Brian D

Light to sometimes mod snow throughout the aftrn. Heavy snow band moving through right now before it comes to an end. 4-5" looks like so far. A good 6" to finish the day looks about right.

Great to see some action for you guys. Have had 2 really big snows with some in between. No point in starting threads for mine, cause I'd be the only one posting in it. LOL That being said, light-mod snows knocking on my door.

Bitter weather slated for New Years here, so LES machine will be wide open to end the year, and start the new one. I really don't care at all for the bitter weather. Can't really do much when that stuff is around. Cold that hurts, and kills, although, we are prepared for that stuff.

8-10" here in town with a foot in the hills. Grand Marais reported 17" in the higher terrain there. Another 3-6" slated for tomorrow. Blizzard conditions were more prevalent along Hwy 61 up along the shore NE of me, and the higher terrain, not really here in town.

Blizzard? Pfft! Not even close. About 5-6" so far. Wet snow. Central MN into N WI picked up a foot. We may have 8-9" in the hills around here but nothing hard hitting. Still snowing with the winds slacking off quite a bit now. Another round of 3-6" tomorrow.

Speaking of the New Years Day, I have this posted in the Holiday thread. Low pressure lurking SW of are region with a CA front in the north with more cold air moving in. Hope this works out for you guys. Would like to share the love LOL.

Looks like hammer time around here with blizzard conditions possible along the North Shore. I love these big storms.

Merry Christmas everyone. Hope you all are having a good day.

40 out right now on a mild Christmas eve day. Chilly tomorrow, but normal temps, with a good snowstorm slated for Sun night into Mon. Then possibly another strong hit Tues into Wed. E/NE winds going to jack up are snow totals around here. Need it to bring back the snow depth for the upcoming cold weather. Sorry, not trying to rub it in or anything. I know you guys in the southern areas are chomping at the bit.

Looks like my New Years forecast is going to be a decent call as well as the holiday week mention.

Made a close call for Christmas with a front moving through and low pressure bringing some messy weather for the holiday.

3-4" of snow around here from yesterday's system, with 8-12" up in Cook county with the enhanced LE. S winds help them out quite a bit up there.

Light to mod snow has been falling this morning. A good 2" so far, another 1-2" possible before it's over in a couple hours. Temps in the single digits, so it's a very powdery snow.

A cold day here in the northland as temps started out in the mid-upper 20's before sunrise, and are now down to the low-mid teens at midday. Snow on tap for the start of winter tomorrow. Looks like 3-6".

Thunderstorms and heavy rain last night ate away my snowpack, (0.85" in town, and 0.94" at airport) then the winds kicked up after midnight, but not to high wind levels that they forecast. About 40-45 mph at most here. Snowing this morning that looks to be ending right now with about an inch on the ground. Start over I guess. Temps dropped down quickly from the low 40's at around 4 a.m. to upper teens at noon. Now that we've had a Spring break, let the real Dec continue.

WWA out for that time too. Gonna be slick out there in the a.m. ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON CST THURSDAY... * WHAT...Snow and flash freeze expected. Total snow accumulations of up to two inches. Winds gusting as high as 50 mph. * WHERE...Portions of east central and northeast Minnesota. * WHEN...From 3 AM to noon CST Thursday. * IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. Patchy blowing snow could significantly reduce visibility. The hazardous conditions could impact the Thursday morning commute. Strong winds could cause tree damage. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Much colder air will build into the region tonight through Thursday morning, causing flash freeze conditions. Wet pavement and roadways may become very slick as they freeze over!

Some rain just starting here. High wind warning issued from midnight till noon tomorrow. 50-55 mph winds. Shit sure is moving fast.

Looking at an 1" of rain w/thunder, then temps rapidly drop to 20 bringing 1-3" of snow with all that water freezing up, quickly. Winds up 45 mph. Currently it's 40 with a fog/mist with winds off the Lake slowly increasing.

Mid 40's tomorrow with a quick shot of rn/sn tomorrow night. Very windy conditions after, up to 45mph. Keeps looking like those of us that put up X-mas eve/day forecasts in the Holiday thread are going to see something moving through.

Light snow this morning has added another 2" with more on the way. Maybe another inch or 2 on tap.

Chicago's and Des Moines' extreme's for the second half of Dec (16-31). So, it would be unimpressive in mid Dec, considering the dates here. But it looks more impressive when you get into MN, and WI. Chicago 69.0 1984-12-28 1984-12-28 68.0 1875-12-31 1875-12-31 67.0 1877-12-20 1877-12-20 65.0 1982-12-28 1982-12-28 64.0 1877-12-19 1877-12-19 64.0 1982-12-25 1982-12-25 64.0 1889-12-24 1889-12-24 63.0 1984-12-29 1984-12-29 62.0 1967-12-21 1967-12-21 62.0 1982-12-23 1982-12-23 Des Moines 69.0 1889-12-24 1889-12-24 69.0 1984-12-28 1984-12-28 64.0 1946-12-27 1946-12-27 64.0 1933-12-22 1933-12-22 64.0 1939-12-17 1939-12-17 64.0 1976-12-18 1976-12-18 63.0 1941-12-21 1941-12-21 63.0 1965-12-30 1965-12-30 63.0 2004-12-30 2004-12-30 62.0 1939-12-16 1939-12-16

I did these up a while ago, good time to post them. Those temps above are extreme, especially for mid Dec.

Here's are Nov stats. Pretty close to avg overall for our region with very mild weather in the plains with some top 10/near record high avg's. Ohio valley saw some top 10 record cool avg's as well. Ended up being the 5th warmest Fall.

Here's the totals recorded for this system. We got hit pretty good. Forecast was on the money. Very cold out with breezy conditions. Very windy after midnight into this morning. Temps around 0 to 5 above right now. Couple days of cold, then a little more snow. LES should be pretty strong into the UP of MI.

Snow is winding down now. 12-15"+ north of me with about 6-8" here in town and towards Duluth. There may be another inch or two through the night, and the winds are supposed to pick up out of the NW and get a little gusty. Possible 45 mph into tomorrow. If that happens, then this will all drift around, but we'll see if they get that strong. Oh, and the temps will be dropping like a rock through the day tomorrow. Should be 0 or below by sunset. Hurray, NOT! LOL