Golden Snowball Challenge: Let it begin
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The entrants are locked in with their estimates of the snowfall. Many of the "big names" have backed off from their dire warnings of a few days ago, although if you put your ear to the wall, you can hear a few meteorologists wringing their hands with thoughts of new records for snowfall. We'll see. Here's the official News Cut "Are We There Yet?" tracker.
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And here are our final contestants for this round:
| Meteorologist | Prediction |
Official |
| Belinda Jensen (KARE) | 10-13" |
11.5" |
| Craig Edwards (MPR) | 14" |
14" |
| Jonathan Yuhas (KARE) | 6-12" |
9" |
| Chris Shaffer (WCCO) | 19-21" |
20" |
| Erik Maitland (KMSP) | 6-12" |
9" |
| Keith Marler (KMSP) | 10-14" |
12" |
| Huttner, Paul (MPR) | 12-18" |
15" |
| Paul Douglas | 8-12" |
10" |
| Ron Trenda (WCCO) | 9-14" |
11.5" |
| Patrick Hammer (KSTP) | 7-14" |
10.5" |
| Dave Dahl (KSTP) | 8-14" |
11" |
| National Weather Serivce | 16-22" |
19" |
| Ian Leonard (KMSP) | 10-14" |
12" |
Remember these are projections for the metro area, as per the official rules.
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