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Pretty amazing temperature contrast between Minneapolis and Des Moines this week. 20s and 30s here, mid 60s there, its a 3.5 hour drive between the cities. 
 

Looks like we might get some accumulating snow behind the low this weekend. Hopefully the rain/storms don’t wash away all of our glacier, I’d like the snow pack longevity streak to continue.

RIP snowpack. Looks like a rainer this weekend will wash most of it away. Welcome to March. 

February 2022 in Minneapolis had a -6.1 temperature departure. 11 days went below zero. 
 

0.78” of Precipitation, -0.09” below normal. 10.3” of snowfall for the month, 0.8” above normal.

Overall a solid month of winter weather. I’m both a cold and snow weenie, so while we didn’t see extremes of either, solid snowpack and entrenched cold all month was very satisfying.

Let’s just go ahead and lock in the 18z GFS for next weekend please.

Going to be an interesting week watching things evolve but looks like a major storm will be impacting the upper Midwest. 

2.6” in Minneapolis. Exceeded my expectations. Been a good week

Only dropped down to -3 here last night with the high clouds. Much colder outside the urban core.

1.2” here as of 6pm. Pixie dust. Too bad because this could be a real quality event with better dendrites at 10F. 

Haven’t even been paying any attention to this event but with yesterdays snow in the rear view mirror I guess time to get excited about a stat and snowdepth padding 1-3” 

Awesome pics Bo. Maybe I should see if the Eagle Mine is hiring any geologists….

1 hour ago, weatherbo said:

You would be in heaven here.  Another 8" overnight bringing my total to around 40".  Mqt had an additional 8.5" last night bringing their storm total to 35.9".  My snow depth is definitely over 50".  It blew and drifted enough that all my work on the roof was erased.  starting from scratch again.

MQT also set a snow record yesterday with 21.6", an all time single day February record.

Snow trying to wind down.

I’ve got some friends going up to Mt. Bohemia this weekend. Very jealous of them, as conditions look unreal. Good luck with the snow clearing today. Ship some of it over this way. The lakes could use some moisture to fill back up this spring. 

Low of -6 with the fresh snow this morning. Late February sun sure does knock some of the sting off though. 

4.9” officially as of 6pm. Light snow showers will probably bring us to just over 5” when all is said and done. This is on just 0.19” of liquid precipitation for a nearly 26-1 ratio. There was over 3 hours today with visibility under 1 mile and about an hour with visibility at or below a quarter mile. 
 

Seasonal snowfall stands at 41.8” or about how much snow is on Bo’s roof. 

I’m going to guess around 4” downtown where I’m working this week. Still pounding down. 
 

Top shelf snow the past couple hours.

Praise the Trowel

Main bands of snow are just getting together but this has been a big nothing burger for the twin cities. NWS catching a lot of flak locally.  

Looks like a little under an inch so far. Hard to tell because it’s just blowing around.

Forecast is now calling for 3-6” 

Glad to see you folks up north getting good snows outta this system. Going to be impressive depths by late week.

The way things are trending 4-5” would be a win for us here. 

This is trending towards just a nuisance event. Hennepin and Ramsey counties can probably be downgraded to a WWA.

At least the mood flakes are flying.

Steel Grey overcast in downtown Minneapolis. Snow is gonna hold off until tonight now.

0z 3km NAM only putting out 0.2-0.3” of liquid equivalent for the cities. 

Really need a juiced storm to make its way here to ease the lingering drought.

Interestingly enough the two biggest storms of the season locally, (12/10 & now 2/21) have had northward shifts inside 24hrs. My 4-8 call is looking pretty solid for the metro, just north of here to Duluth will see double digit totals reign. 

With the north trend probably won’t see much more then an inch tomorrow, just thick overcast. Going to really need wave 2 on Tuesday to preform after the beating our snowpack is taking today. 

Temps peaked at 45 today. Warmest of the year. Winds have turned NW and sitting at 43. Lots of melting though.

Low of -1 this morning. Temps have been steadily rising ever since. Could push the mid 40s tomorrow before the long duration snows begin. Highest temperature of the year imby is 43.