Heavy snow for central, northern Minnesota. Wintry mix to the south

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It’s interesting to look at the snow cover map across the Upper Midwest these days. Basically everywhere south of Minnesota is snow-free. 

Across Minnesota, snow cover ranges from a trace of snow in the south to almost 3 feet in the deep woods up north. Here’s the latest snow depth analysis from NOAA’s National Operational Hydrological Remote Sensing Center. (NOHRSC)

You can clearly see the bare ground in Iowa and parts of southern Minnesota from space on Tuesday’s mostly cloud-free MODIS Terra 1,000-meter resolution image.

The impact of snow cover on temperatures is astounding as higher March sun kicks in. Snow-free areas heat up much more rapidly. Temperatures made the mid-60s Wednesday afternoon in nearby snow-free areas.

The Twin Cities has lost 8 inches of snow cover in the past 2 weeks. Current snow depth is 1-inch at MSP Airport.

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Paul Huttner

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Southern Minnesota is losing snow cover rapidly.

Dwindling snow cover south, deep snow up north

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