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Posts posted by OrdIowPitMsp
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A few stray flurries fill the air as the last of the snow pulls off to the NE.
MSP finished with 3.9” today. Storm total snowfall of 12.1” if you include the 8.2” from Sunday night. Storm total precipitation a much needed 2.34”
I can’t recall experiencing a storm quite like this one. An initial heavy thumping of wet snow followed by steady all day rain and then crashing temps with several inches of blowing light powdery snow to round it off.
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3.5” at MSP at the 1pm measurement. Still snowing steadily with some heavier returns that’ll rotate through later this afternoon.
Minneapolis has now seen 14.7” of snow since Thursday evening. We were at 14.3” season to date before this period of active weather began.
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1 hour ago, Allsnow said:
Looks like the rain/snow line has collapsed through the city now. What a wild event for your area…
The qpf amount is impressive for the Midwest
Absolutely puking snow. Roads are completely covered. Building up that late March snowpack. This storm has been awesome. Finally kicked the doldrums of nothingness we’ve been in for months.
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1 hour ago, michsnowfreak said:
1) Its WAY to earlier to even discuss the likelihood of season futility being achieved in the midwest/Lakes in Dec, Jan, or Feb, no matter how bad it has been.
This season has reminded me how true this is for our region. I won’t give my final season grade until 4/15 at the earliest and this storm has likely bumped it up a half letter.
WWA hoisted for a couple more inches of snow with the deformation band as we fall back below freezing overnight into tomorrow morning. There will be a rock solid glacier by Wednesday, which looks downright frigid for late March.
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Quite a late season rally for Minneapolis. We’ve moved to 18th least snowy season all time and should be outside the top 20 after the deformation snows tomorrow.
25.6” season to date.
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33 minutes ago, Allsnow said:
How good were the rates overnight?
perhaps some more tonight as the low wraps up
There was a period of 1-2”/hr rates before the changeover but I was asleep.
It’s absolutely puking snow in White Bear Lake. From downtown on north it’s all snow right now and the roads are getting covered again. Silver dollar size flakes. Home and the airport are reporting a mix.
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This is pure heart attack snow. Compacting into sludge and slush very quickly on paved surfaces.
This is our biggest snowstorm of the year and I’m even happier about all the much needed moisture we are receiving.
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8.2” storm total as of 1am. Transitioning over to liquid precipitation now.
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3.0” at MSP as of 7pm. Classic spring snowstorm.
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35 minutes ago, mnchaserguy said:
That band moving up from the south is no joke. Should be fun to watch it when it gets here. It had some thundersnow for a while down by Rochester.
.Looked like some gravity waves down in the I-90 corridor heading north too.
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Sun starting to set, heavy returns incoming upstream. This is where we start stacking flake efficiently. It’s been steadily snowing all afternoon but probably only 2.5” accumulation. It’s been an awesome day of watching the snowfall with my kid.
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Getting some steady light snow now. Still not entirely sure what to expect besides waking up to rain tomorrow.
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Getting into nowcast time and I still have no idea what to expect.
Could see a sloppy 5-6” and then changeover to rain or we might stay frozen longer and pile up 12” before changeover. Model mayhem!
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I’ve got another month or so until I can grade this winter but preliminary results yield a D-
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Bottomed out at 18 here this morning under what remains of yesterdays snow.
NWS is really stressing that snow depth will be much lower then final storm totals due to compaction/rain. They must be prepared for the onslaught of complaints when a location reports 12” and there’s only 6-7” in peoples backyards.
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Current NWS thinking, this only goes out to Monday morning when it’ll be switching to rain in the metro but still hammering points NW. There could be some 24”+ totals across central/north central Minnesota. I’m expecting the low to bump a bit north of current guidance and cut totals some more here but hopefully the opposite happens.
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Measured 3” on the deck. I’m sure there’s been some compaction. Snowing lightly so we might add a little more.
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Light snow underway a few hours ahead of schedule and readily accumulating. The last couple days have been below freezing and really cooled the ground off.
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50 minutes ago, mnchaserguy said:
I saw that. I’m really surprised none of the WFOs have issued a watch yet.
My guess is they are waiting until after tonight’s snowfall to avoid confusing the public.
37 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said:I've heard NWS mets frequently say not to add up the point and click, which I never understood lol
Doesn’t make sense to me. My grid forecast for tonight says 3-7” so 4.1” fits nicely in that range.
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31 minutes ago, mnchaserguy said:
I’m real surprised no winter storm watches have been issued for this weekend anywhere yet.
Bill Borghoff did the afternoon forecast discussion. He mentioned watches coming soon.
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P&C was bumped up to 4.1” imby for tonight’s event. NWS must think the heavier band will setup over the twin cities. We shall see.
P&C is at 17” for the Sunday/Monday storm. Shocked it’s that high tbh. Models have been trending more frozen precip today but given the complexity of the setup I think it’ll be a nowcast type of storm.
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March 2024 General Discussion
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Suddenly the atmosphere just wants to bless us with moisture. Flurries/light snow imby and looks like a micro weenie band across the northern suburbs