james1976

Pretty much every single run of every model has 2 feet of snow up here. And now the NWS is actually teasing the 2 feet mark. Incredible. And the official warning goes for 51 hours straight.

And this. Wow! More Information ...HISTORIC WINTER STORM SHOULD LEAD TO IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY... .Two primary rounds of snow are expected. The first will arrive Tuesday afternoon, tapering off early Wednesday. Accumulations of 3 to 7 inches are expected with round one. Round two will begin Wednesday afternoon and continue into Thursday with an additional 10 to 20 inches expected. Total snow accumulations will range from 15 to 25 inches, with the best chance for the higher end totals across east central Minnesota and west central Wisconsin. This is expected to reach the top 5 heaviest snow storms. The worst conditions will be Wednesday evening through Thursday, as heavy snow combines with northeast wind gusts of 35 to 50 mph. This will lead to significant blowing and drifting snow with whiteout conditions in open areas. Some drifts may be several feet deep.

Bumped up to 18-25" now. Insane Description ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... WHAT...Heavy snow and blowing snow expected. Snow accumulations of 4 to 7 inches Tuesday and Tuesday night, followed by an additional 14 to 19 inches Wednesday afternoon into Thursday. For the entire storm, total accumulations will range from 18 to 25 inches. Winds gusting as high as 45 mph by Wednesday. WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central and southeast Minnesota. WHEN...From 3 PM Tuesday to 6 PM CST Thursday. IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult to impossible. Widespread blowing snow could significantly reduce visibility.

I dont think I've ever been in a forecast like this. Biggest snowstorm in my lifetime if this verifies. Description ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... WHAT...Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 18 to 22 inches. Winds gusting as high as 45 mph. WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central and southeast Minnesota. WHEN...From 3 PM Tuesday to 6 PM CST Thursday. IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult to impossible. Areas of blowing snow could significantly reduce visibility. The hazardous conditions could impact the morning or evening commute.

Inch and a half here this morning from the clipper. Wasn't expecting that. Got the snowblower gased up and ready to go for the big dog.

Just shoveled driveway. 1 inch down from this clipper.nice appetizer. Still snowing too

Snowing hard currently. Wasn't expecting anything from this clipper. Eyeballing half inch. Doesn't look to last long though.

Go! Although your area is looking to get pounded too.

Would be springtime flooding if that were to verify

Consistently 2 feet runs for MSP. Just crazy

Just awesome. I was about to post the same thing haha.

Major snowstorm for the MN home and potential ice storm for the IA home. Crazy

Just issued. Awesome! WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Heavy snow possible. Total snow accumulations of greater than 12 inches possible. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph and lead to areas of blowing snow, blizzard conditions possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central, southeast and west central Minnesota and northwest and west central Wisconsin. * WHEN...From Tuesday evening through Thursday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult to impossible. Areas of blowing snow could significantly reduce visibility. The hazardous conditions could impact the morning or evening commutes. The cold wind chills as low as 20 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...There will be two main waves of this event. The first Tuesday evening through Wednesday morning will see totals of 4 to 8 inches of snow. There will be a lull before snow picks up again Wednesday evening where an additional 8 or more inches of snow could fall.

That 29.6 is very close to my location. Wow. The consistency is crazy

Thanks for the detailed reply! Appreciate it. My plans have actually changed and it looks like I won't be going to IA at all now so I'll be up here for the entire event.

@hawkstwelve is the Euro showing a lull for southern MN during the day Wednesday?? Thank you in advance!

Im praying for that lull on Wednesday. I will be in Iowa Tuesday so I will miss the first round. But the big dog moves in late Wednesday. I wanna be up here for that so hoping I can race up 35 during the day and get here to the MN home before that moves in. This has the potential to be the biggest snowstorm in my life.

Pretty awesome write up from MPX The first wave will be primarily driven by lower level frontogenesis as the lingering frontal boundary from Monday`s clipper system tightens up and forms a band of snow on Tuesday. Currently, this is more favored across southern Minnesota and Wisconsin, generally along or north of I-90. This band will likely lead to several inches of snow. There will be a brief break Tuesday night into Wednesday, but then a second round of snow will develop as the main storm develops to the southeast, and tracks across the region late Wednesday through Thursday night. It is this second round of snow that would produce the more widespread, heavy snowfall amounts across the region, and when combined with the first band, ends up with incredible snowfall totals over multiple days. If you`re reading this discussion, then you are probably on the more weather-savvy side compared to most people. And if you`re weather- savvy, then you`re probably familiar with the ample weather sites that show model data such as storm total snowfall accumulation. For that reason, we figured it worth addressing the snow amount potential in this discussion so here it goes. From a probabilistic standpoint, some locations across the forecast area have a greater than 50 percent chance of seeing at least 18 inches of snow over a 72hr window from Tuesday morning through Thursday night. That`s incredible. The location will likely change, so it`s not that important. What is important is that those probabilities actually exist in the guidance, especially this far out into the forecast. This lends some insight into the realistic totals that we may see come Friday morning. Another noteworthy statistic is that the lowest 5 percent of forecast (think low-end) still has accumulating snow pretty much everywhere, and a heavier band of at least several inches across the region. On the flip side, we won`t dwell much on the 95 percent (think high-end), but it would indicate that there is potential for some locations to see over two feet of snow. Reality will likely fall somewhere in the middle, which is why we don`t produce snowfall totals beyond 3 days into the future.

29" in the MN backyard

If you're in central MN you have plenty of wiggle room.

This thing is huge. Geez. Idk what the official snow depth is at MSP but it has to be 10 or so inches yet. If these model runs pan out idk where road crews are gonna put all this snow.

MPX already talking about the potential of a foot or more in some areas

MPX already putting out random snowfall amounts. Kinda surprised and not a good idea imo.

^^Would prolly cause some hydro concerns as we get closer to spring

That is a powerhouse showing up for next week. Wow. Just starting to follow this system.