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We had a period of FRDZ overnight as there was a glaze under the fresh snow on the sidewalk. 

Been ripping pretty good this morning. Inch down so far. Good luck to those further east 

What’s falling imby and radar trends definitely more impressive then what the HRRR and NAM have been showing. Still thinking 2” here but we’ll see if it’s rip city when I wake up. 

Getting some light freezing rain and ice pellets at the moment. Wasn’t expecting any precip this early. 

NAM develops a weenie band right over the metro and drops 3-4” before continuing to strengthen to the east. 
 

Euro says sorry Minneapolis but this thing doesn’t get it’s act together until it’s east of you. Enjoy the dust on crust. 
 

I’m riding the Euro

12 hours ago, MIstorm97 said:

Going to be a bad time being an outdoor essential worker coming up 

Yeah Monday don't look fun at all for me. Good thing the weekend will be our coldest period as our company policy doesn't end outdoor work until -10F

Another miss East and south incoming for the twin cities I’m afraid. Hopefully we can net a couple quick inches 

Looks like we could string together a few days of below zero highs here. Will definitely need a couple inches of refresher to maximize potential.

2 hours ago, Hoosier said:

Winter storm warning text is calling for 16-22" in NYC.  That must be nice.

It rarely sticks around more then a couple days so that eases the jealousy for me. 

Back to discussing January weather happenings....torched up to 34F here today with mood flakes most of the morning. 

Getting some solid low end -SN right now. DAB here we come.

FRDZ and an occasional few flakes. Just no moisture depth. Gonna end up with a nice rim on top of the snowpack and maybe a DAB.

Had some nice drifting on roads outside the metro this morning from the stiff SE wind. Spitting occasional ice pellets here. Locked and loaded for my 1”

.05” ice 
1.2” snow

first and final call here

6 hours ago, A-L-E-K said:

ready 2 b buried

Same

1 hour ago, Natester said:

Well the good news for here is that when the freezing rain starts, it'll already be 31F, thus limiting accretion.  21z RAP has CR going above freezing at 4 PM before switching to cement snow at 7 PM.

Even up here we are potentially looking at more ice then snow. Sucks but that’s the way she goes.

Warm tongue has me slightly worried and lack of moisture depth could mean a long period of FRDZ instead of light snow. 1-3” refresher could easily end up being a glacier creating glaze event up here. 

I have a recollection of the gfs v16 having issues overamping precip some months back and it was delayed, did this happen?

Bombs away? Hopefully not a Fargo special. 

Miss south for me. I’ll enjoy my flurries and snow showers over the weekend and in the meantime keep lurking.

Crazy that GHD 1 dropped 16” in IC but less then a foot in CR. 

5.6" official storm total which puts MSP at 39.5" on the season. 

Averaging 10-11" snow depth imby. 

As of midnight MSP was reporting 5.3” we should finish around 6” which is on the higher end of guidance. 

Been getting steady light snow as forecasted since around 2:30pm. Probably averaged a half inch an hour since onset. 4-5” event total seems a lock based on radar trends.