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Nov 12-14th MW/Lakes Snow Event

Chicago Storm

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kevlon62

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Looking forward to a mid-morning view into the winter wonderland via Skype with relatives up in Bloomington, MN. We contemplated driving up last night and spending the weekend up there. It would have been good family time but definitely a snow chase nonetheless.

Minny looks good on Skype - looked like half a foot of white gold in Bloomington. Branches weighted down and roads covered. No plowing yet on their street.

Heavy snow in the last thirty minutes reported at the airport. Looks like she's really cranking now. A Gopher home game this weekend at TCF would have been great to watch. 11 a.m. start would have lined up perfectly.

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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2043 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1001 AM CST SAT NOV 13 2010 AREAS AFFECTED...ECNTRL/NERN MN AND FAR NWRN WI CONCERNING...HEAVY SNOW VALID 131601Z - 132000Z HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EVOLVE OVER NWRN WI AND ECNTRL/NERN MN THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. HEAVIEST RATES OF ONE INCH PER HOUR ARE LIKELY IN A 30-60 MILE CORRIDOR CENTERED KMSP-KDLH. OCCLUDING UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE NWD FROM NRN IA INTO ECNTRL MN THIS AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL CONVECTIVE BURSTS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING ALONG THE NOSE OF A MID-LEVEL DRY SLOT WRAPPING NWD ALONG THE UPPER MS VLY AND ONE INCH PER HOUR RATES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED AT KMSP. EXPECTATION IS FOR PRIMARY DEFORMATION AXIS TO BECOME QUASISTATIONARY ALONG THE MN/WI BORDER FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS AS THE CYCLONE MOVES NWD. 12Z NAM CROSS-SECTIONS INDICATE MODEST NEGATIVE EPV WILL EXIST COINCIDENT WITH 850-700 MB FRONTOGENESIS ROUGHLY KMSP-KDLH WHERE BANDS OF SNOW WILL TEND TO NARROW AND INTENSIFY AMIDST BOTH CONDITIONAL INSTABILITY AND WEAK SYMMETRIC STABILITY. 09Z SREF LENDS CONFIDENCE IN THIS SCENARIO WHERE OVER HALF OF THE MEMBERS ARE FORECASTING SUSTENANCE OF ONE INCH PER HOUR RATES IN THE HIGHLIGHTED AREA THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON. SNOW BANDS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AND/OR DISSOLVE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FROM S-N AS THE CYCLONE CONTINUES TO FILL. ..RACY.. 11/13/2010

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BowMeHunter

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Dad just called and said snowing to beat the band for the last 4 hrs at the hotel right on the Bay in Ashland but its having a hard time piling up. He is at the hunting land about 3 miles south west right now and estimates 4" of the most sticky weenie snow flocked all over the pines. Been a while since we got snow while up hunting this early... Figures I'm not up there..

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msp

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<br />If true, Mike isn't going to like this...<br /><br />1030 AM     SNOW             EDEN PRAIRIE            44.85N 93.46W<br />11/13/2010  E11.0 INCH       HENNEPIN           MN   PUBLIC<br />

And you're right.

My family has been sending me pics. I'm furious. First time my town has been in the bullseye in god knows how long.

Apparently the power has gone out near them too.

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msp

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<br />I thought you didn't like snow.  <img src='http://www.americanwx.com/bb/public/style_emoticons/default/scooter.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':scooter:'

I like snowstorms, not snow, if that makes sense. I'd love to get 30 inches of blinding snow and have it melt the next day.

10" amounts coming in from the southern metro now too.

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baroclinic_instability

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Wow is that good, wonder how long it took him to do that lol

Hey Beau! Thanks for commenting, I had tried to sign in on eastern a couple days ago just to see it had closed down...glad this is here to take its place. I would not have otherwise known.

Thundersnow, it did take a little time. I actually started it the evening before but fell asleep and finished after midnight. One thing I have leearned about weather blogging is it takes forever to process images, post them, etc.

As for the storm, it certainly did not disappoint. NAM really was the first model to hint at stronger cyclogenesis and a negatively tilted system wrapping a decent trowal and tracking farther west...even though its own track was all over the map. It did pretty well for the most part.

