prinsburg_wx Posted December 8, 2012 Author Share Posted December 8, 2012 MPX went with a Blizzard Warning for the Willmar area on sunday. URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 336 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM BEARING DOWN ON THE UPPER MIDWEST TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM CST SUNDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 9 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES...LOWER 20S EARLY ON SUNDAY WILL PLUMMET BEHIND THE SYSTEM INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND 10 TO 15 BELOW LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 25 TO 30 BELOW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dissident Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Wow whatever happened to the active forums I remember seeing? I came here to brag about our 6.5 inch and rising snowfall but there's nobody here. In Brookings, South Dakota. This stuff will be on the ground until late February. The maps started shifting the heavier snow southward right as the storm was starting (Earl Barker's website) ... you know how we usually get half the amount the NOAA predicts, this time we got double. Edit: It's now 10 inches and rising according to my tape measure, actually nearing 11. Somewhat localized. Get on the interstate and drive 30 miles south, there might be 3 inches. I wouldn't know, the town is pretty much shut down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prinsburg_wx Posted January 9, 2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2013 Strong Winter Storm likely Fri-Sat for most of the Dakotas thru n MN...6-12" of snow, strong winds and very cold wind chills expected in this area. The remainder of MN is expected to escape the winter threat of snow as the dry slot moves through. URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND641 AM CST WED JAN 9 2013...POTENTIAL WINTER STORM FOR WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA LATETHURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT....A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM OVER THE ROCKIES IS EXPECTED TO MOVETOWARD THE NORTHERN PLAINS THURSDAY NIGHT...AND MOVE THROUGH THEREGION BY SATURDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUEDFOR ALL OF WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FOR THIS TIME. AS THESTORM APPROACHES THURSDAY NIGHT...A PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZINGRAIN IS POSSIBLE. THIS IS EXPECTED MAINLY CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME ALL SNOW BY NOON FRIDAYAS MUCH COLDER AIR ENTERS THE STATE. GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS FRIDAYAND FRIDAY NIGHT WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING ANDDRIFTING SNOW. DEPENDING ON THE TRACK AND TIMING OF THE STORM...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ACROSS A WIDEAREA OF WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TONEAR 30 BELOW BY SATURDAY MORNING. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. BEPREPARED FOR THIS WINTER WEATHER. CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT INYOUR CAR AND STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE WEATHER SOURCE FORFURTHER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM.NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-092045-/O.CON.KBIS.WS.A.0001.130111T0600Z-130112T1200Z/DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES641 AM CST WED JAN 9 2013 /541 AM MST WED JAN 9 2013/...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHTTHROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...* TIMING...LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.* MAIN IMPACT...POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.* OTHER IMPACTS...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN INITIALLY MAY CAUSE SLIPPERY ROADS. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO NEAR 30 BELOW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgeeWx Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 I think the biggest impact will be the temps. The snow won't help us out at the end of next week when that trough digs through and brings that Polar Vortex and coinciding cold with it. GFS looking less and less crazy now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prinsburg_wx Posted January 9, 2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2013 I think the biggest impact will be the temps. The snow won't help us out at the end of next week when that trough digs through and brings that Polar Vortex and coinciding cold with it. GFS looking less and less crazy now. Looking like the Grand Forks area will get nailed from the upcoming storm. URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 342 PM CST WED JAN 9 2013 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM POSSIBLE FOR THE END OF THE WEEK... .AFTER VERY MILD TEMPERATURES FOR JANUARY FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK...THE PATTERN WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT