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  1. OrdIowPitMsp
    I’ll keep digging for the daily weather reports and link it here too. https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/climate/twin_cities/snelling.html
  2. OrdIowPitMsp
    Somewhere SW of the metro is the futility bullseye, some farm has probably seen ~2-4 of snowfall all winter. The official measuring site for Minneapolis is the airport which is just about smack dab in the middle of the metro - 7.3” season to date. The WFO office is in Chanhassen a suburb 22 miles SW of the airport. After a 100” season last year the WFO is sitting at 5.8” currently. The NWS map, while far from perfect, shows a broad area to my SW with under 6” accumulation to date.
  3. OrdIowPitMsp
    Looks like advisory level snows across southern Minnesota on Wednesday afternoon. Another painful miss for the twin cities to maintain seasonal trends. I’ll go with 0.3” at the airport final call.
  4. OrdIowPitMsp
    MPX forecast discussions are mentioning even with average temperatures moving forward we will still break the record for warmest winter.
  5. OrdIowPitMsp
    Personally it really doesn’t matter a whole lot right now how big of a train wreck this winter turns out to be. My wife and I welcomed our 2nd child into the world last week. Cloud 9 only begins to describe how I feel. You can’t change the weather but you can impact and shape the little creatures you create in life.
  6. OrdIowPitMsp
    Deck and frozen lake are dusted. Nothing sticking to this warm ground. Top 10 event of the season.
  7. OrdIowPitMsp
    Look at that lovely snow hole over the upper Midwest. Saw a few flurries this morning so I got that going for me.
  8. OrdIowPitMsp
    Finally saw some precipitation. 0.12” of rain this morning, just about doubling our total for the year to 0.25” Also saw a pair of trumpeter swans looking for open water on the still frozen lake.
  9. OrdIowPitMsp
    Off the charts warmth. Temperature departures are running +20 across Minnesota so far this month.
  10. OrdIowPitMsp
    Thursday’s precipitation event has mostly vanished imby. Full run GFS showing 0.10” of total precip. Still sitting at 0.13” of total precip in 2024.
  11. OrdIowPitMsp
    Long range still looks bleak for the upper Midwest. At least northern Minnesota will get a good soaking rain…in February.
  12. OrdIowPitMsp
    Crisp and clear with unrestricted visibility at MSP.
  13. OrdIowPitMsp
    The big cooldown everyone has been talking about will bring our temperatures down to only 5-10 degrees above average. Give this winter it’s futility crown. Got down to 24 last night, our average high.
  14. OrdIowPitMsp
    The fire dept was at my local lake with an ice rescue boat on my drive home today. Not sure if they were training or someone fell through the ice. People had ice houses setup yesterday but none today. My brother in law was ice fishing in the suburbs last weekend and that lake still had 10” ice on it, but surely conditions have degraded by now.
  15. OrdIowPitMsp
    All I care about this spring/summer is getting somewhat normal precipitation, tornado chances are just a bonus. 3 years of flash drought is enough, and this winter is making wildfire season look quite brutal in northern Minnesota unless the pattern turns wet.
  16. OrdIowPitMsp
    The record number of 50 degree days in DJF for Minneapolis is 8. We are currently at 7 with the potential to add a few and set the record next week.
  17. OrdIowPitMsp
    Gotcha, makes sense to further his narrative. Someone want to post a low temperature anomalies map.
  18. OrdIowPitMsp
    Where is JB getting those maps? MSP was over 5 degrees above average in January, and that is showing near normal temps.
  19. OrdIowPitMsp
    Minneapolis finished with 0.13” of precipitation for the month of January with 2.0” falling as snow.
  20. OrdIowPitMsp
    Diurnal swings are impressive this time of year. After a high of 55 yesterday we got down to 28 with heavy freezing fog overnight. Roads are slippery.
  21. OrdIowPitMsp
    New record high of 55 in Minneapolis smashing the old record of 46. We missed tying the all time January record by 1 degree. I was working outside in a t-shirt today.
  22. OrdIowPitMsp
    Woohoo 1st place!! February 1878 is the 6th warmest on record for Minneapolis, so that’s the number to beat.
  23. OrdIowPitMsp
    I am starting to really believe 1877-78 is going down this year, or at least we get close. It’s a similar setup with AGW and UHI boosting things a bit. The lack of any snowpack up north after this warmup will only hamper the ability to see normal wintertime temps moving forward. The main difference is the lakes have actually held some ice this season, versus 77-78 when there are many reports of lakes never icing over completely.
  24. OrdIowPitMsp
    Closing out January with record high temps across Minnesota today. The all time January record of 56 in Minneapolis might be in jeopardy today.
  25. OrdIowPitMsp
    Wake up > check 384hr GFS > less then 0.10” precip for Minneapolis wash rinse repeat
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