Brian D Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Less robust than a couple days ago, but looks good to me. LES will be a wild card though. They do have a tough time with it sometimes. That has never changed in my lifetime in this area, but they have improved in recent years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnchaserguy Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 The Twin Cities continue to be a snow hole at the onset of a snow storm. I don’t know how to explain it…. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 20 minutes ago, mnchaserguy said: The Twin Cities continue to be a snow hole at the onset of a snow storm. I don’t know how to explain it… . Top-down saturation, something often seen during the cold season. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 50 minutes ago, mnchaserguy said: The Twin Cities continue to be a snow hole at the onset of a snow storm. I don’t know how to explain it… . It’s a trick due to how the radar sends out its waves and the curvature of the earth. https://www.fox9.com/weather/the-mystery-behind-the-snow-hole.amp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Nice thundersnow action in southwest MN this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 1 hour ago, cyclone77 said: Nice thundersnow action in southwest MN this afternoon. Hoping it makes it way up here. NWS seems pretty bullish on thunder chances this evening. Hopefully I can get some good flashes on the security camera during the SN+ that rolls through. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Topped out at 59. The itch is getting real by the day, grills going in the neighborhood. Spring forward is 7 days away, that’ll put things in overdrive, unfortunately ma nature has other plans. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Looks like the new storm is moving in to Minneapolis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 8 minutes ago, Chinook said: Looks like the new storm is moving in to Minneapolis Yeah pretty solid snow imby right now. Fat clumpy flakes sticking to everything. The forecast for days was calling for rain changing to snow, the HRRR was even showing that all day but it’s all been frozen since onset. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnchaserguy Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Yeah pretty solid snow imby right now. Fat clumpy flakes sticking to everything. The forecast for days was calling for rain changing to snow, the HRRR was even showing that all day but it’s all been frozen since onset.Yeah this band of snow is no joke. . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Quote METAR: KOWA 060213Z AUTO 05009KT 1 1/4SM -VCTSSN OVC005 01/00 A3000 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S south of Minneapolis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnchaserguy Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 METAR: KOWA 060213Z AUTO 05009KT 1 1/4SM -VCTSSN OVC005 01/00 A3000 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S south of MinneapolisLooks like that’s the Faribault metar for anyone curious. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 actually Radarscope showed zero lightning strikes (cloud-ground) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Its just massive clumpy dendrites coating everything. Guessing 1.25-1.5” so far, looks like the convection is staying down in Iowa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwx Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Getting a mix of rain and snow here. Temps are 35 so nothing sticking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 A tiny thundershower just dropped some pea size hail here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Several rumbles of thunder this evening here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 I just got my third brief thunderstorm and second round of pea size hail. It looks like I finished with about 0.20" of rain. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Snow just entering Lake Superior to my south. Later start than first thought, but it's slowly coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Minneapolis wins again. 4-7 inches has fallen on the west and sw side of the metro area. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Snow just starting here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckster2012 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 1 hour ago, Brian D said: Snow just starting here. Snow? What's that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 1 minute ago, chuckster2012 said: Snow? What's that? Just open a bag of sugar, and that might jog your memory...Oh yeah, it's white stuff LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Classic spring paste job. Looks like 3-3.5” at my house. The southwest suburbs hit the jackpot with 6”+ totals. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Chanhassen: 82.6" Dang, what a winter up there. It's going even higher later in the week, too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 26 minutes ago, hawkeye_wx said: Chanhassen: 82.6" Dang, what a winter up there. It's going even higher later in the week, too The drive from Des Moines to Minneapolis is only 3.5 hours but it’s a whole different world up here. I talk to my brother in DSM often and they’ve had plenty of days in the 40s/50s lately. We’ve still got 12”+ of glacier that isn’t going anywhere. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnchaserguy Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Minneapolis wins again. 4-7 inches has fallen on the west and sw side of the metro area.That was a pretty localized area. The north metro got 2-3”. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Had a 30 second long continuous rumble of thunder last night. Thought it was a low flying plane inbound to ORD. Nice to hear that again and begin to put this shit hole winter behind us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnwx85 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 First rumbles of the year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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