April 14-15 Northern Plains Snow

[mnweather]

Models seem to be on board for pushing another area of snow and mixed precip through North Dakota and Minnesota later this weekend.  Some fairly significant QPF looks to fall.  Decent potential for warning criteria snow again. Discuss.

[prinsburg_wx]

Models seem to be on board for pushing another area of snow and mixed precip through North Dakota and Minnesota later this weekend.  Some fairly significant QPF looks to fall.  Decent potential for warning criteria snow again. Discuss.

 

Looks like North Dakota & n MN get hammered with the weekend storm.

[Jim Marusak]

interesting little side-note to not only this storm, but for the last couple. I just took a look at the latest snow cover map for the northern US and Canada.

http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/data/analysis/352_50.gif

 

and a bit of a question on this april snowfall. how much does anyone besides me think this late-season snow can be blamed on the fact that there's just a lot more snow cover up in the prairies compared to normal? because they do have on the map a dashed line that is supposed to the climatological 1cm or more of snow line. and notice how the Alberta foothills are starting to clear up a bit, but a lot of snow is still on the ground in Saskatchewan outside of the Cypress Hills but south of the yellowhead highway (Trans-Canada 16 from Portage La Prairie to Saskatoon, Lloydminster, and Edmonton for those not familiar with that term). 30-60cms/1-2 ft aren't uncommon up there at the moment, even in areas that it should be just gone.

 

How long until it's all gone, as I wonder if that's why we just can't get a good sustained warmup around here.

[prinsburg_wx]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

234 PM CDT FRI APR 12 2013

...WEEKEND STORM BECOMING MORE SIGNIFICANT...

.THE ABNORMALLY COLD SPRING AND ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING

ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST...WILL AGAIN PROVIDE A GOOD CHANCE OF

SNOW...SLEET AND SOME FREEZING RAIN TO AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL AND

CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVER THE WEEKEND. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THE

COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS LATE SATURDAY

NIGHT...AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING WILL OCCUR NORTHWEST OF A REDWOOD

FALLS...TO ST. CLOUD AND MORA LINE.

INITIALLY...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR THE ONSET OF THE

PRECIPITATION LATE SATURDAY EVENING TO PRODUCE SNOW. ONCE THIS

SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE PLAINS SUNDAY MORNING...WARMER AIR WILL

BEGIN TO SURGE NORTHWARD AND SWITCH THE PRECIPITATION INTO THE

FORM OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...BEFORE POSSIBLY CHANGING OVER TO

ALL RAIN BY THE AFTERNOON.

BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...SNOWFALL TOTALS COULD RANGE FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES

NORTH OF A MORRIS...ST CLOUD AND MORA LINE. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2

TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

HOWEVER...AREAS AROUND MONTEVIDEO...BENSON AND WILLMAR WILL LIKELY

RECEIVE ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH

ON TOP OF THE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL.

PLEASE BE AWARE OF THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION WHICH WILL IMPACT

ROADS...POWER LINES AND TREES. ANY DEVIATION OF THE TRACK OF THIS

STORM COULD ALLOW FOR MORE OR LESS ICE AND SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS.

MNZ041>044-047>050-054>057-064-130345-

/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0010.130414T0600Z-130414T1800Z/

DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-

LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...

LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...

FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS

234 PM CDT FRI APR 12 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH

SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED

A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY

NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER OVER THE WEEKEND...

* TIMING: SNOW DEVELOPING AFTER 9 PM IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND

  SPREADING NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW

  WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AFTER 3 AM IN

  WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA AFTER 9 AM.

  MOST AREAS WILL CHANGE OVER TO RAIN OR A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND

  SNOW AFTER NOON.

* SNOWFALL TOTALS: 6 TO 9 INCHES NORTH OF A MORRIS...ST CLOUD AND

  MORA LINE. 2 TO 4 INCHES AROUND MONTEVIDEO...BENSON AND WILLMAR.

* ICE TOTALS: 0.25 TO 0.35 INCHES AROUND MONTEVIDEO...BENSON AND

  WILLMAR. A TRACE TO 0.20 INCHES AROUND ALEXANDRIA...ST CLOUD AND

  LITTLE FALLS.

