March 2025 General Discussion

[A-L-E-K]

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[A-L-E-K]

11 hours ago, Chicago Storm said:

Big dust storm...

one of, if not the largest dust plume i've seen on visible (excluding blowing off the sahara)

[cyclone77]

Two worthless DAB+ events this week will chip into the 3.1" buffer at MLI's futility chase.  Kind of a shame but not surprising.  Hopefully they both underperform like all other systems have this season.  Biggest threat is Thu night/Fri, when 1.5-2" looks possible.  

[mnchaserguy]

Late shift northwest with the snow. Now looks like MSP will get some decent snow with the heaviest falling just southeast of the metro. I still don’t quite believe it but MPX does and issued a winter storm warning for the entire metro.


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[OrdIowPitMsp]

1 hour ago, mnchaserguy said:

Late shift northwest with the snow. Now looks like MSP will get some decent snow with the heaviest falling just southeast of the metro. I still don’t quite believe it but MPX does and issued a winter storm warning for the entire metro.


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Trends are definitely in our favor, however I still think there is a brutal cutoff right over the metro. I might get double your totals at the airport versus north burbs.

Always love waking up to the pleasant surprise of a WSW and a blizzard warning one county south. 

[mnchaserguy]

Trends are definitely in our favor, however I still think there is a brutal cutoff right over the metro. I might get double your totals at the airport versus north burbs.
Always love waking up to the pleasant surprise of a WSW and a blizzard warning one county south. 

12z continues the trend. Don’t want to jinx it though by getting my hopes up. Not sure what the 12z hrrr is doing. It takes a weird deviant track with the low.


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[hlcater]

DVN was considering headlines last night but ended up deferring. 12z guidance so far showing a bit more eastward extension of accumulating snow than previous guidance cycles have. Think even 1-3" results in a high impact event when coupled with gusts of 55-60mph for several hours. Think WWA is the best fit currently but wouldn't be shocked with a game time blizzard warning if the 12z guidance is a bit closer to reality. Curious to see what they end up doing.

Doubly true when you consider that an increase in precip/snow rates will more effectively mix down that monster LLJ.

[mnchaserguy]

If anyone wants a laugh, check out the Canadian output for this storm.


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[Chicago Storm]

Two worthless DAB+ events this week will chip into the 3.1" buffer at MLI's futility chase.  Kind of a shame but not surprising.  Hopefully they both underperform like all other systems have this season.  Biggest threat is Thu night/Fri, when 1.5-2" looks possible.  

i’m concerned for you.

[OrdIowPitMsp]

43 with heavy mist.

[A-L-E-K]

euro looks solid for msp, enjoy

[Powerball]

It has been a while since you all have been able to say "Congrats MSP!"

[OrdIowPitMsp]

The air is thick with anticipation and moisture.

[Brian D]

Started snowing here in town around 3 pm. Starting to collect on the grass, and my deck. Temp at 35, but should lower a bit more as the Sun wanes, and snow cools the air off more. Progged for 1-2", but might do a little better, hopefully. 

[OrdIowPitMsp]

Light rain and dynamic cooling underway. We’ve gone from 39 to 36 in the past hour.

[Chinook]

here's the start of the blizzard conditions near Omaha, with +SN at Lincoln

[cyclone77]

0.30" so far here, as the rain has been pretty light and showery.  

Looking like a good shot at an inch of wet slop tomorrow afternoon to go along with the 50mph winds.  

[nwohweather]

11 hours ago, A-L-E-K said:

one of, if not the largest dust plume i've seen on visible (excluding blowing off the sahara)

I vividly remember one hitting Charleston in June of 2020. It was some of the wildest skies I have ever seen

[mnchaserguy]

Little layer of sleet on the grass. Looks like it’s switched to snow now. Might be a little ahead of schedule for the change to snow. Probably won’t add much to our forecast amount.


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[OrdIowPitMsp]

30 minutes ago, mnchaserguy said:

Little layer of sleet on the grass. Looks like it’s switched to snow now. Might be a little ahead of schedule for the change to snow. Probably won’t add much to our forecast amount.


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Here it started changing to sleet around 6 and changed over to mostly snow around 6:30. The ground is already white. Definitely seems quicker then expected.

[mnchaserguy]

Ground is white and it’s really coming down, although the real heavy stuff is still to my south and east.


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