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Here is your rain changing to snow around Minneapolis

SPC Snow mesoscale discussion wind gusts to 40mph off the lake at Superior WI with snow

yes it looks like the snow is headed to the Midwest quickly over the weekend

It is this. It started down by Tulsa on the previous day

As per the usual, the GFS and ECMWF runs now have some varied solutions as to when and if the snow will come into Colorado.

possible tornado by Jersey Village TX (Houston area)

yes, it's real. It's a long range forecast that's been somewhat consistent with the GFS and ECMWF the last couple of days, I think

Models/ensembles have Colorado down near 0 degrees on Dec 1st.

at 46.12% drought, it's the most since 49.84% drought one year ago (almost exactly) Blame La Nina or something smarter than that.

this would be pretty amazing in person. some snow showers in the mountains

The ridge finally broke down and it snowed mainly west of the Continental Divide today. This has been a huge reason why it wasn't snowy

lenticulars

remains of a once-bright burning bush

The West Coast low pressure area has already brought 1.25"-5.0" to San Francisco, 3.0" (3.0 feet?) to the Sierra Nevadas, and 0.3" to Los Angeles. There's much more to come for southern California and the desert. It's kicking the ridge in the middle of the country. Today, Fort Collins was back to 70-75, 75 in Denver, and over 80 in Kansas.

Fort Collins up to 75.1 I wish I could turn on the weather magnets and get you guys some rain and snow. My place in Ohio had more snow than Estes Park this week. It wasn't much.