* MAIN IMPACT: ICE ACCUMULATING ON ROADS...POWER LINES AND TREES.

  SNOW PACK ROADS AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

 

 

[Geos]

Almost unbelievable how much snow is left in the upper Midwest and how much is predicted!

 

18z GFS.

 

[baroclinic_instability]

Tricky storm. I think the strongest precipitation rates will be at the intersection of the upper PV and where the low level theta-e axis/trowal is developing...which will be near the Red River around Fargo...but warm air will also be intruding there with some mixing cutting down on snow. Farther N into GFK all snow, but heaviest rates will probably be farther S. Even then, 6-10" is not out of the question for Grand Forks. 

[wxmeddler]

Tricky storm. I think the strongest precipitation rates will be at the intersection of the upper PV and where the low level theta-e axis/trowal is developing...which will be near the Red River around Fargo...but warm air will also be intruding there with some mixing cutting down on snow. Farther N into GFK all snow, but heaviest rates will probably be farther S. Even then, 6-10" is not out of the question for Grand Forks. 

 

That area doesn't need any more snow. They're already expected get a record flooding season in the red river valley. This doesn't help! This is the current SWE map, most of the red river valley has 5-10" of LIQUID. This storm is only going to add another .75 to 1" on top of that.

 

[Stebo]

That area doesn't need any more snow. They're already expected get a record flooding season in the red river valley. This doesn't help! This is the current SWE map, most of the red river valley has 5-10" of LIQUID. This storm is only going to add another .75 to 1" on top of that.

 

 

 

I really fear for that area this Spring, imagine if it doesn't melt until you get a huge system coming up with temps in the 70s and severe weather, then it all melts at once with convective rains added to the mix. Could be a recipe for disaster down the line.

[Siberian Express]

I really fear for that area this Spring, imagine if it doesn't melt until you get a huge system coming up with temps in the 70s and severe weather, then it all melts at once with convective rains added to the mix. Could be a recipe for disaster down the line.

 

For the Minnesota and Mississippi River valleys this early spring is reminiscent to 1965, if we get a surge of moisture with rapid warming, i.e. record flooding.   For the Red River I think it's a given they will get hit, how hard is the question.

[prinsburg_wx]

MPX upgraded to a warning for the willmar area...winter weather advisory east & south in their cwa.

 

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN202 PM CDT SAT APR 13 2013...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DEVELOPING TONIGHT....A STRONG STORM SYSTEM ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES THIS AFTERNOONWILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS...AND UPPER MIDWESTBY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN TODEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING...AND SPREADEAST AND NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA BYDAYBREAK SUNDAY. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL EXPAND ACROSS WESTCENTRAL WISCONSIN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.THE BEST POTENTIAL OF RECEIVING THE HIGHEST ICE AND SNOWFALLACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR NORTH OF A MONTEVIDEO TO LITTLE FALLSLINE. SOUTH OF THESE AREAS...THE AMOUNT OF SNOW...SLEET ANDICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE DEPENDENT ON WHEN THE SURFACETEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING SUNDAY MORNING...AND HOW FASTTEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE THE SURFACE.COMMUNITIES ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO TO LITTLEFALLS WILL RECEIVE BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF SNOW WITH ICEACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH...TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH.COMMUNITIES EAST OF THIS LINE WILL RECEIVE BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHESOF SNOW WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TRACE TO TWO TENTHS OF ANINCH.GIVEN THE NARROW MARGIN OF ERROR BETWEEN THE RAIN SNOW LINE...ANY DEVIATION OF THE TRACK OF THIS STORM COULD SIGNIFICANTLYCHANGE ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.MNZ047>049-054>057-140315-/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0010.130414T0600Z-130414T1800Z//O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0008.130414T0600Z-130414T1800Z/STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR202 PM CDT SAT APR 13 2013...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUEDA WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WHICHIS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCHIS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM SUNDAY.* TIMING: SNOW DEVELOPING AFTER 9 PM IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND  SPREADING NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE  SNOW WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND  FREEZING RAIN BEFORE 6 AM. THE MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SNOW  AND SLEET SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN AFTER NOON.* SNOWFALL TOTALS: 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTH  OF A MORRIS... SAINT CLOUD... AND MORA LINE.* ICE TOTALS: 0.10 TO 0.30 INCHES.* MAIN IMPACTS: DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... WITH POWER  OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF ICING AND WIND  GUSTS OF AROUND 30 MPH.

