Bytes and Flakes

Spring (?)      Waxing Seed Moon

The sky has a rippled layer of cumulus from horizon to horizon, gray and low hanging.  The dewpoint is low and the barometer has taken a turn straight down, anticipating the oncoming storm.  Out on the South Dakota Minnesota border where Blue Cloud Abbey sits on the Coteau Hills a blizzard has visibility down to a quarter of a mile.

The current prediction from NOAA:

SPECIFICALLY…AREAS AROUND OLIVIA TO BUFFALO TO CAMBRIDGE
MINNESOTA WITH HAVE LOCALLY TWO TO FOUR INCHES BEFORE THE SNOW
TAPERS OFF TO FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT. AREAS AROUND
NEW ULM TO THE TWIN CITIES WILL HAVE LOCALLY ONE INCH…POSSIBLY
AS HIGH AS TWO INCHES IN THE NORTHERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES.

My gut tells me we’ll get more, but this evening will tell.  We had winds of 20 mph around 2 p.m. and they’ve kept the bell ringing here all day.

After a bit of a rocky start my new computer and I are on the way to becoming friends.  We can now communicate.  Feels good to get it up and functioning.

The Snow, Man. Cometh.

Spring             Waxing Seed Moon

Right now the barometer has a gentle slope up, winds are in the 2-3 mph range and the sky overcast.  The weather folks at NOAA have changed their advice:

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA…AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF MINNESOTA TODAY WITH THE SNOW BECOMING HEAVY TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY TUESDAY MORNING ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM DAWSON TO ALEXANDRIA. IN ADDITION…EASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT FOR AREAS NEAR THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. FARTHER EAST AND SOUTH…A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW…SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT FROM REDWOOD FALLS AND NEW ULM THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES AS WELL AS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

Once again into the breech.  I’m going to turn on my recalcitrant new computer and see if I can make it humm.