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Prepping for a short drive north to view the Aurora tonight. Looks like a very strong event is coming together. If I didn’t have two little ones I’d be heading up north of Duluth but I think an area near Cambridge MN will have to do.

0.27” here today. Jumped from the low 50s around noon to the low 60s as the sun came out. Twins game tomorrow with perfect weather.

April finished with 4.19” of precipitation which is well above normal, and much appreciated. We really needed it. There was only a T of snowfall.

Time for my final winter grade. I’m going to give winter 23/24 a D grade. It was a record warm and very dry winter in Minnesota. However the front and back ends were punctuated by memorable snowfalls that saved the season from a solid F. The 2.3” on Halloween provided a memorable trick or treating experience, and those photos of my kid in the snow we will always cherish. The weeklong cold snap in January provided no snowfall but froze the lakes quite solid and saved the ice fishing and ski seasons from disaster. My local hill was open daily from early December to mid March. The surprise 7” Valentine’s Day snowstorm reminded everyone we still live in a winter weather climate.  March is when things got interesting, precipitation began increasing and we bagged a 12” multi day snowfall that broke the doldrums of dryness we endured most of the cold season. Other stat padding events brought us up to 29.5” which is still well below normal but dampers the disaster that was DJF. Only around 50 days until they are getting shorter again.

Mid 40s and a rainy Sunday. 0.45” today with another batch moving in. Like many locations it’s been a wet April with 3.26” imby. 
 

The mature Swamp White Oak in our neighbors yard bloomed the other day. 

Rain was a dud here today. Let’s see what tonight brings. 
 

Tornado Sirens blaring down in Des Moines. 

1 hour ago, Brian D said:

After that, 60's will require a winter jacket when you get back here. 

I felt chilly last night around 10pm when the air temp dropped into the 70s. Amazing how quickly the body acclimates. 

Nabbed a 100 yesterday. Dry heat rocks 

Only made it to 99 at KPSP yesterday. 

I’m ready for a weather whiplash today. Currently it’s 30 degrees with a very light dusting of snow overnight. Heading to visit my parents in Palm Desert CA, where we will be pushing 100 the next several days 

Snow showers here as well. Freeze warning tonight

Mid 40s and lots of rain today, a few rumbles of Thunder too. All this moisture is great. Winds were really kicking earlier. 30 degrees warmer down I-35 in Des Moines. 

2 hours ago, Brian D said:

Grass is getting greener real quick here, too. Budding will take a little more time closer to the lake, as we tend to stay a little cooler. Longer days, and warmer temps. Time for summer season.  

Highway 61 traffic jams imminent. 

Grass/shrubs off to the races now. Trees looking ready to burst into action. Mid 70s this weekend should bring out the green. 

Hopefully the weather is better for us in 2099. Good luck and enjoy the celestial event today everyone. 

Washout on Sunday. More raindrops falling this morning. Love it. 

September 14, 2099 there will be a Solar eclipse with the totality passing right through Minneapolis and Madison. Too bad I’ll be 109 or more likely dead.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_September_14,_2099

2 hours ago, King James said:

Ease up on the solar farms plz. Ugly ass things are popping up everywhere. 

My company doesn’t build them. We just got contracted to do some engineering work.

25 minutes ago, mnchaserguy said:

Surprise snow here in MSP this morning. Roads are just wet but I bet we will pick up a quick inch in the grass. It’s coming down about as hard as it has all winter.


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I’m up in Maple Grove this morning. Borderline snow squall conditions at times. Definitely at least an inch down and still snowing steadily. Backwards winter!

Had some snowflakes mix in with the rain today in rural Nicollet County MN where I was doing a geotechnical investigation for a future solar farm. Metro stayed dry. 

Good write up on the early week storm by the NWS and DNR. Revenge of the lost winter indeed.

https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/climate/journal/lost-winters-revenge-storm-march-23-27.html

Last chilly morning for the foreseeable future. Decent sunrise at the office this morning. 

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 

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. 

1 hour ago, Chinook said:

wasn't this supposed to be pretty insane for South Dakota into Minnesota? I absolutely remember a NWS graphic from Aberdeen that said 16"-23" for a border twn

That map is low for the twin cities. 72hr accumulations are around 10-12”

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