 

 

[yoda]

I see 10-16 inches in the warning for Minot and Bismarck areas in ND... certainly will not help up there as others have said above

[ZackH]

Hoping for the clouds to hold off long enough for some aurora potential and then it will be on to yet more snowfall footage tomorrow.  I'm hoping I can do an accumulation timelapse with my GoPro now that we are finally having a substantial daytime event.

[Geos]

18z GFS pretty generous with the snow accum's. Probably a little over done.

 

[prinsburg_wx]

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0464

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1151 PM CDT SAT APR 13 2013

AREAS AFFECTED...SERN MT...SW/S-CENTRAL ND...EXTREME NWRN SD

CONCERNING...HEAVY SNOW

VALID 140451Z - 141015Z

SUMMARY...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY

THROUGH THE NIGHT...WITH HEAVY SNOW RATES OF 1-2 IN/HR POSSIBLE

AFTER 06Z.

DISCUSSION...WV IMAGERY SHOWS A STRONG UPPER TROUGH/CLOSED LOW

CENTERED OVER CNTRL MT MOVING SLOWLY ESEWD...WITH A 994 MB SFC LOW

CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER ERN WY PER RECENT SFC ANALYSIS. A WNW-ESE

ORIENTED BAROCLINIC ZONE IS DRAPED FROM NERN WY INTO NRN IA...WITH

ESELY FLOW EMANATING FROM A COLD SFC RIDGE MAINTAINING LOW-LEVEL

COLD AIR ACROSS NRN SD INTO ND.

AS A STRONG UPPER JET /150 KTS AT AROUND 300 MB ON UIL 00Z SOUNDING/

DIVES INTO THE BASE OF THE TROUGH...THE UPPER LOW IS LIKELY TO

STRENGTHEN FURTHER...WHILE LOW-MIDLEVEL MOISTURE IS ADVECTED INTO

THE DAKOTAS BY STRONG LOW-LEVEL ESELY FLOW. THE COMBINATION OF

MOISTENING AND INCREASING ASCENT AHEAD OF THE UPPER SYSTEM WILL

RESULT IN A MARKED INCREASE IN PRECIPITATION COVERAGE AND INTENSITY

ACROSS NWRN SD AND SRN ND AFTER 06Z.

STRONG WARM ADVECTION WILL RESULT IN A WARM NOSE DEVELOPING IN THE

800-700 MB LAYER...WHICH MAY BECOME SUFFICIENT TO FAVOR A PRECIP

TYPE OF SLEET VERSUS SNOW ACROSS NRN SD. HOWEVER...SRN ND IS LIKELY

TO REMAIN COLD ENOUGH FOR ALL SNOW BASED ON MOST AVAILABLE GUIDANCE.

THIS LOW-LEVEL WARM ADVECTION COMBINED WITH SLIGHT COOLING AT

MIDLEVELS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER TROUGH WILL ALSO STEEPEN LAPSE

RATES...WITH 3-6 KM LAPSE RATES AOA 7 C/KM DEPICTED IN MOST FCST

SOUNDINGS OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL FAVOR SOME CONVECTIVE ENHANCEMENT OF

SNOW RATES...WITH LOCAL RATES OF 1-2 IN/HR POSSIBLE IN HEAVIER

BANDS...AND PERHAPS A FEW ISOLATED LTG STRIKES.

[baroclinic_instability]

The lee low is way down in central CO, and the upper wave is clearly digging south as it ejects the Rockies. Models are in catchup mode, but GFS came in well south. I wouldn't be surprised if someone in between Jamestown and Aberdeen sees 20" of snow.

[Geos]

A bit further south for sure. ~50 miles or so difference in the southern extent of the snow area. - especially towards NE SD.

 

 

Ice Storm Warnings extended a bit further south by ABR.