Pictures from WCCO...local tv station. Heavy wet stuff...looks like a number of large branches and small trees snapped with some downed power lines.

http://snowstrib.posterous.com/?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aU1yDEmP:QMDCinchO7DU

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cromartie

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
140 PM CST SAT NOV 13 2010

...SNOWFALL TOTALS SO FAR FOR TODAYS STORM...


INCHES  LOCATION             	ST  COUNTY       	TIME
------  -----------------------  --  --------------   -------
11.00   EDEN PRAIRIE         	MN  HENNEPIN     	1030 AM
10.10   NEW HOPE             	MN  HENNEPIN     	0102 PM
10.00   AMBOY                    MN  BLUE EARTH   	0930 AM
            	POWER REPORTED OUT IN SOME RURAL AREAS AROUND
            	AMBOY.
10.00   MANKATO                  MN  BLUE EARTH   	0951 AM
10.00   MONTGOMERY           	MN  LE SUEUR     	1130 AM
            	STILL SNOWING.
10.00   3 N FOREST LAKE          MN  CHISAGO          0104 PM
            	SO FAR
 9.00   MAPLE GROVE              MN  HENNEPIN     	0930 AM
 9.00   3 NNW MINNEAPOLIS        MN  HENNEPIN     	1243 PM
            	STORM TOTAL SO FAR
 8.60   MADELIA                  MN  WATONWAN     	1025 AM
 8.50   1 SE CHASKA              MN  CARVER       	0112 PM
 8.00   WSW ST CLAIR         	MN  BLUE EARTH   	0951 AM

Looks like our buddy, msp, would have been in the jackpot! :)

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janetjanet998

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excellent start for the central US crew!

SNOW REPORTS LISTED BY AMOUNT

INCHES LOCATION ST COUNTY TIME

------ ----------------------- -- -------------- -------

12.00 3 WSW MAPLE GROVE MN HENNEPIN 1111 PM

11.00 1 SSW WYOMING MN CHISAGO 0400 PM

10.20 CHANHASSEN MN CARVER 1159 PM

10.10 NEW HOPE MN HENNEPIN 0102 PM

10.00 3 N FOREST LAKE MN CHISAGO 0104 PM

10.00 SW BURNSVILLE MN DAKOTA 0216 PM

9.50 NEW MARKET MN SCOTT 0258 PM

9.50 VADNAIS HEIGHTS MN RAMSEY 0708 PM

9.40 RUSH CITY MN CHISAGO 0510 PM

9.20 ST LOUIS PARK MN HENNEPIN 0703 PM

9.20 NORTH BRANCH MN CHISAGO 0703 PM

9.00 3 NNW MINNEAPOLIS MN HENNEPIN 1243 PM

9.00 CHISAGO CITY MN CHISAGO 0301 PM

9.00 1 NE MINNESOTA LAKE MN BLUE EARTH 0953 PM

8.90 2 W PRIOR LAKE MN SCOTT 1239 PM

8.50 1 SE CHASKA MN CARVER 0112 PM

8.50 EDINA MN HENNEPIN 0505 PM

8.30 5 SE ELK RIVER MN ANOKA 0148 PM

8.20 WACONIA MN CARVER 0426 PM

8.20 INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MN DAKOTA 0715 PM

8.00 SHAKOPEE MN SCOTT 0703 PM

7.70 MINNEAPOLIS MN HENNEPIN 1159 PM

MEASURED AT THE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL INTERNATIONAL

AIRPORT. NEW DAILY RECORD EXTREME. PREVIOUS WAS

4.0 INCHES SET IN 1997.

7.30 BLOOMINGTON MN HENNEPIN 1248 PM

7.00 GLENCOE MN MCLEOD 0150 PM

7.00 WOODBURY MN WASHINGTON 0335 PM

6.70 LAKEVILLE MN DAKOTA 0703 PM

6.20 ST PAUL MN RAMSEY 0505 PM

6.00 5 S FARMINGTON MN DAKOTA 0505 PM

5.40 CHAMPLIN MN HENNEPIN 0335 PM

5.00 1 E CUMBERLAND WI BARRON 0205 PM

4.00 CLAYTON WI POLK 1230 PM

3.00 WNW FARIBAULT MN RICE 0112 PM

3.00 7 S HILLMAN MN MORRISON 1111 PM

0.90 ST CLOUD MN STEARNS 1159 PM

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Stebo

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excellent start for the central US crew!

