We’ve got a roundup of snow totals reported by the National Weather Service, based on reports submitted by snow spotters across Minnesota and neighboring states, as of 10 a.m. Thursday.
Our recent snow was a top producer. Temperatures will still be in the 20s south and east but cooler, in the teens in northwest Minnesota. Clouds will decrease through the day. Thursday night will be cooler with possible freezing fog.
Flurries will exit early Thursday with decreasing clouds from north to south. Temperatures will range from the teens in northwest Minnesota to around 30 in the southeast. Temps will drop in the southeast into the 20s. Thursday night will be colder.
The seemingly never-ending storm meant a third day of shoveling, travel headaches and school disruptions — and a third day of building up the snowpack for skiing, snowmobiling, sledding and other winter activities.
The powerful system was seen "undergoing bombogenesis" off California's coast, the NWS office in Sacramento said, referring to its rapid intensification.
The Twin Cities and area communities declare snow emergencies as plows begin to clear streets so emergency vehicles, delivery and commuting vehicles can move around. A second day of the winter storm is dumping more than foot in some places in the metro.
Snow showers will continue Wednesday into Wednesday night with additional accumulation. Temperatures will be relatively mild in eastern Minnesota in the 30s while pushing into the teens in northwest Minnesota.
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