Weather
Air pressure patterns across a region indicate areas of sinking or rising air, which is directly related to weather.
Inclement weather proceeded throughout much of the day, with an expected 6 to 10 inches of snowfall from the storm being expected by the time the storm started tapering off in Kandiyohi County on Friday evening.
A winter storm that could bring anywhere from 6 to 10 inches of snow arrived in the area early Friday morning. Most of the West Central Tribune coverage area is covered by a winter storm warning from the National Weather Service.
This is essentially how snowflakes form in a cloud.
An early Friday morning snowstorm is expected to drop about six to nine inches in Willmar.
Long-term weather records show that weather is distinctly non-linear.
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Storm Tracker Meteorologist Jesse Ritka looks at the weather pattern developing for the end of January.
Meltwater formed a huge lake that covered much of what is now Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and the Red River Valley region.
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John Wheeler
Jared Piepenburg
Lydia Blume
Jesse Ritka
Robert Poynter
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