The weather experts are hoping the snowpack in Minnesota doesn’t melt too fast this spring.  Assistant State Climatologist Pete Boulay says ideal conditions are highs in the 30s and low 40s and overnight temperatures below freezing.  Boulay says  there is a lot of water out there with four or five inches in general around the state.  He says in far southeast Minnesota, past Rochester, there isn’t much snow on the ground at all.  So he is hoping for a gradual snowmelt.  Boulay says a late, deep snowpack brings the greatest potential for flooding.  He says the Twin Cities had the eighth snowiest winter on record, St. Cloud had the fourth and Duluth had the sixth and still counting.