Weather

For the last several days, our cable box at home has been all jacked up. The picture would freeze for a few seconds, and then the box would go into reboot mode. This would happen several times a day and got very irritating. Never mind that TV shows that were set to record were no longer recording. So today, in comes the cable guy - and fortunately it was not anyone resembling Jim Carrey. Turns out the cable going to the box was completely toasted, apparently due to some recent lightning activity, according to the cable guy.

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It's been so cold in some parts of Minnesota this winter that some of the lakes are just now beginning to thaw. As the temperatures warm, 'Chandeliering Ice' or ice splinters are appearing along the shore of Medicine Lake.

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Yesterday's somewhat uncommon snowfall in the Grand Valley prompted residents to fire up their cameras and capture images of an unexpected, but largely appreciated, mid-April snow shower.

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In a word, yes, it's not uncommon to see snow in Western Colorado this late in April. It is a bit uncommon to have as heavy a snowfall as we've just seen. Historically, significant snowfall has accounted for only 1% of the occurrences of precipitation reported during the month of April.

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I am reminded of the line in the classic Christmas carol "Jingle Bell"....'o'er the fields we go, laughing all the way..." I would like to think that I was not alone Tuesday in discounting weather reports that predicted significant snowfall in the Grand Valley. Perhaps you were one, who, like me, were thinking "sure, sure, whatever, I'm making a tee time." Well, that's what we get for scoffing. Look at us now. Tee times have been cancelled, while snow shovels and gloves make another appearance.

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Some areas of Colorado have already received 2 feet of snow and more is expected to fall through today.

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Most of us have only HEARD of the dust bowl of the 1930s. Millions of acres of farmland were destroyed, and hundred of thousands of families were forced to leave their homes.  There is a reason it's called "The Great Depression". Last week, some residents in eastern Colorado got a little taste of the 1930s, when high winds caused sand- six to eight inches deep - to congregate on open fields.

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Grand Junction has grown in population over the last few years and with a growth in population comes a growth in traffic and traffic accidents. Some of the intersections in town are more prone to traffic accidents than others due to their location, their layout or due to user error

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Although last night's episode of SNL was filled with hit-and-miss sketches, one of the best moments was easily the strangest thing in the entire episode. The sketch imagines the Weather Channel creating its own soap opera and the results are about as strange (and often, as funny) as you'd imagine.

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DENVER (AP) — High winds and rain are hitting Colorado, with the forecast calling for snowdrifts of 2 to 3 feet in parts of the mountains by tonight.

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