SIGNIFICANTLY FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND INTO THE WEEKEND. ONE UPPER SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST...BRINGING PRECIPITATION INTO FAR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THURSDAY NIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY. WITH VERY WARM AIR JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE...AND TEMPERATURES AT THE GROUND JUST BELOW FREEZING...SOME OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL AS FREEZING RAIN. SOME ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A COOPERSTOWN TO GRAND FORKS TO HALLOCK LINE. LOCATIONS IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA NEAR DETROIT LAKES AND BEMIDJI COULD SEE ICE ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. MEANWHILE...A LARGE UPPER TROUGH MOVING IN FROM THE WEST WILL HELP BRING SNOW...STARTING IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN THURSDAY NIGHT AND SPREADING SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH FRIDAY. BY FRIDAY NIGHT TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE COLD ENOUGH THAT THE ENTIRE AREA SHOULD SEE A CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING. AT THIS POINT IT SEEMS THAT THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE FROM DEVILS LAKE UP TOWARDS ROSEAU...WHERE 8 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND BECOME QUIET STRONG FRIDAY NIGHT...AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH VISIBILITIES UNDER A HALF A MILE AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-121800- /O.NEW.KFGF.WS.A.0001.130111T0600Z-130112T1800Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS- WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE- EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER- PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS- GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN... NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS... FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA... PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...CANDO... LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON... ADAMS 342 PM CST WED JAN 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO FAR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH THE FREEZING RAIN THREAT CONTINUING INTO THE DAY ON FRIDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN THURSDAY NIGHT...SPREADING SOUTH AND EASTWARD THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY AS TEMPERATURES DROP. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF ON SATURDAY. * WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 30 MPH RANGE WITH HIGHER GUSTS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE MAINLY FROM THE RED RIVER VALLEY WESTWARD. * VISIBILITIES COULD APPROACH A HALF TO EVEN A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HIGHEST IN THE DEVILS LAKE TO ROSEAU AREA WHERE 8 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. 6 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN THAT AREA SOUTH TO A VALLEY CITY TO BEMIDJI LINE. LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE FOUND IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * WIND CHILL VALUES OF 25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE WEST OF THE RED RIVER LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF NEARLY A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR DETROIT LAKES TO BEMIDJI...WITH LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS NORTH AND WEST OF THAT AREA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZackH Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 I think the biggest impact will be the temps. The snow won't help us out at the end of next week when that trough digs through and brings that Polar Vortex and coinciding cold with it. GFS looking less and less crazy now. And, as you say that Dave, the 18z GFS looks fantastic for our area. The latest run hints at 8-12 inches possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek30 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Yeah, Grand Forks up to Winnipeg corridor looking good for a big snow/blowing snow event. We'll have to see how bad things get but 60-70 km/h wind gusts not out of the question. Could be ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Nice weather conditions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prinsburg_wx Posted January 12, 2013 Author Share Posted January 12, 2013 Nice weather conditions 2013011202_metars_pir.gif Front just went through here with a quick burst of snow, windy & temps falling rapidly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siberian Express Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 That was sharp. From about 41 at midnight to 17 now. The gravel roads are skating rinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Congrats South Dakota on the first -20C 850mb temperature I've seen in a while. 