Storms start to move out of Minnesota, continue for western Wisconsin

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 this Tuesday is still part of the same system that dumped heavy snow on Minnesota Sunday and significant rainfall Monday.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Global Forecast System model run from Sunday did a decent job in forecasting the change from snow Sunday to rain Monday and back to snow Tuesday around the Twin Cities.

The model loop below shows the same low-pressure system tracking toward Minnesota between midday Sunday and midday Tuesday.

Tuesday’s snow is winding down this afternoon. NOAA’s High-Resolution Rapid Refresh model shows the trend of snow fading as the system pulls away over Lake Superior through Tuesday evening:

Tuesday’s snow blitz dumped another 3.5 inches of snow (and .41 of an inch of liquid equivalent) at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, according to the Twin Cities National Weather Service office’s 1 p.m. observation:

 at MSP airport to a whopping 11.7 inches, including Sunday’s snowfall. 

Here are some additional snowfall totals Tuesday. Note the heavier totals across central Minnesota west of the Twin Cities. 

Storm totals snowfall across parts of central and northern Minnesota have reached 12 to more than 18 inches in some locations. Nearly 2 feet of snow fell just west of Duluth!

About 2 inches of liquid equivalent moisture has fallen in the Twin Cities since Saturday. Much of Minnesota has received between 1 and 3 inches of liquid moisture with this system between all the rain and snow. 

That should help ease drought conditions when the updated U.S. Drought Monitor report for Minnesota is released Thursday. 

Paul Huttner

Author

Tuesday’s latest snowfall blitz dropped another 2 to more than 5 inches of snow across central and southern Minnesota. 

Latest snow blitz pushes storm totals to nearly a foot at MSP airport

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