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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. 

10 hours ago, michsnowfreak said:

DTW's 26.7" is -12.3" to date. More promise in MSP than here, although knowing our Mar/Apr history and the forecast SSW, I definitely can see some more snow following next weeks warmup. Every year in late winter/spring I mention how annoying the phrase "stat padder" snow is, but this year itll be even more annoying . After we stretched this seasons snowfall pretty far with snowcover days, it absolutely wouldnt hurt to bump up the total with some "stat padder" snow. 

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. 

41 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said:

Skyrocketed MSP up to 25.6", so they are still well below normal. However additional potential likely lies ahead in March. I thought Rochester MN would do better. They only got around 3" and sit at 15.8" on season.

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. 

Storm total of 9.5” at MSP. Our biggest snowstorm since the legendary winter of 2022/2023

Sun is coming out, lots of dripping with the temp at 28. Must be March. 

Last band rotating through now. 13” near Northfield MN is the highest report I’ve seen so far.

The NW trend is alive and well. Wind is whipping can’t imagine how bad the drifts are outside the metro. 

About as good as it gets out there this morning. Quite the drive into work. 

MSP was at 2.7” at midnight, my original call from a few days ago lol. 
 

It’s wild out there and we are just getting started. Visibility under a mile with gusts up to 35mph. Temps holding at 34 is the only thing keeping the flakes from really stacking. 

30 minutes ago, mnchaserguy said:

Little layer of sleet on the grass. Looks like it’s switched to snow now. Might be a little ahead of schedule for the change to snow. Probably won’t add much to our forecast amount.


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Here it started changing to sleet around 6 and changed over to mostly snow around 6:30. The ground is already white. Definitely seems quicker then expected.

Light rain and dynamic cooling underway. We’ve gone from 39 to 36 in the past hour.

The air is thick with anticipation and moisture.

43 with heavy mist.

1 hour ago, mnchaserguy said:

Late shift northwest with the snow. Now looks like MSP will get some decent snow with the heaviest falling just southeast of the metro. I still don’t quite believe it but MPX does and issued a winter storm warning for the entire metro.


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Trends are definitely in our favor, however I still think there is a brutal cutoff right over the metro. I might get double your totals at the airport versus north burbs.

Always love waking up to the pleasant surprise of a WSW and a blizzard warning one county south. 

Wednesday looks to be fun around here. Yet another crazy gradient across the metro but I’ll go with 2.8” at MSP. Good thing my ski hill is just outside Red Wing MN. That area has been consistently shown to be the jackpot zone in Minnesota and could pickup 5-7”

Winter storm watches hoisted to my southeast. Pretty big spread across the metro. 2” on the west end to 6”+ on the east side. Classic spring slop storm.

Anyone live closer to a first order station then me?

Here to comment on the 12z models. Would be the largest snowstorm of the season in the twin cities. Lock it in.
 

I’m sticking with seasonal trends and thinking this thing won’t wind up as much and we’ll see 0.50” of rain transition over to a white rain. 

0.03” of rain overnight. Still searching for any real precipitation around here.