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12z GFS crush job for the twin cities and southern Minnesota this weekend.

I’m thinking more of a white rain at best scenario here. There has been good consistency this far out but we probably have to see how the stronger storm up north plays out first.

0.03” of rainfall last night. Front passed through and winds are gusting from the NW at 35-40 with temps slowly falling through the 30s.

Morning model runs keep the snow north of the metro tomorrow. It’s closing day at my ski hill today. It’ll be a big party with a pond skip and lots of people dressing up to get their last turns before summer. We were treated to a celestial show last night too.

NAM has been aggressive with wraparound snow here Sunday. 18z puts down 5” at MSP. In reality our ceiling is probably 1-2”

Not a single raindrop, dust speck nor a snowflake yesterday at MSP.

Ice out on Lake Nokomis this morning- 3/20. My local urban lake. The median date is April 4th. Last year was the earliest on record at March 3rd. Latest is April 30th 2018. Period of record 1959-2025

Miss south. Oh well on to spring.

00z NAM was weaker SE and underwhelming for MSP. Snow-wise this winter has played out very similar to 23/24. The sustained seasonal cold made this winter significantly better though.

Winter storm watch one county south. This one is starting to have the same feel as the March 5th storm with models trending northwest and a sharp snowfall gradient setting up over the metro. March has been rocking this year.

Been skiing 25”+ of powder in the Wasatch the last several days. I’m out of the loop, is this latest spring snow thumping for SE MN legit?

First 60 today in Minneapolis. Good chance of our first 70 tomorrow. Backyard cam shows the snowpack took a massive beating today and will likely be gone this time tomorrow.

Congrats Bismarck.

It wasn’t until 4 days out on this latest storm that the prospects of accumulating snow became a realistic possibility, anything can happen and that’s what makes weather awesome.

Average to date here is 41.3” so still -15.7” on the season but this made a huge dent and the long range holds promise.