Friday, March 15, 2013
Anoka County is part of a swath of the state under a Winter Weather Advisory.
Watch out for wet and possibly icy roads around Fridley on Friday, with rain, freezing rain and snow coming in a couple waves, according to a National Weather Service Winter Weather Advisory. See also: The National Weather Service forecast for Fridley's Friday: Snow and freezing rain, becoming all snow after 1pm. High near 34. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime ice accumulation of 0.1 to 0.2 of an inch possible. Total daytime snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible. Here's the outline from the NWS Winter Weather Advisory, announced at 4:11 a.m. Friday and in effect throught 1 a.m. Saturday: * TIMING: FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING AND GRADUALLY TURN TO SNOW …
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
It's March Madness as the CoCoRaHS program seeks local precipitation observers.
How much has it snowed in Fridley? If you join the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow (CoCoRaHS) Network, it could be you telling the National Weather Service how much snow falls locally, rather than the other way around. CoCoRaHS is a national network of precipitation observers whose measurements of snow, rain and hail help the NWS and other federal weather agencies predict floods and droughts, and take account of the situation when severe weather hits. Because Minnesota already had an existing backyard rain gauge network since the 1970s known as MNGage or HIDEN, Minnesota was one of the last states to join CoCoRaHS, according to Michelle Margraf, meteorologist and Central Minnesota CoCoRaHS cooordinator for the National Weather …
Friday, January 11, 2013
They're closed until further notice. The January thaw (and rain!) had to hurt.
Sorry, skaters. Poor ice conditions after days of warm midwinter weather and even rain have led the Fridley Parks and Recreation Department to close ice rinks in parks across the city. Here's the bad news posted at the Fridley Recreation Facebook page: Ice rinks are closed until further notice due to poor ice conditions. If everyone stays off the rinks they should be able to open back up relatively soon -- hopefully over the weekend. If people don’t stay off the ice, the ice will be further damaged & rinks will need to remain closed. Related:
Monday, September 17, 2012
How dry it is where you are, and how much do you need rain?
Here's what the National Weather Service says about Monday in the Twin Cities: Monday will be cloudy, cool, and blustery. A band of rain will move across the region this morning, and a few isolated showers may redevelop later this afternoon. Afternoon highs will only manage the mid 50s to low 60s. Tonight skies will clear out and temperatures will fall into the 30s. Patchy fog is possible in low lying areas. Looking ahead, the cool weather will stick around through the upcoming work week with temperatures expected to be 5 to 10 degrees below the seasonal average for mid-September
Sunday, July 15, 2012
A minute's worth of downpour on a Fridley street, as seen from under a red umbrella.
They say the Twin Cities got more rain in an hour Friday than we had in the previous three weeks combined, and here's a video csolz8732 posted to YouTube to prove it.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Storms trigger flash flood watch. Upload your photos here.
Update (2:16 p.m. Thursday): Xcel Energy now shows only five customers in Fridley without power, with an estimate that they'll have service restored about now. Original post (9:15 a.m. Thursday): Overnight storms dropped 2.5–3.5 inches of rain in the Fridley area, according to WCCO-AM. Storm-related outages left 283 customers without power in Fridley Thursday morning. Xcel Energy said service was lost at 7:32 a.m. and would be restored by 10:22 a.m. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch for an area that includes Fridley through 1 p.m. Thursday. A mudslide restricted westbound traffic on I-694 east of Fridley, causing backups as long as five miles, according to WCCO-AM. What did the storm do to you? Leave a comment or …
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Rain almost certain, hail possible through Sunday night, when snow may also fall.
Your beautiful Saturday is likely to turn noisy and wet overnight, as a Midwestern storm system delivers thunder and rain to Fridley and across much of central and southern Minnesota. That's according to a hazardous weather outlook from the National Weather Service, which also raises the possibility of hail overnight Saturday and snow overnight Sunday. That's nothing compared to the tornadic activity in states further south such as Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. The weekend's rainfall may amount to an inch to an inch-and-a-half, and from Sunday through Friday "the system will bring plentiful amounts of rain," the NWS predicted Saturday evening. If you take out a camera, videocam or camera phone this weekend, take some pictures of …
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Flakes are falling but will the storm fizzle in Fridley?
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012
The National Weather Service issued a Winter Storm Warning for Fridley, Anoka County and other parts of the Twin Cities metropolitan area from 3 p.m. Tuesday afternoon through 6 p.m. Wednesday: Snow and sleet and even a little freezing rain are likely from early tonight through Wednesday afternoon. The mix will change to all snow by Wednesday morning. Sustained winds of 15 to 25 mph may occur in addition to the falling snow and produce low visibilities at times. Snow, sleet and strong winds will cause problems for travelers. And the wet snow could cause a few tree branches to break leading to power outages. Snow and sleet will cause slick road conditions ... What does a Winter Storm Warning mean anyway? A Winter Storm Warning means …
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Are you changing your New Year's Eve plans with rain and snow predicted?
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Saturday, December 31, 2011
Are you planning to go out for New Year's Eve? In a Winter Storm Warning, the National Weather Service says Fridley is in a wide area of Minnesota that will get socked with wet and fluffy precipitation—as many as five inches of snow, with wind speeds as fast as 41 miles per hour. Are you still planning to go out for New Year's Eve? Tell us what you're doing in comments below! An alternative to driving is Metro Transit's offer of free rides tonight after 6 p.m.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Fridley would be blanketed with nice, fresh snow if it were colder.
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
As if the cancellation of the first week of broomball at Commons Park on Monday wasn't bad enough, it has been raining in fits and starts for about 24 hours, starting Tuesday evening. Or is that a good thing—because it's not cold?
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