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First Winter Storm Watch of the season for MSP...

 

MNZ054>070-073>077-082>085-091>093-290600-

/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0002.151130T1200Z-151202T0000Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-
ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-
CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-
BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...
WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...
GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...REDWOOD FALLS...
NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...
MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
329 PM CST SAT NOV 28 2015

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

* SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.

* SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE.

* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

* THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...
INCLUDING DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE ON MONDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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The first Watch for MSP since the winter of 13-14 if I'm not mistaken. I don't think we had any watches last winter. At least not in St. Paul.

I think the whole metro had a watch for that bust in early/mid November 2014... it turned into a warning for something like 10-14 inches but for pretty much everywhere south of 694 it ended up being about 3 inches of slop.  Meanwhile the far north metro and north from there was pound town. I think that was the only watch for 2014-15.

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I think the whole metro had a watch for that bust in early/mid November 2014... it turned into a warning for something like 10-14 inches but for pretty much everywhere south of 694 it ended up being about 3 inches of slop. Meanwhile the far north metro and north from there was pound town. I think that was the only watch for 2014-15.

Yep, that's right. I think I subconsciously blocked that storm from my memory. What a bust that was.

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RGEM dumping pretty good over northern IA and southern MN by late Monday.  Looks like it's gonna really slam MSP and central MN beyond that.  Gonna be interesting to see where that rain/snow line sets up, as it looks like there will be a steep drop off in amounts east of where it lays.  Looks like I-35 in IA will be the battleground there, with Rochester and Red Wing being close to it further north.

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The GFS still seems to be on it own...but overall guidance focuses the heaviest snows over NW IA and SW MN during the daylight hours, before the band pushes northeastward as our areas of low pressure become vertically stacked. For the Twin Cities, I still think most of the snow falls late Monday afternoon and Monday evening, before the mid-level dry slot arrives overnight. GFS continues to advertise another band of snow developing as moisture wraps around the low, but it doesn't really have much support.

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How long has it been since MSP airport had more than 4.5" of snow with a single storm event?

A storm April 3-4, 2014 dropped about 6.5 inches at MSP.  The most in any one storm all of last winter was only about 4.5 inches I think. Snow depth never exceeded 6 inches, too, which is pretty rare.

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And an advisory for the entire metro...

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

318 AM CST MON NOV 30 2015

...SIGNIFICANT SNOW LIKELY MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

.A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO

THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES... REACHING WISCONSIN ON TUESDAY. SNOW

IS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL... CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL

MINNESOTA... STARTING THIS MORNING OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...

THEN SPREADING TO THE NORTH AND EAST... AND CONTINUING THROUGH

TUESDAY AFTERNOON... MAKING FOR A LONG DURATION EVENT. A FEW

BREAKS IN THE PRECIPITATION MAY OCCUR OVER THAT TIME PERIOD.

TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF WEST

CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS NEAR 10

INCHES POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA

ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GLENWOOD TO LITCHFIELD TO FARIBAULT

TO ALBERT LEA.

FOR CENTRAL INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... TOTALS OF 5 TO 8

INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE TWO DAYS. ACROSS WEST CENTRAL

WISCONSIN TOTALS FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. FOR THESE AREAS

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT.

MNZ044-045-052-053-060>063-069-070-302100-

/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0002.151130T1200Z-151202T0600Z/

/O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0017.151130T1200Z-151202T0600Z/

MILLE LACS-KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-

WASHINGTON-SCOTT-DAKOTA-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...

CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...

SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS

318 AM CST MON NOV 30 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY

NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST

TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* SNOW WILL DEVELOP TODAY... AND PERSIST INTO TUESDAY. A FEW

BREAKS IN THE PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED... AND A MIX WITH

SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD OCCUR AT TIMES.

* THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR FROM LATE AFTERNOON

THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* LOOK FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.

* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED... WITH A

GLAZE OF ICE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS.

* PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS... PARTICULARLY DURING THE

EVENING COMMUTE. THE EASTERN TWIN CITIES METRO COULD EXPERIENCE

SLICK CONDITIONS DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE TODAY DUE TO A

PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR

FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR

SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE

DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING

FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

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This first wave that's going thru right now has been dropping some impressive snow so far. Visibilities down to around a 1/4mi at times here. Haven't measured yet but it looks like at least an inch down already with another area of heavy returns coming in from the east.

Edit: 3.25" and still snowing.

Very nice...hope you rack up some good totals!

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