Live chat about the weather on Thursday

You've heard about the snow storm making its way through our area on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. On Thursday, MPR's Midday program will feature a discussion on the storm with meteorologist Mark Seeley.

But MPR thinks this storm is big enough to open up a second channel for discussion. Not only will we hold a radio discussion, we'll also have one online. We will hold what we call a "Virtual Forum" on the storm. We'll ask what is happening out there. But we also want to hear how this storm compares with others, how it affects transportation and public safety, how it impacts business.

And we want weather watchers to join in on the panel. Are you interested? Then please click this link and fill out a brief survey on the topic. And please consider saying yes to attending our "virtual forum" on Thursday at 11 a.m. All you would need is to be at a computer to participate. Your discussion will not only get viewed on our Web site, but the conversation will be referenced during MPR's Midday program.

Right now, we've got a good group of weather watchers from around the state (Rochester, Sartell, Duluth, Cook, the Twin Cities). We also have folks who can talk about how emergency services handle a winter storm, and how people ought to care for themselves during that storm.