[f2tornado]

The slightly southern track is worse for the river as there will be that much more water at the headwaters. The 00z NAM simulated radar is pretty sick. Huge area of 30 dBz. That's some 2+ inch per hour fun. Also, GFS and GEM trended west with the midweek system potentially adding another pile of snow for eastern ND and a chunk of MN. Sandbag City.

 

http://mag.ncep.noaa.gov/list_files_area.php?model=nam&cycle=00&area=namer&param=sim_radar

[Stebo]

The slightly southern track is worse for the river as there will be that much more water at the headwaters. The 00z NAM simulated radar is pretty sick. Huge area of 30 dBz. That's some 2+ inch per hour fun. Also, GFS and GEM trended west with the midweek system potentially adding another pile of snow for eastern ND and a chunk of MN. Sandbag City.

 

http://mag.ncep.noaa.gov/list_files_area.php?model=nam&cycle=00&area=namer&param=sim_radar

Yeah that would be a worse case scenario to add 2 huge late season storms on an already above normal snow pack. This could also present issues for the Mississippi, Missouri and Minnesota Rivers as well.

[beavis1729]

Bismarck is getting plastered with snow...blizzard warning issued:

 

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
759 AM CDT SUN APR 14 2013

...MAJOR LATE SEASON STORM UNDERWAY WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THE JAMES
RIVER VALLEY...

.A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA INTO THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY...THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR THE REST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY AND
CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN SOUTHWEST
AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... AND SPREAD INTO THE NORTHWEST
AND NORTH CENTRAL THROUGHOUT THE MORNING...REACHING THE TURTLE
MOUNTAINS AREA THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...BEFORE TAPERING OFF ON MONDAY.

STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL GUST AROUND 40 MPH THROUGH THIS
EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM MCCLUSKY...TO BISMARCK AND LINTON.
THE STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING
SNOW WITH ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS
OR IMPOSSIBLE. DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY MAKE SOME ROADS IMPASSABLE.
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REST OF WESTERN
AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.

LOCATIONS INCLUDING MINOT...RUGBY...KILLDEER...GARRISON...
BISMARCK... LINTON...EDGELEY AND JAMESTOWN WILL RECEIVE THE
GREATEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES. PLACES LIKE
WILLISTON...CROSBY AND BOTTINEAU IN THE FAR NORTH...AND BOWMAN
AND HETTINGER IN THE FAR SOUTH ARE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE LESSER
AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES.

STAY INFORMED ABOUT THIS STORM WITH NOAA WEATHER RADIO...AND AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

NDZ022-023-025-035>037-142100-
/O.CAN.KBIS.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130415T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KBIS.BZ.W.0008.130414T1259Z-130415T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KBIS.WS.W.0008.130415T0300Z-130415T1200Z/
SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...
BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN
759 AM CDT SUN APR 14 2013

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM
CDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A
WINTER STORM WARNING IS THEN IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM
CDT MONDAY.

* TIMING...SPREADING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST TODAY AND
CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT.

* HAZARD...HEAVY SNOW FROM DICKINSON AND KILLDEER TO BISMARCK AND
JAMESTOWN WILL RECEIVE 10 TO 16 INCHES. PLACES LIKE CROSBY...
WILLISTON... BOWMAN AND HETTINGER WILL RECEIVE 6 TO 10 INCHES. BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. DRIFTS
MAY MAKE SOME ROADS IMPASSIBLE.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW...AND OR BLOWING SNOW...COUPLED WITH
STRONG WINDS...WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS
WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS. IF YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL
KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

[prinsburg_wx]

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND850 AM CDT SUN APR 14 2013..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON.....DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....            ..REMARKS..0835 AM     BLIZZARD         BISMARCK                46.81N 100.78W04/14/2013                   BURLEIGH           ND   NWS OFFICE            HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH            0.25 MILE VISIBILITY. 5.0 INCHES OF SNOW SO FAR.

 

[ND_Supercell]

Bismarck's up to 12 inches now, and radar images early this afternoon still show lots of upstream snowfall pushing northwest back into that area. Many of the ND ASOS/AWOS sites have been sitting at 1/4SM for hours now with solid 1"/hour rates.

 

Just saw the NWS increased the forecast snowfall for Bismarck up past the 18" mark, which looks reasonable just glancing at upstream trends. 

