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I do look pretty locked in right now so I guess based on recent model performance I should be worried.

Still have two events before I have time to pay attention to anything here.

Going to end up with 1-2” from tonight’s pixie dust event. Fun week ahead with lots of small stat padding events on the horizon, and maybe something bigger? State DNR releases their own snowpack map for the state weekly.

Just had a couple minutes of flurries here. No shutout in the Twin Cities. Good to come back to the states with something to track in the subforum.

Beavis if you want a good mix of economic opportunity and winter weather may I suggest Minneapolis. Sure we get occasional torches and only average 50-55” annually, but growing up in Chicagoland I’ve noticed a stark difference with the cold and staying power of snow up here. Sun angle makes a big difference, a lot less melt off on a 40 degree day here then in Chicago. Oh and the lakes solidly freeze up every year even in the cities. BTW my house is about 10 miles south of the 45N parallel.

Hoosier to build on your point. November 25th the total seasonal snow in Minneapolis was 1.6". In the two weeks since then we are at 18.4"

Looks pretty chilly up here the middle of next week. Transient cold however.

Bring it. We are already -5.3” below average for snowfall. Tuesday/Wednesday event trending better up here.

Another miss to the SE so yeah I’d say that’s very viable.

Lutsen already open??? I knew they were making snow. Wife and I went to Trollhaugen last weekend, November 2nd is now the earliest i've ever skied. Most of the Twin Cities hills will be operational by next weekend.

We are flying into Auckland, spending a couple days in that area (coromandel peninsula, city center ect...), then heading to Rotorua and Taupo. We are both avid outdoors-people, and will be hiking the northern circuit of Tongariro National Park and tent camping on an active volcano. Driving south from there we plan on checking out some of the wineries around Hasting/Napier, then spending a day in Wellington before hopping on the ferry to the south island. Plan on doing a trip to Tasman National Park for the beaches, and maybe stop over in Marlbourgh. Christchurch is probably where we will spend New Years as we currently have a hotel reserved, and from there drive over the Arthurs Pass region and doing short hikes along the way to Greysmouth. Currently looking at booking a helicopter tour of Franz Joseph or Fox glaciers, there are mountain huts only accessible by helicopter right on the edge of the glaciers that we are looking at spending a night at as well. From there we plan to drive and hike around the Haast pass region, and Fiordland National Park for some more camping, then end our trip with couple days in and around Queenstown, before flying back to the states. Our south island itinerary is less set in stone, as we are still putting things together, but that is a general idea. Definitely want to try and squeeze in penguins in Dunedin if possible. I've seen wild penguins before but my wife hasn't. What i've learned from planning this trip is New Zealand is an incredible country and our trip is only half as long as it properly needs to be.

Just gonna vent real quick. Getting missed to the south 3 times in October really sucks for a weenie like me. Waiting for climo to even things out but I’m sure that will happen while I’m in New Zealand for my honeymoon Dec 22 - Jan 8 you can lock it in. at least it’s been fun to track something