Footage shot on 1/26/2013 after an extended period of sub zero temperature made it possible to drive across Mille Lacs Lake, in central Minnesota.
The ice was about 20 to 22 inches thick but there was several pressure ridges in the middle of the lake that made it dangerous to cross the whole length of the lake once you were away from where the resort owners have tested the ice.
The distance traveled from one side of the lake to the other is 15 miles.
The time lapse footage is 4000 times the normal speed and makes the half hour trip only take about 90 seconds. The drive was from Liberty Beach on the east side of the lake to Twin Pines Resort on the west side.
Footage shot by StormChasingVideo.com
What started out as rain quickly turned to heavy snow around the Twin Cites metro area on Sunday afternoon. With this past week of sub-zero temperatures, the falling rain quickly froze on the ground and making for a very slick road surface before being covered up as the rain turned into snow.
Footage shot around the metro area of the Twin Cities. See shot sheet for locations for each clip.
TRT: 5;56;28
Clip 01 In Minneapolis, MN driving north on Interstate 35W with the skyline in the shot.
Clip 02 On Interstate 94 in Minneapolis, MN a SUV spins out and ends up backwards on.
Clip 03 At Broadway and Interstate 94, A Toyota 4Runner spins out right in front of the camera while trying to turn the corner.
Clip 04 – 09 Clips of a wreck on Interstate 494 in Bloomington, MN
Clip 10 – 17 Clips of Snow Plows trying to clear Interstate 35E in Dakota County.
Clip 18 Car spinning its wheels on Nicollet Avenue in Burnsville, MN.
Clip 19 Traffic and heavy snow POV shot on 494
Clip 20 POV shot of a State Trooper on the side of the road with a wrecked car on 494 on the west side of town.
Clip 21 POV shot of a car spun out and a Trooper in Minneapolis, MN on Interstate 35W
Clip 22 – 24 Vehicles trying to make it up a hill in Burnsville, MN on Nicollet, Ave.
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With some of the coldest temperatures in several year’s hitting the Minneapolis, MN region, I shoot footage today with the theme of it is so cold out???
Although there is a lack of overall snow cover in the Minneapolis, MN area, that did not stop the temperatures from dropping into the extreme cold for the past few days with the latest blast of arctic air that dropped south out of Canada. With early morning a low temperature of negative twelve below zero (-12F), the current high temperature of two above (2F) at the Minneapolis International Airport does not feel much warmer due to the fact that the wind chill is currently at negative eleven (-11F) below zero.
In the video package, the footage starts out with a shot of the Spoon and Cherry at the sculpture garden in Minneapolis, MN with the downtown skyline in the background. The next clip shows that it is so cold out that the exhaust from the car in front of the camera shows ice sickles hanging off the exhaust pipes as the exhaust vapor froze upon leaving the tail pipe.
The next clip shows the outside air temp at -3F on a bank thermometer at the time of shooting this video which was just after noon. It was so cold out that even the boiling water in this video turns to a mini cloud when tossed into the air.
It was so cold out that ice crystals in the air created a halo around the noon sun.
Near Monticello, MN, it was so cold out that the steam from the electric power plant was creating its own mini weather system that looked like a super cell rising up into the sky.
Why was it so cold out? I asked the staff at the National Weather Service, Twin Cities office and Meteorologist Jake Beitlich explains what was going on and why it was so cold out.
Just how cold out was it? I asked people along Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis, MN. Many said it was so cold out that they really did not even want to be out in this weather but had to. Judging by the way everyone was dressed, the weather was bitter cold. The lucky ones were those who were able to move around downtown Minneapolis in the extensive sky-way system.
Footage by Doug Kiesling, StormChasingVideo.com
Tropical Storm force wind’s caused a ground blizzard in northeast North Dakota this afternoon.
Conditions were perfect for a Ground Blizzard where at times there was blue sky above the camera but blowing snow with winds sustained at about 40 miles per hour.
Footage from north of Fargo around the Hillsboro ND area of extreme winter conditions with blowing snow causing a whiteout.
Total Run Time: 5:24
Clip 01 Sign near Fargo, ND warning of bad road conditions.
Clip 02 Near whiteout conditions north of Fargo, ND along Interstate 29 showing road signs blowing snow.
Clip 03 Footage of the Sun with the clouds racing by and then pan down the the road with the winds and snow racing by the camera.
Clip 04 Traffic along Highway 81 and Interstate 29 in the blowing snow.
Clip 05 Footage of blowing snow over the road.
Clip 06 Speed limit 55 mph sign with winds gusting to near 55 mph.
Clip 07 Road sign showing Grand Forks and Fargo directions.
Clip 08 Headlights of a parked SUV with heavy blowing snow.
Clip 09 Blowing snow with traffic in the white out conditions.
Clip 10 Traffic in the blinding and deep snow drifts.
Clip 11 Car stuck in the ditch of Interstate 29.
Clip 12 Sun came out and you can make out a car in the ditch along Interstate 29 as traffic drives by.
Clip 13 Blowing snow with tree’s in the foreground.
Clip 14 Blowing snow in the air looking like a dust storm and blowing snow on the ground over the roadway.
Clip 15 Flags blowing in the wind.
Clip 16 Wide shot of flags blowing in the wind at the rest stop at mile marker 100 and Interstate 29.
Clip 17 Blowing snow with traffic driving through the shot.
Clip 18 Blowing snow over a field.
Clip 19 Blowing snow with clouds and blue sky as the sun came out in the high winds.
Clip 20 Blowing snow over a field.
Clip 21 Blowing snow while looking down a highway from the center of the road.
Clip 22 Blowing snow while looking down a highway from the center of the road with a grain elevator in the shot on the left.
Clip 23 Blowing snow from the center of the road
Clip 24 Blowing snow with blue sky above.
Clip 25 Hillsboro ND airport sign in the blowing snow.
Clip 26 Blowing snow with the setting sun.
Clip 27 POV shot of Videographer being blasted by the winds while shooting video.
Clip 28 POV driving shot in the high winds and blowing snow.
Clip 29 POV driving shot in the high winds and blowing snow.
Clip 30 POV driving shot in the high winds and blowing snow.
Clip 31 POV driving shot in the high winds and blowing snow.
Clip 32 POV driving shot in the high winds and blowing snow.
Clip 33 Blowing snow just north of Fargo as the sun was setting.
Clip 34 Blowing snow across the road.
A cold blast and snow moves into Colorado after a week of above average temperatures. The snow is the southern part of a major winter storm moving across the northern and central plains. Temperatures near 60 midweek gave way to overnight lows near 0 across many areas of Colorado.
TRT – 4:38
Video package opens in the Stapleton area in Denver during the daylight hours. Various shots of traffic and geese in the heavy falling snow. Transitions to nighttime shots of slow moving traffic after the snow had ended along with shots of cars driving on icey roads.