WxGuy - How much rain??

[d.roy]

Fast snow melt and lots of rain will mean washed out and dark conditions for tomorrow's C & R opener - such is the life in the spring. What are the reports around SE MN for yesterday's rain amounts? How about snow - is there any left, when did it leave? And lastly, what about the frost line - when should that be leaving? I plan on fishing near chatfield tomorrow (mill creek) and am trying to guage what I might be seeing as for river quality. I'm expecting the worst...

Thanks for the Wx report!

[Jim W]

D>ROY,

I live in SPring Valley. We did not get a s much rain as West and North of Rochester.

SOme feders are actually running clean. Had to check ya know.

So have a back up plan, bring your map.

There is water to be had! Sarge and I will be out tomorrow.

Snow is gone and I had some standing water on part of my property that absorbed. My guess , frost line is gone.

Jim W

[WxGuy]

Here's a great link for SE MN rainfall totals. It gets updated frequently, and will soon have some updated totals from the Chatfield and Lanesboro area. Chatfield didn't get hit too hard by heavy rain. Probably around a quarter inch by this morning.

For all sensible purposes, the snow is completely gone with the exception of a few north slope banks and plow piles.

The depth of frost will vary from location to location, but the warmth of the last couple days and the rainfall probably took care of most of the frost if not all.

I honestly don't know how Mill Creek is looking right now. I hope to get out tomorrow too, and will try to do some scouting later this morning.

Looking at how much the Zumbro in Rochester has come down in the last 24 hours, and how much the Root in Lanesboro is forecast to recede, there will definitely be some streams worth fishing on Friday. I think we'll just be doing some hiking to get closer to headwaters.

Good luck!

[d.roy]

Thanks for the info - hopefully the streams will clear themselves up some today and the fish will be able to see some of our offerings. Went to Hay creek last weekend (in the height of the snow melt) and what a mess, thick chocolate milk - there was hardly 2 inches of water clarity! I'm hoping that I can find better than that tomorrow - looks like the rain was in lesser amounts south and west of rochester. A little hiking and we should be able to find clearer water. Thanks for the reports and good luck if you are able to get out fishing!