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Wow, not being a pilot most of what you offered is very difficult to understand.

But I did notice Hibbing to the west... I totally dig Bob Dylan!!

Actually, if I had a week or two and some manuals I could make some sense of the NOTAM!!

The Republicans are saying all the right things at this time of tragedy, but now we have to look at the situation realistically. How can the Pubbies prevent the Dems from grabbing back this Minnesota Senate seat? And what are the Dem's next steps in trying to push Mondale forward?

The translation:

Reported at 16:54 zulu (UTC) on the 25th
Reporting Station - KEVM
Temperature - 1 degree centigrade (33.8 F)
Dewpoint - 0 degree centigrade (32.0 F)
Wind Direction - SE (140 degrees)
Wind Speed - 3 knots
Humidity - 93.0 %
Altimeter - 30.03 inches
Visibility - 5 sm
Ceiling - 400 ft
Current weather - light snow
Sky conditions - Overcast clouds at 400 feet

Hope this helps.

Wow, not being a pilot most of what you offered is very difficult to understand

Sorry about that, me neither(except for Flight Simulator)so I may be wrong here. The wx was explained previously but basically while the visibility was so-so(5 miles)the base of the clouds at the time were close to minimums(instrument chart link in my previous post: the bottom-right of each instrument approach chart shows, in parenthesis, cloud base height and visiblity allowed for that particular approach, (ex. 500-1 1/4). The wx at the time was approximately 400-5, though it is an automated observation and actual conditions could have been better or worse, also temps were close to the freezing mark and the light snow could have briefly turned into a heavier squall reducing visibility further.

If he's trying to maintain visual contact with the runway, 400 ft. above the ground, in and out of clouds\snow. there isn't much margin for error, and ice ain't nice either, especially if the aircraft is loaded close to max. A "risky scheme" flying in those conditions.