Kinda surprised the NWS hasn’t upgraded Hennepin County to a WSW. Roads are a mess and snow covered. Still 27 at the airport, I see some heavier returns moving in from the SW maybe that is the mixing line.
1.2” yesterday at MSP
Messy day incoming for the metro. Lots of freezing drizzle, we probably pop above freezing for a few hours and miss the heavy snows by 30 miles or so.
Wasn’t expecting much this evening but that narrow band delivered. Picked up a quick inch at my house. No idea what to expect tomorrow. The hi-res models are way north, but none of them handled what happened today well. The EC-AIFS has been steadfast on nailing the metro for days and the other globals caved that way. It’s done well in this pattern so there’s that to consider too.
-4F here. Maybe we’ll drop another degree or two. Bit of an underwhelming cold snap, our average first subzero low is December 10th so it did arrive early this year.
These long duration events are great. 12hrs+ of snow will end up yielding ~4” here.
I’ve crossed a parental rubicon tonight. My 4 year old was actually helpful shoveling the driveway.
Hard not to be optimistic about an overachiever here with the hi-res models showing no snow until noon, yet we’ve had parachutes falling for several hours and between 0.5”-1” down. Very high ratio stuff
NWS feeling a lot more bullish than I am in Minneapolis. I think 1-2” is a reasonable call, they seem to think 2-5”.
Either way, glad to see a deep freeze behind the snow. Get those lakes frozen already!