james1976

I'm a bit late reporting but my weather station recorded 1.52" from this week's system. Pretty much right on with the models and forecast. Things are greening up nicely around the TC metro......although today was cold and windy with some snow showers. Only reached 37° today. Freeze Warning tonight! Yuck. I am more than ready for sustained spring weather.

Mid 70s and sunny this weekend here in the TC. I'm ready for it. Storms next week?

My guess is we ended with 8-9" here. I haven't looked for any official totals. I've been working long hours. It's compacted a lot so whatever the total is we never saw that much on the ground at once. We're in a WWA tomorrow as the backside swings through. Local met has another 2-4" tomorrow after we get a round of sleet/frz rain. Very compact system!

Eyeballing 6-7". Very wet and heavy

Starting to snow a bit harder. Temp actually dropped from 31 to 30 so that's a good sign.

Local met just showed thundersnow down by Austin and Rochester. Heavy snow band across southern MN is expected to lift in to the metro over the next few hours.

I've been watching that. Hopefully it starts filling in. I'm eyeballing maybe 2"

Radar looks impressive down in IA. That heavy precip is what will be lifting north today.

MPX mentioning 2"/hr rates and power outtages possible. Pretty cool wording "it will be snowing so hard" In other words, it will be snowing so hard that the atmosphere won`t warm up and transition to rain as quickly until the precipitation intensity drops off. For that reason, we anticipate that later this afternoon into the overnight hours should be the most impactful timeframe for this storm. Travel will be the primary impact, but the potential for rates of 2"/hr (especially east of I-35) could lead to power outages as trees become weighed down by the wet and heavy snow

@hawkstwelve thanks for the updates. Looks a bit better for the TC as well. Curious what the 00z runs will like and if the NWS adjusts their forecast.

Every one of these models has me at 12+ but this also includes a couple inches on backside wraparound. NWS forecast is calling for 5-8.

^Bit of a jump here too. NWS just upgraded me to a warning but have lowered totals to 5-8" and now only runs through 4am Monday.

Looks like I'll get atleast 12 hours of moderate-heavy snow before the changeover. I just went out and fired up the snowblower. First time since last winter lol. But I got it going just in case, although the snow might be too wet and heavy for it. We'll see!

If I could get rid of the changeover to rain on Monday I'd be golden. Still looking like heavy snow Sunday with 6 inches or more likely.

Pretty incredible. MPX is already calling for "over a foot likely." And TWC has 18-24" nudging into the Twin Cities. And tonight I'm in an advisory for 3-6"