0805 AM HEAVY SNOW 5 E PORCUPINE 43.24N 102.23W 01/12/2013 M10.0 INCH SHANNON SD TRAINED SPOTTER STILL SNOWING LIGHTLY. MOST OF SNOW FELL FRIDAY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Congrats South Dakota on the first -20C 850mb temperature I've seen in a while. 0805 AM HEAVY SNOW 5 E PORCUPINE 43.24N 102.23W 01/12/2013 M10.0 INCH SHANNON SD TRAINED SPOTTER STILL SNOWING LIGHTLY. MOST OF SNOW FELL FRIDAY. It is about time. Arctic outbreak upcoming...just how it should be for the N Plains in winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnesota Meso Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 While I don't think any low temp records will be broken, this is certainly arctic air moving down, the Euro seems to be on board, but maybe 12-18 hrs slower at this time and slightly warmer, but by no more the 5°. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSchwake28 Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Certainly does look like the best shot in a while for a good arctic blast across the northern plains and possibly eastward into New England. With a ~1050mb high dropping down I'd expect to finally see some true vodka cold here in GFK. After one and a half winters here I've yet to see a temperature below -18*. I'm still a bit skeptical as the last few times models have shown temps in the -20 range either winds help up just a bit, or more frequently low clouds just parked over the area. In fact, as recently as the last couple of nights both MOS and some of the higher res models were somewhere on the order of 10-20 too cold. With seasonable temperatures along with several chances of light snowfall through the week, there should at least be enough of a snow pack to sustain some of these cold temps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blizznd Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Hi there...in Grand Forks too and working mid shift.. buy yeah should have a good shot of some -20s early next week as should get enough of a high to clear us out and gives a couple of days of clear sky. -25F or so isnt all that uncommon....so nothing extreme going on. But after last years very warm time....-25F would be a bit chilly. i was fortunate to be working the night we had -43C. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Hi there...in Grand Forks too and working mid shift.. buy yeah should have a good shot of some -20s early next week as should get enough of a high to clear us out and gives a couple of days of clear sky. -25F or so isnt all that uncommon....so nothing extreme going on. But after last years very warm time....-25F would be a bit chilly. i was fortunate to be working the night we had -43C. Dan This arctic front pushing into Nodak is about as good as it gets...at least given the meagre past two winters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prinsburg_wx Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0059 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0209 PM CST MON JAN 28 2013 AREAS AFFECTED...CNTRL/N-CNTRL/NERN SD...SERN ND...W-CNTRL/N-CNTRL MN CONCERNING...HEAVY SNOW VALID 282009Z - 290215Z SUMMARY...A BAND OF PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP NEWD THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. SNOW...WITH 1-IN/HR RATES...ALONG WITH AREAS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WILL BE POSSIBLE. DISCUSSION...PRECIPITATION WILL INTENSIFY ALONG A NE/SW-ORIENTED DEFORMATION ZONE THAT WILL BECOME BETTER DEFINED THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. STRENGTHENING CONFLUENCE WITHIN THIS ZONE WILL FORCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF FRONTOGENETIC CIRCULATIONS THAT WILL AUGMENT ASCENT TO CREATE A NE/SW-ORIENTED BAND OF HEAVY SNOW. REGIONAL MOSAIC RADAR IMAGERY SUGGESTS THAT INCIPIENT DEVELOPMENT IS UNDERWAY ACROSS CNTRL/N-CNTRL/NERN SD. THE SNOW BAND IS FORECAST TO EXPAND NEWD THROUGH THE EVENING...REACHING THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER BY 04Z. THE HEAVIEST SNOW -- WITH RATES OF AROUND 1 IN/HR -- WILL LIKELY COVER A 60-90-MILE-WIDE CORRIDOR CENTERED FROM NEAR PIR TO 40 ESE INL. THIS IS AFFIRMED BY CONSENSUS AMONGST RECENT HIGH-RESOLUTION WRF GUIDANCE. IMMEDIATELY TO THE SE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED CORRIDOR...MULTIPLE WINTER PRECIPITATION TYPES MAY OCCUR. AN ELEVATED WARM LAYER SHOULD SUPPORT PARTIAL/COMPLETE HYDROMETEOR MELTING TO YIELD SLEET/FREEZING RAIN AS PRECIPITATION INITIALLY FALLS. AMDAR FOR DESCENDING ROUTES INTO MSP FROM THE W SAMPLED 850-MB TEMPERATURES AROUND 6-7 C IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE WARM LAYER. WHILE THESE TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY SOMEWHAT LOWER ACROSS THE MCD AREA...AT LEAST A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET/FREEZING RAIN WILL BE OF CONCERN. FREEZING RAIN RATES COULD REACH 0.05-0.07 INCH PER 3 HOURS. THE INFLUX OF DEEPER COLD AIR SHOULD ALLOW FOR A TRANSITION TO SNOW FROM SW TO NE WITH SNOW RATES LOCALLY REACHING 1 IN/HR THROUGH THE EVENING. