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A few more inches of snow; chilly winds as we shovel and plow

A few more inches of snow; chilly winds as we shovel and plow

The snow isn’t over, but snow amounts will be much lighter today in most of Minnesota. Yesterday’s official snow total at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 11.1 inches, which gaves us an official Twin Cities storm total of 12.2 inches, with more snow on the way. ______________________________________________________________________________ Update:  another seven- tenths of an inch at MSP…
by Ron Trenda

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Epic April snow, with strong winds; blizzard warning includes Twin Cities

Epic April snow, with strong winds; blizzard warning includes Twin Cities

Wow, this snow is something else! Twin Cities weather records show that the highest single day snowfall total in April was 13.6 inches, on April 14, 1983. Maybe it’s appropriate that we were already seeing 8 and 9 inch storm totals in the Twin Cities metro area as of 5 p.m. on April 14th this…
by Ron Trenda

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Howling winds and heavy snow; blizzard warning includes Twin Cities

Howling winds and heavy snow; blizzard warning includes Twin Cities

Travel will be very hazardous to nearly impossible over much of the southern half of Minnesota and western Wisconsin the remainder of this afternoon and this Saturday night. Blizzard warnings have been expanded to include the entire Twin Cities metro area: Details of the metro area portion of the blizzard warning, which continues until 7…
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Heavy snow and howling winds; Twin Cities metro added to blizzard warning

Heavy snow and howling winds; Twin Cities metro added to blizzard warning

The National Weather Service has added Carver and Scott counties of the Twin Cities metro area to the blizzard warnings that extend to the South Dakota and Iowa borders: Details of the metro area portion of the blizzard warning, which continues until 7 a.m. Sunday: URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen…
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Snowstorm continues today through Sunday; heavy snow and strong winds

Snowstorm continues today through Sunday; heavy snow and strong winds

We’re in this for a while. The latest forecast model info shows that our snowstorm will linger in many areas well into Sunday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale forecast model shows the potential snow pattern today through Sunday afternoon: Because this is such a long duration snow event, with periods of…
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April snowstorm: the latest forecast details

April snowstorm: the latest forecast details

In the Twin Cities metro area it will be a rainy Friday, with a thunderstorm also possible. The rain is expected to become mixed with snow later this afternoon or this evening, then become all snow overnight. The snow continues on Saturday and Saturday night.
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Rain, thunder, sleet, ice, and snow still ahead

Rain, thunder, sleet, ice, and snow still ahead

Winter storm still on track. Winter storm watches will almost certainly be upgraded to winter storm warnings this afternoon including the Twin Cities.
by Paul Huttner

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