Frosted Flakes: Another Bomb Cyclone Is on the Way

Jill HeemsraOn Monday, I was at Ranchhand 3’s track meet in near-80 degree weather. At the same time, I was worrying about the next weather system headed our way.

This one is not predicted to be as powerful as the storm that brought all of Nebraska’s flooding and is tracking farther north (sorry South Dakota) but it is still on the edge of being classified as another bomb cyclone. An extremely rare weather event is becoming too common this “spring”.

We are in the area where we could get no snow (just rain) or we could get 18-20” of snow. Twenty miles difference in the track one way or the other will make all the difference. It won’t matter as a cold rain is just as hard on calves and we have…