Brian D

Snow showers moving through. Big, fat flakes again like the other day. Up to quarter size (~1") with some elongated ones even bigger under calm conditions.

Been through so many storms, but the 91' Halloween Storm was one of the best hits. It started Thurs eve (Halloween eve) around 5 pm in Duluth were I was working construction. I had left the Army that July, and picked up some work doing roofing. Happened to be in Duluth when the snow started around 5 pm as we were knocking off for the day. Snow was light on the way to my girlfriend's place just N of TH, but it got going pretty good that night. That 1st round yielded around 12" as recorded by the TH co-op observer (on the shore) that morning. We may of had a little more at her place. A break in the action with just some light snow Friday morning allowed crews to clean up pretty well. That afternoon, tho, the main storm hit. My good friend (girlfriend's brother-in-law) and I picked up some whiskey before heading to my girl's place. I had came into town to visit him for a while that day. It was a rough ride N of town. Snow had become very heavy not long after dark with blizzard conditions, and by morning we were snowed in with drifts at least waist high in her driveway. They would have been bigger if not for some trees. TH co-op measured 24" (36" stm total), and I personally think there was a bit more out there. It was heavier, wet snow, too. The Lake helped out some I'm sure. Totals like this are common over on the UP, but that is normally lighter, drier snow. Sometimes they get larger totals of wetter stuff. I think weatherbo (wonder what happened to him) recorded nearly 30" of slush (had a glacial blue tint) in a late Spring storm at his place 3 yrs ago or so.

Snow showers this morning. Might have eeked out 0.1" of fluff with that heavier band that went through. +/- sd's across NE MN this morning. Keeping my eye out for something decent 7-10 days out. My modelling method is showing potential, it looks like gov models are picking up on it, too.

Been 8 years since the sub as a whole has seen a colder Dec.

Here in TH, Dec ended with 0.65"(avg 1.56") precip with 6.1" (avg 13.6") snow. Another drier month. Oct-Dec ranked 11th driest. Mean temp (adjusted for 7am readings) was 17.8 (36th coldest). A little colder than 2022 (18.5) which was the last colder Dec here. 2017 was 14.8, and 2013 was 9.0. TH co-op switched from pm readings to am readings Oct 2019. So some adjustment is needed in comparing. Precip for the year was 25.54" (avg 31.72") which is 38th driest out of 129 unique totals in the record.

Decent forecast. Happy New Year ev1!

1.7" of fluff here. 1-2" across the area. Snow showers today with dropping temps.

Radar showing strong returns. Have flakes the size of quarters, and even some that are elongated up to 2" under calm conditions. Pretty cool

About an inch so far with a little more yet to go. It'll be nice to measure without drifting

ZZZZ until....POP! better than POP then fizzle.

1.0" of snow IMBY with winds up to 40 mph last night. They're kicking back up this morning to 35 mph. Around my area just 1-2" of snow. Nice hit from S MN into the UP MI.

Snow finally filled in along the shore. Starting to accum now.

Getting robbed. Snow staying just offshore, but is filling in around DLH. Just FL here in TH. Was expecting this possibility. We'll see if it fills in a little more as the day wears on, and I get something to measure tonight.

I'm on the N edge with low expectations. N/NW wind with NE 850mb will keep the Lake hammer just to my S. A little syn of 3" (3-7" forecasted for TH) is all I'm expecting. WSW issued because of blowing with 30-40+ mph winds. Just a little more of a jog N, and I'd be golden. They also have Wind adv & High wind warning along the shore as well.

Guess they will have to look at sat images/radar data to see if there was any convection going on at the time. There can be a fine line between hail or sleet sometimes. The whiteness of the graupel could easily be partially melted snow that refreezes. Most sleet I've seen is mostly clear, tho, so more data would be needed to make that call. It can be an easy mistake this time year.

Looks like a good hit Sun night. Not so sure if it'll be that great my way. Might hit min guidance. S of me will do really well with Lake enhancement/LES, tho. Then another strong shot of bitter air for the week.

Thankfully nothing major with the frz rn yesterday. Just some off n on sprinkles/-rn imby. Some light ice reports of 0.1" or less, with 1-2" of snow across Cook county.

Merry Christmas n a Happy Holiday to all. Light frz rn mixed with some snow forecast for later today with some snow along the border. Untreated surfaces will be slick.

Did my boot camp in 1987 in Ft Sill, OK in the middle of summer. That was nasty! Then another 2 months there for more training in Jan-Feb 1990. Wild wx there with highs in the 80's down to 10's after a blue norther, and 6" of slush snow. And in 1990 spent 2 months (Oct-Nov) over in Albuquerque helping with some testing at Kirkland AFB. Never seen so many tumbleweeds, and absolutely dry wx for weeks. 10% humidity many days. One of the guys had a friend over in Dallas, so we spent Thanksgiving with him, and his family. Was glad to have experienced a different part of our country that is so much different than up N.

Decent call here for the pattern. Nothing to disrupt Christmas travel too much. Some wet wx in the S sub on Wed, and a LP moving in from the W will bring some sloppy wx on Thurs eve in to Friday. Merry Christmas ev1! Hope your holiday's are blessed

Christmas Day eve into Friday may be a wet snow, icy system for N MN - N WI (& UP MI). Looks like I did a decent job with the Holiday forecast in sniffing out the pattern.

Christmas Day may be a LES or lake enhancement with synoptic snows across NE MN. Looks like a possible def zone between HP n LP setting up. A long fetch from the ENE across the Lake usually gives something, especially with a boundary hanging out.

0.4" of snow from the clipper. Now this morning winds are kicking up into the 30's blowing snow around. Temps were in the mid 20's and in just a half hour dropped to mid teens. Cold day on tap.

0.5" IMBY of snow after a rainy day yesterday, and bitter temps this morning under clear, blue skies n fairly calm winds. -sd's near the Lake with -10's/-20's across inland NE MN. I-Fall's dropped 56dF in 26hrs from 34 to -22.

TBH, science is almost always corrupted by money n politics to some degree. Going to have to leave it there.