Our latest weather forcast (groan)

[Faster horses]

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAKER...BROADUS...EKALAKA
358 PM MDT SUN MAR 22 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO NOON MDT
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO NOON MDT
TUESDAY.

HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP EARLY MONDAY
AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY TUESDAY. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL COMBINE
WITH THE SNOW TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.

SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 10 TO 20 INCHES.
GREATEST AMOUNTS WILL FALL NEAR THE NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA
BORDERS...AND OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF CARTER COUNTY.

THIS WILL BE A HEAVY...WET AND WIND DRIVEN SNOW. RANCHERS SHOULD
TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIVESTOCK. HIGHWAY CLOSURES AND POWER
OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

 

[Faster horses]

And for South Dakota and the Northiern Hills

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
227 PM MDT SUN MAR 22 2009

...POWERFUL SPRING BLIZZARD MONDAY AND TUESDAY...

.A DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO TONIGHT AND MOVE INTO SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA BY MONDAY
EVENING. ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL FLOW NORTHWARD INTO EASTERN
WYOMING AND WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. MEANWHILE...A COLD FRONT WILL
SLIDE SOUTH OUT OF MONTANA...SETTING THE STAGE FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW
AND VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL START
OUT AS RAIN...THEN CHANGE TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST AS COLD AIR IS
WRAPPED INTO THE STORM SYSTEM. THERE MAY BE A SIGNIFICANT PERIOD
OF SLEET ON THE PLAINS EAST OF THE BLACK HILLS.

SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
NORTHEAST WYOMING WITH 16 TO 24 INCHES EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHWEST
SOUTH DAKOTA. IN THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS...30 TO 40 INCHES OF
SNOW IS EXPECTED. ACROSS SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA...THE SOUTHERN
BLACK HILLS AND ON THE PLAINS EAST OF THE BLACK HILLS...8 TO 14
INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED.

THE HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH...WITH
WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH...WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS.

OUTSIDE OF THE BLACK HILLS...THE FOCUS SHOULD NOT BE SO MUCH ON THE
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...AS THE STRONG WINDS WHICH WILL MAKE ANY
MEASUREMENT DIFFICULT. THE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE. BECAUSE OF THE WET
SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...THERE COULD BE AREAS WITH POWER OUTAGES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION...OR
CABLE TV FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.

 

[Kato]

I can't believe this! We've got a foot of snow in the yard, and this is what we've got coming.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH: Minnedosa - Neepawa - Russell - Riding Mountain National ParkIssued at 3:18 PM CDT SUNDAY 22 MARCH 2009

RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON GIVING WIND GUSTS TO 90 KM/H. THIS IS AN ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE IMMEDIATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.
A COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTRED IN MONTANA WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SOUTHWESTERN MANITOBA THIS AFTERNOON. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF PEA SIZE HAIL AND GUSTS TO 80 KM/H THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GIVE LOCAL GUSTS TO 90 KM/H. RADAR SHOWS THAT THESE STORMS ARE PROGESSING NORTHWARD AND SHOULD START TO WEAKEN WELL BEFORE SUNSET.

Thunder and snow! And on Tuesday we're supposed to get 6 inches of snow on top of it. Good thing we've got enough sheds for the calves to hide in!

Good grief! :shock: :shock: :shock: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

 

[Trinity man]

Everyone in the Dakota's blow south and send us some of the wet stuff.