Prompts winter weather advisories as cold air moves in Friday night

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It's been so crazy busy in the Weather Lab I actually had to count the number of storms. And the next one is already here.

https://twitter.com/TomNiziol/status/1105891800638767105

 moving into the Upper Midwest is just the latest in a series of 10 storms that have pounded the Midwest over the past six weeks. That's averages out to a storm about every four days. You can see the separate storms on the accumulated precipitation graph from the Minneapolis−St. Paul International Airport.

Our latest storm rolling out of the Rockies meets the criteria for what meteorologists call "

Bombogenesis occurs when a midlatitude cyclone rapidly intensifies, with central pressure dropping at least 24 millibars in 24 hours. This storm is setting pressure records as it swirls out of the Rockies.

https://twitter.com/pppapin/status/1105884145291386880

On the colder side of this storm, an intense blizzard is in progress. Here's Interstate 80 in Nebraska.

https://twitter.com/ReedTimmerAccu/status/1105935674039885824

A 280-mile stretch of I-80 is closed in South Dakota.

https://twitter.com/MeganMuratTV/status/1105959187484426240

https://twitter.com/ascifiwriter/status/1105953983686995968

In Colorado, the storm closed Denver International Airport.

https://twitter.com/DENAirport/status/1105935953888047104

Severe wind gusts are blowing semitrailers over in the Plains.

https://twitter.com/DelaneyWearden7/status/1105949029979049987?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Here's an update on expected blizzard conditions from the Grand Forks National Weather Service office.

 continue for a huge chunk of the Upper Midwest.

Flooding is already occurring near Sioux Falls, S.D.

https://twitter.com/jzweifel62/status/1105955845802737669

Temperatures look even higher next week. Highs in the 50s will feel great, and also jumpstart river flooding.

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