11.8 inches is the final snow total at MSP airport; much more in some spots
Good cleanup weather Saturday
Wow! That was a snowstorm that over-delivered.
The storm total Friday into very early Saturday was 11.8 inches at MSP airport.
I saw 18 inch snowfall reports from Eagan and Rosemount and 20 inches in Woodbury, with one report of 21 inches in the east side of St. Paul. My tally in St. Paul was 10.2 inches. I saw a report of 8.1 inches in southwest Minneapolis. Elk River, on the northwest side of the metro area, received just 3.5 inches of new snow.
This is how the NWS 24-hour snow map looked at 6 a.m. Saturday:
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You can hover over any data point on the linked NWS snowfall map to see the location and time of the snow measurement. You can also slide the map to see snow reports in other parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Updated Minnesota road conditions can be found here. Wisconsin road conditions can be found here.
Cleanup day
The weather will cooperate with storm cleanup plans today. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s High-Resolution Rapid-Refresh (HRRR) model shows the potential precipitation pattern from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. today:
Some winter storm warnings continue in parts of western Wisconsin until 9 a.m.:
You can hear updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the Minnesota Public Radio News network, and you can see updated weather info on the MPR News live weather blog.
Temps and winds
Our average Twin Cities high is 30 degrees on Dec. 11. Saturday highs will be near 30 in the metro area plus southern Minnesota, with upper 20s north:
Wind gusts will be in the 15-23 mph range:
Forecast wind gusts are in knots, with 17 knots equal to 19.6 mph.
Update
A new Updraft blog will be posted around 10:15 a.m. with a look at Sunday and the week ahead.
Programming note
You can hear my live weather updates on MPR News at 7:35 a.m., 9:35 a.m. and 4:39 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday.