Dusting of light snow late Monday; then very cold
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Many Minnesotans saw plenty of snow from late Saturday afternoon through Sunday morning. The weekend snow total at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 7.1 inches.
Many roads were slick, and travel was sometimes slow.
If you didn't have to drive anywhere, the snow was a beautiful sight.
A morning walk through the falling snow in St. Paul was pleasant:
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Kids with sleds were sliding down the hills of Highland National Golf Course:
It was a wintry wonderland.
Some flakes late Monday
Light snow is expected to develop around midday Monday over western Minnesota, and it could spread into eastern Minnesota and the Twin Cities by late afternoon.
Here is the simulated radar from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s 4 km resolution North American Mesoscale forecast model:
Snow amounts should be very light.
Colder
Daytime highs will be in the teens over southern Minnesota on Monday:
Single digits are expected in the north.
On Tuesday, highs in the single digits are likely for most of Minnesota:
Single digit highs could stay with us through Thursday.
Snow totals
Here are some weekend snow totals:
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
752 PM CST SUN DEC 11 2016
...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM THE DECEMBER 11-12TH STORM...
THE TOTALS BELOW ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE FINAL AMOUNT FOR
EACH LOCATION. THANK YOU TO ALL OUR WEATHER OBSERVERS WHO
BRAVED THE ELEMENTS TO MAKE THESE REPORTS POSSIBLE.
SNOW REPORTS LISTED BY AMOUNT
INCHES LOCATION ST COUNTY TIME
------ ----------------------- -- -------------- -------
12.10 1 NE REDWOOD FALLS MN REDWOOD 0630 AM
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION REDWOOD FALLS /REWM5/.
11.00 MONTGOMERY MN LE SUEUR 1000 AM
.
10.00 CANBY MN YELLOW MEDICINE 0800 AM
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION CANBY /CANM5/.
10.00 GRANITE FALLS MN YELLOW MEDICINE 0930 AM
.
10.00 SACRED HEART MN RENVILLE 1045 AM
.
9.50 1 E FARIBAULT MN RICE 1030 AM
.
9.50 3 NE MORRISTOWN MN RICE 1100 AM
.
9.10 CHANHASSEN MN CARVER 0600 PM
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL .
9.00 1 S NEW PRAGUE MN LE SUEUR 0700 AM
COCORAHS STATION NEW PRAGUE /MN-LS-13/.
9.00 PINE ISLAND MN GOODHUE 0800 AM
.
9.00 6 NNW LE CENTER MN LE SUEUR 0800 AM
COCORAHS STATION LE CENTER 5NNW /MN-LS-12/.
9.00 1 N NORTHFIELD MN RICE 1030 AM
.
8.80 1 NNE FARIBAULT MN RICE 0700 AM
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION FARIBAULT /FBTM5/.
8.50 WINTHROP MN SIBLEY 0758 AM
.
8.50 NEW ULM MN BROWN 0830 AM
ESTIMATED 8-9".
8.50 1 SW SHAKOPEE MN SCOTT 0930 AM
.
8.50 CANBY MN YELLOW MEDICINE 0930 AM
.
8.50 NORTHFIELD MN RICE 1200 PM
.
8.50 1 SE CHASKA MN CARVER 0211 PM
WESTERN PORTION OF CITY.
8.30 2 W NEW PRAGUE MN SCOTT 0945 AM
.
8.00 3 SE RED WING MN GOODHUE 0700 AM
COCORAHS STATION RED WING 3SE /MN-GH-16/.
8.00 2 SW MONTEVIDEO MN LAC QUI PARLE 0700 AM
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION MONTEVIDEO 1SW
/MVDM5/.
8.00 2 WNW GREEN ISLE MN SIBLEY 0700 AM
COCORAHS STATION GREEN ISLE 1WNW /MN-SB-4/.
8.00 3 NE BURNSVILLE MN DAKOTA 0700 AM
COCORAHS STATION BURNSVILLE 3ENE /MN-DK-15/.
8.00 MADISON MN LAC QUI PARLE 0800 AM
.
8.00 KENYON MN GOODHUE 0800 AM
.
8.00 1 N ST. PETER MN NICOLLET 0930 AM
.
8.00 EDEN PRAIRIE MN HENNEPIN 1100 AM
.
8.00 VESTA MN REDWOOD 1234 PM
.
8.00 1 WSW VICTORIA MN CARVER 0700 PM
1.6 MILES WSW OF VICTORIA.
7.60 4 E NERSTRAND MN GOODHUE 0700 AM
COCORAHS STATION NERSTRAND 4E /MN-GH-4/.
7.50 3 NE VICTORIA MN CARVER 0800 AM
COCORAHS STATION VICTORIA 2ENE /MN-CV-27/.
7.50 3 SE CHANHASSEN MN HENNEPIN 0800 AM
COCORAHS STATION CHANHASSEN 2SE /MN-HN-17/.
7.50 FARMINGTON MN DAKOTA 1000 AM
.
7.50 5 SW LONG LAKE MN HENNEPIN 1030 AM
.
7.50 2 NNE LAKEVILLE MN DAKOTA 0100 PM
COCORAHS STATION LAKEVILLE 2NNE /MN-DK-73/.
7.30 WACONIA MN CARVER 1100 AM
.
7.20 2 ENE EDINA MN HENNEPIN 1000 AM
COCORAHS STATION EDINA 2 ENE /MN-HN-125/.
7.10 3 ESE EDEN PRAIRIE MN HENNEPIN 0908 AM
COCORAHS STATION EDEN PRAIRIE 3SE /MN-HN-86/.
7.10 2 NNW EAGAN MN DAKOTA 0220 PM
.
7.10 3 E RICHFIELD MN HENNEPIN 0600 PM
.
7.00 2 NW MENDOTA HEIGHTS MN RAMSEY 0700 AM
COCORAHS STATION 2 WNW MENDOTA HEIGHTS /MN-
RM-65/.
7.00 3 NNW GLENCOE MN MCLEOD 0700 AM
COCORAHS STATION GLENCOE 3NW /MN-MC-6/.
7.00 1 ENE INVER GROVE HEIGH MN DAKOTA 0730 AM
COCORAHS STATION INVER GROVE HEIGHTS 1ENE
/MN-DK-14/.
7.00 LUCAN MN REDWOOD 0744 AM
COCORAHS STATION LUCAN /MN-RW-3/.
7.00 3 SSE MINNEAPOLIS MN HENNEPIN 0800 AM
COCORAHS STATION MINNEAPOLIS 2 SSE /MN-HN-
99/.
7.00 FARIBAULT MN RICE 0830 AM
.
7.00 2 NE EDEN PRAIRIE MN HENNEPIN 0830 AM
SNOWFALL AT KMSP-TV.
7.00 OWATONNA MN STEELE 0845 AM
.
7.00 SAVAGE MN SCOTT 0848 AM
.
7.00 2 NW LAKEVILLE MN DAKOTA 1012 AM
.
7.00 2 E BLOOMINGTON MN HENNEPIN 1045 AM
.
7.00 3 WSW ST. PAUL MN RAMSEY 1100 AM
.
7.00 1 W DELANO MN WRIGHT 1100 AM
.
7.00 3 NNW RICHFIELD MN HENNEPIN 1115 AM
You'll notice that some totals only go through early Sunday morning, so final tallies could be a bit higher.