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prinsburg_wx Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 458 PM CST MON JAN 28 2013 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0455 PM SNOW ROSCOE 45.45N 99.33W 01/28/2013 M6.0 INCH EDMUNDS SD EMERGENCY MNGR 0402 PM SNOW 2 N HOVEN 45.27N 99.78W 01/28/2013 E5.0 INCH WALWORTH SD TRAINED SPOTTER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 458 PM CST MON JAN 28 2013 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0455 PM SNOW ROSCOE 45.45N 99.33W 01/28/2013 M6.0 INCH EDMUNDS SD EMERGENCY MNGR 0402 PM SNOW 2 N HOVEN 45.27N 99.78W 01/28/2013 E5.0 INCH WALWORTH SD TRAINED SPOTTER Catch any snow at your place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prinsburg_wx Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 Catch any snow at your place? not a flake...drizzle & fog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrgjeff Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Might get a brief encore of the snow from northern Kansas into eastern Nebraska today. TOP and DDC NWS on it! Winter wx advisories posted in Kansas. TWOWAL-like feature developing in eastern Colorado. It's not textbook, but still WAA with north winds at 850. Call it a hybrid with a second shortwave coming in behind the (main) severe wx lead wave. I like TWOWALs or comma heads because they tend to over-achieve snow relative to other back-of-the-system junk. Today features good multi-layer clouds back over the snow area. Some features are only mid-level clouds and crap out. Multi-layer clouds like today is bullish, in that model qpf should be achieved. I'm not talking big time snow since the main WAA conveyer belt is well east. However 3-5 inches would not surprise me. Surface temps may hang just above freezing, but we'll see if some fat/phat flakes can overcome. Probably. Enjoy! Happy Birthday to the State of Kansas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prinsburg_wx Posted February 2, 2013 Author Share Posted February 2, 2013 MPX pretty much sums it up for minnesota's weather for the next week. AREA FORECAST DISCUSSIONNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN359 AM CST SAT FEB 2 2013.DISCUSSION...OVERVIEW...IN THE 1993 COMEDY GROUNDHOG`S DAY...BILL MURRAY ISA WEATHERMAN FORCED TO RELIVE THE SAME DAY OVER AND OVER AGAIN.SO...MAYBE IT`S FATE THAT TODAY IS GROUNDHOG`S DAY AND MYSELFALONG WITH ALL THE RESIDENTS OF MN/WI WILL BE TREATED TO 5 WEAKALBERTA CLIPPER SYSTEMS IN AS MANY DAYS. THE FIRST IS EXITING THEAREA THIS MORNING AFTER DEPOSITING A FRESH COUPLE INCHES OF POWDERIN MANY LOCATIONS...AND REGARDLESS OF WHAT PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL SEESTODAY...WE`LL BE HITTING OUR ALARM CLOCKS ONLY TO FIND EACH DAY ISJUST LIKE THE LAST. POP SOME POPCORN...GRAB THE MILK DUDS AND SITBACK TO THE 2013 VERSION OF GROUNDHOG`S DAY WHICH WILL BRINGCLOUDS AND 4 MORE ROUNDS OF LIGHT SNOW THROUGH THURSDAY. OH AND IFYOU STICK AROUND FOR THE CREDITS...THERE`S A SPECIAL PREVIEW OFA STORM BREWING NEXT WEEKEND. ENJOY THE SHOW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siberian Express Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 MPX pretty much sums it up for minnesota's weather for the next week. seen that, got a kick out of it...funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siberian Express Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Clipper # 1 performed as expected. 2" of fluffy powder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prinsburg_wx Posted February 2, 2013 Author Share Posted February 2, 2013 Clipper # 1 performed as expected. 2" of fluffy powder. thats 1.7" more than what i got...hope clipper #2 is much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prinsburg_wx Posted February 3, 2013 Author Share Posted February 3, 2013 Clipper #2 dropped 1" of fluff...Clipper #3 expected later today with 1-3" possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siberian Express Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 I got about the same, 1" of powder, from Clipper #2. I'm in the WWA for #3, so 1" - 3" also. It would be nice if #3 over performed. Give a bit of cushion to all the ice on the gravel and trails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prinsburg_wx Posted February 3, 2013 Author Share Posted February 3, 2013 actually snowing good here right now....big fluffy flakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siberian Express Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 I see the WWA has been expanded and totals are bumped up to 3" - 5" for later and tonight right during and after the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prinsburg_wx Posted February 3, 2013 Author Share Posted February 3, 2013 I see the WWA has been expanded and totals are bumped up to 3" - 5" for later and tonight right during and after the game. yeah, my area now under the WWA...2-4" with locally 5" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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