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On the edge again

It looks like the Twin Cities will be on the edge of another snow system.

An Alberta Clipper will bring snow again to parts of Minnesota today and tonight. This time it looks like the heaviest band will be in southwest and southern Minnesota, where 3 to 5 inches could pile up through tonight.

Twin Cities NWS snow & cold facts

We still have some catching up to do with snow here in the metro. We've had 22.5" of snow so far this winter at MSP Airport. That's a full 14.6" below average.

This has been an interesting winter so far for storms in Minnesota. The Twin Cities hasn't really had a bull’s eye since Christmas Day. We're due for a big snow sometime in the next few weeks.

I keep looking for a break in the upper air pattern that might suggest a thaw, but old man winter is hanging tough this year. The cold upper low we call the "polar vortex" has been a persistent feature near Hudson Bay, and it looks like other than a brief thaw early next week, it may be February 25th before we can see a prolonged thaw.

Hang in there!

PH