Local family receives award
FAIRMONT–The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities was honored to present the Family Heritage Award to the Theobald-Schlaphoff family of rural Sherburn during a virtual ceremony on January 19th. The family has taken daily weather measurements for the National Weather Service as a Cooperative Weather Observer on their farm for two generations.
“It was an emotional experience as their extended family was able to join us during the virtual ceremony as we honored family members who have helped with the observations over the years,” said Michelle Margraf, with the National Weather Service Twin Cities office. “This is an incredible family, and we were so grateful to have the opportunity to present them with the Family Heritage Award to recognize their years of service.”
First official ice measurements by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 2021 come in below average. 7:25 am, Feb. 10, 2021 ×
Bill Chelmowski, boat operator for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, digs a hole to measure the ice on Lake Pepin Tuesday as part of the Corps annual survey of the ice thickness on the lake. Tuesday s measurements were thinner than the average for this time of year. (Brian Todd/btodd@postbulletin.com)
OLD FRONTENAC Never has thin ice been so welcomed.
Tuesday, a crew from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District took its first official ice depth measurements of Lake Pepin for the 2021 season. The measurements are used to help the navigation industry determine when it is safe to start moving commerce up and down the Mississippi River on barges.
While we just slogged through a day where the temperature didn't get above zero, we've been through stretches when it's been way colder here in Minnesota.
Snowshoeing away the day at Sibley State Park
Comfortable winter temperatures and a beautiful frosted landscape brought a group of snowshoers out to Sibley State Park on Wednesday afternoon. 8:00 pm, Feb. 4, 2021 ×
Teri McCarthy, from left, Corinne Dahl, Lynn Johnson and Nancy Fritz snowshoe on Wednesday at Sibley State Park in New London.
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NEW LONDON Every Wednesday afternoon a group of women head out to Sibley State Park to enjoy what nature has to offer. For them, it s been a way to connect in person and enjoy the great outdoors. We have a lot of fun, said Corrine Dahl.
It now appears we are truly entering into winter with cold temps coming later this week followed by the potential for a real whopper of a winter storm, if things shake out and track the way meteorologists are thinking they will, this weekend. Last week was just practice for what may lay ahead for this weekend.
The National Weather Service Twin Cities this morning posted about the potential winter storm, in which it showed a graphic of a majority of the southern 2/3s of the state seeing some form of precipitation Saturday into Saturday night and then again on Sunday.