Spring snow seen as helpful despite messy conditions

Spring snow seen as helpful despite messy conditions

FARGO — It might be easy to look at the forecast and grumble about needing to bring the snow shovel back out of storage. But experts say snow at this time of year has some upside to it, especially in helping get the ground ready for the rest of spring. And as Prince once wrote, sometimes it snows in April. The biggest reason why a snowstorm would be favored over a rainstorm is the time it takes for precipitation to build up on the ground. "Yes,…