Brian D

Twin cites looking to rank high on this list of snowstorms with this one. Although it will come in 2 rounds, so if they separate the two, then the second one will probably be the one listed if it makes it. Jan 1982 was a humdinger with 2 big rounds back to back (37.4" in 4 days). The "Domebuster" was notable, if you all remember that one when the Hubert H. Humphrey dome collapsed. Love the "Big Mess" title from last month LOL. You could say that for them with almost every snowstorm. Top Twenty Snowfalls for Twin Cities 1. 28.4 inches: 1991 October 31 - November 3 (Halloween Blizzard) 2. 21.1 inches: 1985 November 29 - December 1 (Thanksgiving Weekend) 3. 20.0 inches: 1982 January 22 - 23 4. 17.4 inches: 1982 January 20 - 21 5. 17.1 inches: 2010 December 10 - 11 (Final "Domebuster") 6. 16.8 inches: 1940 November 11 - 13 (Armistice Day) 7. 16.7 inches: 1985 March 3 - 4 7. 16.7 inches: 1940 March 11 - 14 (tie) 9. 16.5 inches: 1982 December 27 - 28 10. 16.0 inches: 1917 January 20 - 21 10. 16.0 inches: 1999 March 8 - 9 (tie) 12. 15.8 inches: 2018 April 13-16 (Thunder Blizzard) 13. 15.3 inches: 1886 November 16-18 14. 15.1 inches: 2023 January 2-5 (Big Mess) 15. 14.7 inches: 1985 March 31 16. 14.3 inches: 1991 November 29 - 30 (Black Friday) 17. 14.1 inches: 1952 March 22 -23 17. 14.1 inches: 1983 November 27 - December 1 (tie) 19. 14.0 inches: 1899 March 10-12 20. 13.8 inches: 2011 February 20-21 21. 13.6 inches: 1966 March 22-23 21. 13.6 inches: 1983 April 14 (tie) 23. 13.1 inches: 1983 December 13-15 24. 13.0 inches: 1907 April 27-28

2" so far my way. Looks nice seeing pure white again.

Tomorrow round 1, with more mid week. Looks like I'll see around a foot or more on top of the foot of glacier imby by the end of the week.

Prez day clipper (3-6"), then winter storm. MSP BOOM!! Lake effect going to help things my way with no ice. BRING IT!!

Feb 15 384hr GFS. As I mentioned earlier concerning March, looks to be an interesting month. Winter isn't going to give up too easy.

So-so on this one. Clipper moves in real fast over the northern sub, but I indicated a weak trough passing by. Front moving out through the southern sub with no real energy with it, so nothing much with that. The colder air confined to the north.

0.88" of rain yesterday. Now it's cold, and iced up again. It's a good thing there's very little frost in the ground this season. All the rain, and melt can easily soak in the ground. Yes, we have had big puddles, but it could be much worse. Still 8-12" of snow otg, tho. Still plenty of heavy snow chances in the next 6-8 weeks up here.

Ugly wet day, and still raining. Then it all turns to ice again. But the ice that has been exposed from prior melting has made walking very tricky in spots with the water over it. Big puddles all over. Looks like March, again. A much different Feb than the last couple years to be sure.

Rain moving in now with a little snow (1-2") to end things tomorrow morning, and very windy then, too.

Messed up with the cold part, and a better configuration for the 13th. President's day looks a little closer, so will see how that one pans.

2" of snow yesterday eve. Wet stuff that stuck in the trees. Looks nice here this morning.

Couple inches of snow forecast for this evening with nice temps for the next few days.

30's coming up this week will feel nice. Then back to more avg again. Avg's slowly, but steadily climbing now.

Yeah, that's nature for ya. Likes to swing hard at times. It's a year apart, tho. Just ended up that way. That's what makes wx fun Winter temps for our region are quite variable. Standard deviation for anoms is quite big for the season ~ 5-6 K (For those who might not understand, -3 to 3 K would be 6 K spread). Summer runs ~2-3 K (-1.5 to 1.5 K spread).

Prelim data in for Jan, and coming in a little shy of the top 5. But fully expect as more data comes in from various data sets during the month that that will change with at least a 0.5 increase, putting the final number easily top 5. Here are the 5 & 10 year trend charts for the month.

An ok forecast. Good in the north with the front, but energy in the south staying there. Wasn't sure if it would make it more north or not, and it won't. High pressure keeping it at bay. GHD icing for areas south of us.

-25 to -30 across the Arrowhead region this morning. Looking at my anomaly chart for Jan, 1880 is the record year at 7.35 (1901-2000 base), so we are going to be rivaling that, I do believe, for our region. Can't wait to see what it ends up being. Datasets are updated throughout the month so it may take that long to get the final result. Prelim data is usually pretty close tho.

April Fool's Day looking wet. Storm watch.

St Patrick's Day looking very similar to March 3rd forecast with high pressure moving in with potential energy riding along the southern areas along the boundary. March will be an interesting month this year.

Next up on the calendar is Employee Appreciation Day on March 3rd. If you have a boss, drop a hint. Looks like high pressure moving through.

-30's being reported across the Arrowhead region this morning. I-Falls at -34, and Ely at -33. A bitter day on tap as will be the next few before relenting at the end of the week. The cold wx should soften the strong + anoms a little. Been such a nice Jan.

Probably for most of us, or least today will end up that way. Been nice.

Sunny, windy, blowing snow. CAA snow showers around, too. Bye-bye nice weather for a while. BTW, ended up with 3" of snow last night. Powder blows easy.

Couple inches of powder here today. Another couple Thurs nite before the blast of arctic air moves in.

Polar bear wx on tap starting this weekend. Glad we haven't seen lots of this so far this season, but good stretches of bitter wx also serve a purpose in nature, just not in my nature now that I'm older LOL.