some of the melted snow.  This extra snow is not good news as flood concerns grow with spring rapidly approaching.  On Thursday March 3rd, the National Weather Service in Lacrosse issued its latest spring snowmelt flood outlook.

Flooding is likely along the Mississippi, Red, and Minnesota Rivers due to the large amounts of snowfall seen this past winter.  Local flooding is also possible  throughout southeast Minnesota, but a lot of that is dependent on how the remainder of the winter pans out.  If a couple of larger storms impact the area during the thaw period, localized flooding will become a greater concern.

We are currently watching a larger storm that has a ton of moisture with it. It is still too early to say to just how much snow we will get out of this upcoming storm because the track is still uncertain.  The track means everything in the amount of snow we will see and what type it will fall in.  This storm has the potential to bring another good plowable snow Tuesday night and into Wednesday, and if it does it will not help the upcoming flooding concerns.

Posted under flooding, KTTC, minnesota, Natural Disaster, rainfall, Rochester, snowfall amounts, spring, winter, winter weather

You know the saying…In like a lion and out like a lamb or the reverse, but does this weather folklore hold true scientifically?  If it does, we would expect to end March on an exciting note since today the weather was quite tranquil to start the month.  Temperatures were in the mid to upper 30s, the sun was out, and the lingering snow pack was being eaten away.  With March coming in like a lamb, does this mean it will go out like a lion.  We dug into the climate records to see.  Check it out!

This is the weather for March of last year (2010):

March of 2010 came in like a lamb and went out like a super lamb with temperatures in the upper 70′s at the end of the month.  Here’s March of 2009:

No Lion here either. Let’s go back a little more…to the March of 2008:

March came in like a lamb here and it did get a little sloppy towards the end, but still not lion worthy in our book.  We will say in like a lamb, out like a lion cub.  The search for the parent continues, back to 2007:

Finally the adult lion arrives, and we have two!  March of 2007 was a VERY active month.  We started with over a foot of snow in the first two days and we ended the month with almost 2 inches of rain and thunderstorms.  Pretty safe to say that the March of 2007 came in like a lion and went out like a lion.  Okay, we will look at one more year, the March of 2006:

I think we have a winner!  The March of 2006 came in like a lamb and went out like a lion.  Temperatures were in the mid to upper 30s with just one day of light rain and at the very end of the month we had three staright days of rain that totaled .76 inches of rain accumulation.

On our climatology adventure, looking back over the last 5 years, only one March fit the category of in like a lamb and out like a lion.  It is safe to say that this saying is just for fun and really does not dictate how the end of March will play out once the beginning of the month arrives.  We will just have to wait a couple of weeks to see just how March will leave us.

Just a reminder that March is statistically one of the snowiest months of the year, picking up on average 9 inches of snowfall so you might have to keep those golf clubs packed away just a little bit longer.

Posted under climate, history, just cool, KTTC, rainfall amounts, spring, weather, winter, winter weather