Something to smile about :)

Radar at 534 pm Sunday evening, note how there is no snow in Grand Forks.

It seems that this weekends unusual cold temps brought something more along with it...here in Grand Forks we experienced cold but didn't get any of the snow...in fact the guys were outside playing baseball in the backyard last night (not for very long since it was below freezing)





I am now the proud owner of my very first GREENHOUSE :) It is still in a box in my SUV but when the weather warms up Hubs has promised to put it together for me. It is 8'x6'x6'...I wonder how many tomatoes that will hold...I planted some red bell pepper and petunias on Saturday...the tomatoes are now sitting on my coffee table in the living room...they have outgrown the growing station. I counted them up and out of the 72 seeds that were planted 69 of them are now healthy plants...they are starting to get pretty scrappy looking though and need to be planted and staked...I sure hope it warms up soon

6 Miles South of Bemidji

Significant Snow Event April 5-6, 2008



...A SIGNIFICANT SNOW EVENT AFFECTS PORTIONS OFSOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...A FAIRLY NARROW BAND OF VERY HEAVY SNOW HAS OCCURRED IN THE PAST 24HOURS FROM EXTREME SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO BELTRAMI COUNTY. GENERALSNOW AMOUNTS RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.THE HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS ARE IN HUBBARD COUNTY AND SOUTHERN BELTRAMICOUNTY...WHERE A FEW EXTREME SNOW AMOUNTS AROUND 2 FEET HAVEBEEN REPORTED. IN ADDITION...TREES ARE STARTING TO FAIL UNDER THEWEIGHT OF THE HEAVY WET SNOW HERE...SO TAKE THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS.BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF SNOW TOTALS FOR THIS SNOW EVENT SO FAR AS OF7 PM SUNDAY.



MINNESOTA SNOW (INCHES)6 S BEMIDJI 2310 N PARK RAPIDS 20PARK RAPIDS 19BEMIDJI 14WADENA 12BAGLEY 85E FERGUS FALLS 7.25N BAGLEY 6.5ADA 45NE WASKISH 4.5FERTILE 2NORTH DAKOTAFARGO 4.73E FORMAN 4.0LISBON 3.5





THIS SNOW EVENT PRODUCED A FAIRLY NARROW BAND OF VERY HEAVY SNOW. THERE WAS NO SNOW IN THE GRAND FORKS AREA...CONTRASTED WITH ABOUT 5 INCHES IN FARGO AS OF SUNDAY EVENING. BELOW IS A PICTURE FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF BEMIDJI OF 2 FEET OF SNOW. THERE IS ALSO A RADAR PICTURE INDICATING THE BANDED NATURE OF THE SNOW AND THE SHARP CUTOFF FROM SNOW TO NO SNOW. LASTLY...AN ESTIMATION OF TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION SHOWS THIS SNOW BAND.

Snow total estimate as of 7pm Sunday April 6.