[ND_Supercell]

Interesting note: Bismarck's record daily snowfall for April is 15.2". That was set on April 5th, 1997. That would be Blizzard Hannah, which essentially sunk Grand Forks. A LOT more wind with that one, and more precipitation in the headwaters of the Red River back then, but an interesting comparison nonetheless!

[prinsburg_wx]

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND353 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON.....DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....            ..REMARKS..0350 PM     SNOW             BISMARCK                46.81N 100.78W04/14/2013  M16.2 INCH       BURLEIGH           ND   COCORAHS            STILL SNOWING

 

[Geos]

Still 30dbz around Bismarck at 8:30pm.

 

FTW so far.

 

0745 PM HEAVY SNOW ALMONT 46.73N 101.50W
04/14/2013 M16.5 INCH MORTON ND PUBLIC

[Geos]

Big snow totals coming in:

 

0909 PM HEAVY SNOW GLEN ULLIN 46.82N 101.83W
04/14/2013 M17.2 INCH MORTON ND CO-OP OBSERVER

STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THROUGH 9 PM SUNDAY. STILL SNOWING

 

 

0915 PM HEAVY SNOW 2 S LINCOLN 46.73N 100.70W
04/14/2013 M19.4 INCH BURLEIGH ND OTHER FEDERAL

NWS EMPLOYEE REPORT.

 

 

 

0920 PM HEAVY SNOW 3 NW EDGELEY 46.39N 98.76W
04/14/2013 E15.0 INCH LAMOURE ND PUBLIC

 

 

0919 PM HEAVY SNOW 4 NW HAZELTON 46.53N 100.34W
04/14/2013 M18.3 INCH EMMONS ND CO-OP OBSERVER

 

 

 

0700 PM HEAVY SNOW BISMARCK 46.81N 100.78W
04/14/2013 M15.8 INCH BURLEIGH ND OFFICIAL NWS OBS

STORM TOTAL 15.8 INCHES. THIS WAS 0.1 INCHES ON APRIL
13 AND 15.7 ON APRIL 14.

[mnweather]

Numerous reports of thunder snow coming from Duluth now.  Second time in 4  days!

[prinsburg_wx]

Numerous reports of thunder snow coming from Duluth now.  Second time in 4  days!

 

Awesome...lots of ice here this morning but been at 32 and rain since.

[MN Transplant]

All-time daily snowfall record set at Bismarck.

 

 

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=bis&storyid=93982&source=0

 

New Snowfall Records at Bismarck...ALL KINDS OF SNOWFALL RECORDS SMASHED AT BISMARCK NORTH DAKOTA ON APRIL 14 2013...   AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BISMARCK...RECORDS GO BACK TO 1875.   SNOWFALL TOTAL FOR APRIL 14 2013 WAS 17.3 INCHES. THE STORM TOTAL SO FAR IS 17.4 INCHES. A TENTH OF AN INCH FELL ON APRIL 13. THE 17.3 INCHES OF SNOW THAT FELL IN BISMARCK SUNDAY BROKE THE RECORD FOR THE DATE...APRIL 14...OF 5.0 INCHES FROM 1986.   THE RECORD SNOWFALL FOR ANY DAY IN APRIL IS BROKEN. IT WAS 15.2 INCHES ON APRIL 5 1997.   THE RECORD SNOWFALL FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF APRIL WAS 18.7 INCHES IN 1984. IT IS NOW...21.2 INCHES SO FAR THIS APRIL...2013.   THE RECORD FOR THE MOST SNOW ON ANY DAY OF THE YEAR IN BISMARCK WAS 15.5 INCHES ON MARCH 3...1966. IT IS NOW...17.3 INCHES.

 

[Geos]

Wow, lot of water locked up in frozen form over the Dakota's.

 

[dissident]

although the snow is pretty, it's a double edged sword and I'm tired of the eastern south dakota climate. Here's hoping we get another 6 inch snowfall with Wednesday's storm though!  I love snow, hate cold, go figure. Last year it was 75 degrees day after day in March so I  suppose karma is just giving payback.

 

GFS 3Z looking good for us.

 

http://grib2.com/gfs/CONUS_GFS0P5_SFC_ACCUM-SNOW_99HR.gif