Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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Our snowfall is coming in waves with this system. We get bursts of snow punctuated by lulls in the action. 

As of this late evening update, satellite and radar trends, surface observations, and the evening 0Z forecast models suggest at least 2 more waves of vigorous snowfall overnight into Thursday morning. 

NOAA’s HRRR model (above) shows a couple more pulses of moderate to heavy snow. The first likely crosses the greater Twin Cities area in the hours surrounding midnight. The second likely arrives between about 4 and 7 am, just before morning rush hours. 

Snow should gradually taper off Thursday later in the morning to midday hours. 

The 0Z forecast models are staying the course cranking out several more inches of snowfall by midday Thursday. NOAA’s NAM 3 km model is on the lower end with a wide area of 7 to 10 inches.

NOAA’s HRRR and other models still crank out double-digit totals across most of southern Minnesota. 

I’ve measured about 8 inches of windswept snowfall so far at the Weather Lab in the southwest Twin Cities as of this post. 

If the modeled  overnight snowfall verifies it looks like we’ll still end up with snowfall totals in the teens for many areas. 

 continue for most of southwest Minnesota right up to the western Twin Cities area. 

Expect very difficult travel conditions through Thursday morning. 

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Paul Huttner

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Pulses of snow still occurring across our region. 

Not done yet; additional snow waves into early Thursday

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