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Mid 40s and lots of rain today, a few rumbles of Thunder too. All this moisture is great. Winds were really kicking earlier. 30 degrees warmer down I-35 in Des Moines. 

2 hours ago, Brian D said:

Grass is getting greener real quick here, too. Budding will take a little more time closer to the lake, as we tend to stay a little cooler. Longer days, and warmer temps. Time for summer season.  

Highway 61 traffic jams imminent. 

Grass/shrubs off to the races now. Trees looking ready to burst into action. Mid 70s this weekend should bring out the green. 

Hopefully the weather is better for us in 2099. Good luck and enjoy the celestial event today everyone. 

Washout on Sunday. More raindrops falling this morning. Love it. 

September 14, 2099 there will be a Solar eclipse with the totality passing right through Minneapolis and Madison. Too bad I’ll be 109 or more likely dead.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_September_14,_2099

2 hours ago, King James said:

Ease up on the solar farms plz. Ugly ass things are popping up everywhere. 

My company doesn’t build them. We just got contracted to do some engineering work.

25 minutes ago, mnchaserguy said:

Surprise snow here in MSP this morning. Roads are just wet but I bet we will pick up a quick inch in the grass. It’s coming down about as hard as it has all winter.


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I’m up in Maple Grove this morning. Borderline snow squall conditions at times. Definitely at least an inch down and still snowing steadily. Backwards winter!

Had some snowflakes mix in with the rain today in rural Nicollet County MN where I was doing a geotechnical investigation for a future solar farm. Metro stayed dry. 

Good write up on the early week storm by the NWS and DNR. Revenge of the lost winter indeed.

https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/climate/journal/lost-winters-revenge-storm-march-23-27.html

Last chilly morning for the foreseeable future. Decent sunrise at the office this morning. 

Suddenly the atmosphere just wants to bless us with moisture. Flurries/light snow imby and looks like a micro weenie band across the northern suburbs 

A few stray flurries fill the air as the last of the snow pulls off to the NE.

MSP finished with 3.9” today. Storm total snowfall of 12.1” if you include the 8.2” from Sunday night. Storm total precipitation a much needed 2.34”

I can’t recall experiencing a storm quite like this one. An initial heavy thumping of wet snow followed by steady all day rain and then crashing temps with several inches of blowing light powdery snow to round it off. 

1 hour ago, Chinook said:

wasn't this supposed to be pretty insane for South Dakota into Minnesota? I absolutely remember a NWS graphic from Aberdeen that said 16"-23" for a border twn

That map is low for the twin cities. 72hr accumulations are around 10-12”

Rip city

3.5” at MSP at the 1pm measurement. Still snowing steadily with some heavier returns that’ll rotate through later this afternoon. 
 

Minneapolis has now seen 14.7” of snow since Thursday evening. We were at 14.3” season to date before this period of active weather began. 

My office is a cornfield in Lino Lakes today. 

1 hour ago, Allsnow said:

Looks like the rain/snow line has collapsed through the city now. What a wild event for your area…

 

The qpf amount is impressive for the Midwest 

Absolutely puking snow. Roads are completely covered. Building up that late March snowpack. This storm has been awesome. Finally kicked the doldrums of nothingness we’ve been in for months. 

1 hour ago, michsnowfreak said:

1) Its WAY to earlier to even discuss the likelihood of season futility being achieved in the midwest/Lakes in Dec, Jan, or Feb, no matter how bad it has been.

This season has reminded me how true this is for our region. I won’t give my final season grade until 4/15 at the earliest and this storm has likely bumped it up a half letter.  
 

WWA hoisted for a couple more inches of snow with the deformation band as we fall back below freezing overnight into tomorrow morning. There will be a rock solid glacier by Wednesday, which looks downright frigid for late March. 

Quite a late season rally for Minneapolis. We’ve moved to 18th least snowy season all time and should be outside the top 20 after the deformation snows tomorrow. 
 

25.6” season to date. 

33 minutes ago, Allsnow said:

How good were the rates overnight? 
 

perhaps some more tonight as the low wraps up 

There was a period of 1-2”/hr rates before the changeover but I was asleep.

It’s absolutely puking snow in White Bear Lake. From downtown on north it’s all snow right now and the roads are getting covered again. Silver dollar size flakes. Home and the airport are reporting a mix. 

This is pure heart attack snow. Compacting into sludge and slush very quickly on paved surfaces. 
 

This is our biggest snowstorm of the year and I’m even happier about all the much needed moisture we are receiving. 

8.2” storm total as of 1am. Transitioning over to liquid precipitation now.

3.0” at MSP as of 7pm. Classic spring snowstorm. 

35 minutes ago, mnchaserguy said:

That band moving up from the south is no joke. Should be fun to watch it when it gets here. It had some thundersnow for a while down by Rochester.


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Looked like some gravity waves down in the I-90 corridor heading north too.