Brian D

Think I did pretty decent for these 2 days. The LP in the S on Easter is going to make a NNE track, which was a little different than what I was expecting. Then another LP moves in on Earth Day.

Labor Day looks pretty decent with a CAN LP moving into the W sub. Could be a stn bdry down along the OHRV, so that will allow for some wet wx down that way. It could be further S, tho. The weekend overall looks pretty decent.

On Senior Citizen Day, Aug 21st, expecting a front to sag S through the sub kicking up shwrs/stms. Should be pretty warm. Possible some energy in the W may sneak across as the front moves into the sub.

On Friendship Day on Aug 3rd, it looks like a front moving through kicking up shwrs/stms with HP sliding in for some decent wx.

Says there was flooding below with 1-2 meters of snow in the mountains in 2 days (Alps I believe). They can have it. A little snow in April is fine, but that's overboard.

0.61" yesterday with a little bit of hail up to pea size. That's 2 hail events imby this year already (1st one had up to dime sized). Believe it or not I barely get 1 event in a year here in town. Usually it stays just N along the ridges.

MRCC, and all RCC sites I think, are down as contract for funding has not been renewed as of yet. Email from MRCC to me. Hello again, We’ve had some recent developments concerning the MRCC website, including the cli-MATE self-service data portal. It is looking likely that our funding will lapse starting April 17. At that time, our website and all of our hosted products on the website will be unavailable. This is a change in what we previously communicated, and this was a very difficult decision. The base RCC contract is what funded all aspects of the website from IT server usage, data storage, and personnel support. If our funding is restored, our website and hosted products will come back online as soon as possible. Unfortunately, we do not have a timeline on this decision. We recognize that our absence will affect you. One option for obtaining climate data and services would be to inquire with NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) at https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact. And my response.... GRRR! $%&#$^%#@!! Well, I hope funding is restored. I use your cli-MATE nearly everyday for my wx data. Ease of use, and a treasure trove of data from active, as well as non-active stations. If you disappear permanently, I'll be pissed. Sorry for the rough language, but that's how I feel about this situation. Their response.. Brian, I share your sentiment. This is awful for all of us. Contact your representatives.

MRCC is down due to lack of funding. Hope it comes back soon.

I'm going with a C-/D+ for my area. Lack of snow, but more colder wx, especially the 2nd half. Warmer wx mixed in helped keep the heat bill at reasonable levels. I've looked ahead to next winter, and we just might have a pretty decent one with snow/bitter cold showing up quite a bit. We are due for a pretty intense winter season, and this one could be just that for 25/26. But lets enjoy our warmer months first.

EHH! We need variety!

SE trend n another chuckle out of ALEK.

Pretty much a fail with precip yesterday. Some came through last night giving me 0.20", and some showers around today. Hopefully will see a better round at the end of the week.

Showers around the area this morning. Much needed precip through tomorrow. Might see some flakes mixing in late tomorrow as system exits.

The precip trend for the 2nd half of April looks decent for MN. Hope that works out. Precip is a fickle beast.

Most data in for March, and another warm one in the books similar to last year. 5 & 10 yr trend charts shown respectively.

A snowy aftrn yesterday, but nothing stuck. A little on the grass this morning with a mix falling. Temps hitting mid-upper 50's(60?) this weekend with some rain moving in (ending with a mix), then back into the 40's next week. Will be nice when the sustained warmer wx settles in next month.

I reported a stm total of 8" here in town. Good snow. Best event total of the year for me. Should be some 12" readings inland as the am progresses. Update: Looks like 6-15" is the range being reported this morning.

Heavy bands finally moved through. Looks like SN/-SN for the rest of the system. +SN with the wind was very cool. Seen much worse tho.

Blizzard warning issued for the North Shore. Snowing hard, and the winds have picked up some. Vis is running 1 1/2-2 blocks.

About 3" of very wet, compact snow. Winter wonderland, for a few days anyway.

Lake banding forming, and I'm catching some of that. Snowing pretty good now. EDIT: Dark green on radar. She's snowing good now. 3 blocks vis. Liking this.

Measured 1.5" at 630 this morning. Basically been having a very wet light snow (white rain) until about 900 when it went from -sn to sn. Still some wet stuff, tho. Temp at 32 with ENE winds 10-25. Ugly day out there, but nice to see precip.

Took a peek at this chart today. Thought we'd being drying out a little more in the upper atmosphere, but it's still hanging on. Still affecting our wx down here.

Looks like there settling on this range. Hope it pans, as we really need a good dump of precip, and snow is the best, as it melts into the ground slowly. No frost, so runoff at a minimum.

Looking good so far.