SNOW REPORTS LISTED BY AMOUNT

INCHES LOCATION ST COUNTY TIME

------ ----------------------- -- -------------- -------

12.00 3 WSW MAPLE GROVE MN HENNEPIN 1111 PM

11.00 1 SSW WYOMING MN CHISAGO 0400 PM

10.20 CHANHASSEN MN CARVER 1159 PM

10.10 NEW HOPE MN HENNEPIN 0102 PM

10.00 3 N FOREST LAKE MN CHISAGO 0104 PM

10.00 SW BURNSVILLE MN DAKOTA 0216 PM

9.50 NEW MARKET MN SCOTT 0258 PM

9.50 VADNAIS HEIGHTS MN RAMSEY 0708 PM

9.40 RUSH CITY MN CHISAGO 0510 PM

9.20 ST LOUIS PARK MN HENNEPIN 0703 PM

9.20 NORTH BRANCH MN CHISAGO 0703 PM

9.00 3 NNW MINNEAPOLIS MN HENNEPIN 1243 PM

9.00 CHISAGO CITY MN CHISAGO 0301 PM

9.00 1 NE MINNESOTA LAKE MN BLUE EARTH 0953 PM

8.90 2 W PRIOR LAKE MN SCOTT 1239 PM

8.50 1 SE CHASKA MN CARVER 0112 PM

8.50 EDINA MN HENNEPIN 0505 PM

8.30 5 SE ELK RIVER MN ANOKA 0148 PM

8.20 WACONIA MN CARVER 0426 PM

8.20 INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MN DAKOTA 0715 PM

8.00 SHAKOPEE MN SCOTT 0703 PM

7.70 MINNEAPOLIS MN HENNEPIN 1159 PM

MEASURED AT THE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL INTERNATIONAL

AIRPORT. NEW DAILY RECORD EXTREME. PREVIOUS WAS

4.0 INCHES SET IN 1997.

7.30 BLOOMINGTON MN HENNEPIN 1248 PM

7.00 GLENCOE MN MCLEOD 0150 PM

7.00 WOODBURY MN WASHINGTON 0335 PM

6.70 LAKEVILLE MN DAKOTA 0703 PM

6.20 ST PAUL MN RAMSEY 0505 PM

6.00 5 S FARMINGTON MN DAKOTA 0505 PM

5.40 CHAMPLIN MN HENNEPIN 0335 PM

5.00 1 E CUMBERLAND WI BARRON 0205 PM

4.00 CLAYTON WI POLK 1230 PM

3.00 WNW FARIBAULT MN RICE 0112 PM

3.00 7 S HILLMAN MN MORRISON 1111 PM

0.90 ST CLOUD MN STEARNS 1159 PM

poor msp, his home town was the bullseye :(

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cyclone77

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Very impressive early season snowstorm! Looks like the NAM takes the prize on this one. Definitely something to think about in coming weeks.

The heaviest band was relatively thin as one would expect for an early season snow, but it was very intense. D

Duluth is off to a great start to the winter season. Two major snowstorms in less than 3 weeks. Season total is already near 15"!:snowman:

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phlwx

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Duluth is off to a great start to the winter season. Two major snowstorms in less than 3 weeks. Season total is already near 15"!:snowman:

Superior WI got rain in this most recent storm since it's right on the lake...the NWS in Duluth is up on the top of the bluffs...about 850' above the lake...they should do well. ;)

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Cyrys

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Ended with around 10 inches, though you wouldn't be able to tell we had that much by looking today. We didn't drop below freezing the entire storm and then only briefly hit freezing overnight, so there has been melting and compacting since the snow began.

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Cyrys

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I don't hunt, but I spend quite a bit of time in areas open to hunting. I've seen a few 2/3 point bucks this fall but not any more than that. And yeah the area in that picture and nearby does well with deer, waterfowl, pheasant, and turkey hunting. I think it does get a bit overhunted as it's one of the few large areas open to public hunting that is close to the metro. If there were trappers around(don't think there's much of that going on anymore), it'd do well for furs. Waterfowl has been around in decent numbers the past month as well.

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