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Pretty nice snow squall coming through, already have a dusting down.
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3/24-3/27 Midwest/Plains Colorado Low(s)
Minny_Weather replied to Minny_Weather's topic in East of the Rockies
It definitely looks cool on the ground. It compacted quite a bit though, so it looks nothing close to 15" The fact that this was a long-duration event made it pretty nonchalant feeling. There weren't really any heavy rates. -
3/24-3/27 Midwest/Plains Colorado Low(s)
Minny_Weather replied to Minny_Weather's topic in East of the Rockies
Official total from AXN: 15.5". From eyeballing I'd say about a foot on the ground. SUPER beneficial, especially with no recent significant precip and none in sight. -
3/24-3/27 Midwest/Plains Colorado Low(s)
Minny_Weather replied to Minny_Weather's topic in East of the Rockies
COCORAHS reporters are saying around 10-12" storm total here. -
3/24-3/27 Midwest/Plains Colorado Low(s)
Minny_Weather replied to Minny_Weather's topic in East of the Rockies
I've probably hit 6" storm total at this point. Here's the view from my work's parking lot. Still ripping pretty well. -
3/24-3/27 Midwest/Plains Colorado Low(s)
Minny_Weather replied to Minny_Weather's topic in East of the Rockies
I genuinely don't think I've gotten any additional snowfall since I went to bed at 10 last night -
3/24-3/27 Midwest/Plains Colorado Low(s)
Minny_Weather replied to Minny_Weather's topic in East of the Rockies
Cool bug fact: None of this dry air that I am currently sitting in was modeled. At all. Radar doesn't look to improve for a while, either. -
3/24-3/27 Midwest/Plains Colorado Low(s)
Minny_Weather replied to Minny_Weather's topic in East of the Rockies
Aaaaaaand dry air. -
3/24-3/27 Midwest/Plains Colorado Low(s)
Minny_Weather replied to Minny_Weather's topic in East of the Rockies
Alexandria schools are closed tomorrow, as are pretty much all of the schools in this part of the state. -
3/24-3/27 Midwest/Plains Colorado Low(s)
Minny_Weather replied to Minny_Weather's topic in East of the Rockies
Yeah I'm jealous of you guys out east. This was never gonna be a high-rate snowfall out here, we were just gonna get foot plus totals from 2 straight days of light to moderate snowfall. Glad some people are seeing cool stuff from this. -
3/24-3/27 Midwest/Plains Colorado Low(s)
Minny_Weather replied to Minny_Weather's topic in East of the Rockies
School closures starting to trickle in here. Can continue to hope that my work closes tomorrow, but it usually takes something catastrophic for the government to shut down. -
3/24-3/27 Midwest/Plains Colorado Low(s)
Minny_Weather replied to Minny_Weather's topic in East of the Rockies
Limited moisture. That's a worry that I always have with CO lows and that's a rather annoying nowcast feature of all of these storms. -
3/24-3/27 Midwest/Plains Colorado Low(s)
Minny_Weather replied to Minny_Weather's topic in East of the Rockies
At least in my neck of the woods (west central MN), I'm not putting too much stock into what happens today. Tomorrow has always been projected as the big day here. -
3/24-3/27 Midwest/Plains Colorado Low(s)
Minny_Weather replied to Minny_Weather's topic in East of the Rockies
Dry slot is about to move in... That's obnoxious. -
3/24-3/27 Midwest/Plains Colorado Low(s)
Minny_Weather replied to Minny_Weather's topic in East of the Rockies
Yeah the Dakotas are getting hosed by this. Sucks to see for those out there as Wisconsin is really cashing in on better rates. -
3/24-3/27 Midwest/Plains Colorado Low(s)
Minny_Weather replied to Minny_Weather's topic in East of the Rockies
This stuff is having a really hard time accumulating. It's falling at a decent clip, but the largest flakes are about the same size as a grain of quinoa and it's the middle of the day in March. -
3/24-3/27 Midwest/Plains Colorado Low(s)
Minny_Weather replied to Minny_Weather's topic in East of the Rockies
Radar appears to be filling in and the flake size outside seems to reflect that. Flakes had been microscopic since sunrise and now they're still small, but bigger. I also think we might have gotten some freezing rain overnight. There is some ice caked on cars. 23°F. -
3/24-3/27 Midwest/Plains Colorado Low(s)
Minny_Weather replied to Minny_Weather's topic in East of the Rockies
General consensus on the SREF plumes seem to say 10-14". Definitely hoping for the upper end of that. -
3/24-3/27 Midwest/Plains Colorado Low(s)
Minny_Weather replied to Minny_Weather's topic in East of the Rockies
That dry slot too... Ick. Can we just keep the 3km NAM? -
3/24-3/27 Midwest/Plains Colorado Low(s)
Minny_Weather replied to Minny_Weather's topic in East of the Rockies
12 hours into the 12Z HRRR run so far and I'm not a fan of it. Not one bit. Keeps the moisture all down towards the rain/snow line and keeps the snow up here light. Unfortunately, current radar made me worried that that would happen before this run even began. -
3/24-3/27 Midwest/Plains Colorado Low(s)
Minny_Weather replied to Minny_Weather's topic in East of the Rockies
I'm just gonna ride the NAM since that's the one model that still absolutely drills me. -
3/24-3/27 Midwest/Plains Colorado Low(s)
Minny_Weather replied to Minny_Weather's topic in East of the Rockies
That's... Actually terrible for me. I'd like to not have to settle for 8" in late March. -
3/24-3/27 Midwest/Plains Colorado Low(s)
Minny_Weather replied to Minny_Weather's topic in East of the Rockies
I'm driving home from a hockey game in Fargo right now, and the snow has started way earlier than expected. I'm currently just passed Fergus Falls and it's actually pretty moderate. 24°F. -
3/24-3/27 Midwest/Plains Colorado Low(s)
Minny_Weather replied to Minny_Weather's topic in East of the Rockies
It seems like that's the position I've been in for nearly every storm since 2016, and most of the time it didn't end up working out. Whether it be on the wrong side of a sharp cutoff or on the rainy side of a rain/snow line. I'm selfishly glad that I've been sitting pretty for most of the model runs on this storm. -
3/24-3/27 Midwest/Plains Colorado Low(s)
Minny_Weather replied to Minny_Weather's topic in East of the Rockies
NAM is getting even more juiced, I end up with 16" at the end.