Updraft: March 7, 2008 Archive

Cold March 7th sets some records.......

Posted at 9:30 AM on March 7, 2008 by Mark Seeley

Friday morning March 7th Minnesota reported the coldest temperature in the 48 contiguous states with -32 degrees F at Kelliher (Beltrami County). The coldest March 7th since 1996 brought some record setting low temperatures to northern communities. The following were new record lows for March 7th.
Orr -26 degrees F
Ely -26 degrees F
Eveleth -29 degrees F
Pine River -26 degrees F (tied 1945)
Kelliher -32 degrees F
Wadena -26 degrees F
Aitkin -25 degrees F

The arcitic high pressure system that brought this cold air registered at least 1036 mb central pressure.....pretty darn strong for March. More complete observations can be found at the web site "Anything Weather" http://www.anythingweather.com/state.aspx?id=mn

Winter Marches on

Posted at 12:59 PM on March 7, 2008 by Craig Edwards (1 Comments)

Dr. Seeley put a nice summary together of the record cold for the date across Minnesota. This arctic air mass kept the weather quiet but unseasonably cold the past few days. A slow moderation gets underway on Saturday. But as we’ve come to know, when a recovery in temperatures sweeps into the region, there come clouds and the chance for light snow.

This southern boundary of the very bitter air mass, colliding with the increasing warmth in the Tennessee Valley has spun up a storm that should make headlines on the evening news.

My daughter, a professor at Wright State in Dayton, phoned in the report of raging blizzard early this afternoon. Classes have been cancelled for the third time this year due to ice and snow. By the end of the day on Saturday the snow will have accumulated to more than a foot in spots with drifts waist high.
Blizzard in Ohio

Looking back, the past three weekends have delivered temperatures in the 30s over the state. It is doubtful that we will reach 30 in the Twin Cities on Sunday. The mercury could flirt with 40 as early as Monday.

Hunker down for some very interesting and wild weather nationwide as we continue to move through March.
CE

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