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Any Minnesotan will quote the local weathermen who claim March is our snowiest month. I suppose
that's so. Here we are getting several inches of heavy, wet March snow. Let's
head into this minor storm.
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The bear on Two Oaks seems fine. Back
to blizzard
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We are going to get most of our snow in March - including one 15 inch multi-day blizzard.
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This is a culvert under the road near Two Oaks. Each summer the county cuts back this
aggressively-growing brush.
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Looking north back toward Two Oaks.
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I am under the power lines looking west. The snow is driving in from the southeast.
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This is the oak tree located along the driveway of the East Farm. In the background is
Bluebird Treeline. The shape of snowflakes depends on the temperature and moisture content
of the air mass they form in. Warmer air can hold more moisture for crystal formation.
Classic six-pointed snowflake crystals, with intricate branching, form in temperatures
like those today.
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Here is the driveway of the West Farm. I took this picture to point out the sloppy
nature of this time of year. The off-white color is dirty pool of slush. Check out the
fat globs of heavy snow.
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Just heavy wet snow balanced on a sapling near The Berm along the road.
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Up ahead in Field #4a I spotted some strange shapes - geese have returned. This is conclusive
evidence that they don't watch the weather channel, otherwise they would have picked another
day to return. As I got closer to them they started to wander away from me as I walked
along the road.
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A car passed me and I took some pictures to try and show the depth of the snowfall.
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More geese arriving from parts south.
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The absentee farmer from the East Farm arrives to put in his day of work. He no longer
lives on the farm, but drives in from 30 miles away each day to do his chores, which include
feeding his half a dozen cattle.
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Back on the county road the snow plow has just passed.
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I climb the hill as I walk back into suburbia.
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