Scenarios Reguarding Spring Flooding For The State

As we saw in the last post, we expect major flooding conditions over portions of the state, with a good likelihood of minor flooding in the STC area. First, why is this? Not only did we have a wet fall (remember the flooding in southern Minnesota?) but we have had a lot of snow this [...]

Spring Flooding Chances: St. Cloud Area May Miss Out On The Worse

It looks more and more likely as each passing day comes by, and each puff of snow falls down, that spring flooding will be a MAJOR issue across much of the upper Midwest. Along the Red River in the Fargo and Grand Forks areas they could once again see near-record crest territory this spring. Here [...]

Update on the New Years Storm (Tuesday Morning)

We are continuing to track our winter storm moving its way for Thursday and Friday. Here’s the latest: The first part of this storm will be freezing rain and rain, and we could see an nice 0.25″ of icy accumulation from it on Thursday. The second part of the storm on Friday could bring some [...]

Tracking a New Years Storm

We are tracking a storm that currently coming onto the west coast that will bring us some warmer air by the middle of the week, along with some winter rain into the day Thursday, and then a switch to the cold side in time for New Years Eve. This storm should start out as mainly [...]

Staying Cautious (6-12″), but Snowmageddon could be on the way with blizzard conditions…

Eh, I still do not want to completely buy into the NAM forecast, so I am still going a good 6-12″ for STC and the Cities along with most of southern/eastern MN and western WI, with potentially top totals around 16″ wherever the heaviest band sets up. Map above also shows latest watches and warnings [...]

Biggest snow storm since Halloween 1991? Not going that far yet…

While it is certainly setting up like it could be one of the biggest storms since Halloween of 1991, there still some things that has me wondering… This is the NAM run from this morning, still showing 15-18″ possible for the STC area. Meanwhile, this is the GFS from this morning, showing about 8″. As [...]

Winter Storm Warning from 9 PM Friday through 6 AM Sunday — 6-10″ likely

6-10″ is my latest estimate — more as you head toward the Cities. Most snow will fall between tonight and noon Saturday, with white out conditions and bitter cold after that. Update later this afternoon. URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 502 AM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 …MAJOR WINTER [...]

Another Winter Storm to come awfully close to STC area… 6-12″? Or will deflector shield work again?

Another Friday/Saturday — another storm. Wouldn’t you believe that this is the 4th in 5 Friday/Saturday combos that have seen a significant snowfall in parts of southern Minnesota? Well, another one is taking shape right now, and will once again come terribly close to the STC area. This is the latest run by the NAM [...]

A Couple of Inches Possible Along with more ICE

Advisories as of 9 PM Tuesday Another complex system is moving its way into the upper Midwest, this time right in time for Thanksgiving, which will bring an icy mix for most of southern Minnesota, with 6″ of snow possible as you head up towards Duluth, meanwhile mainly an ice storm as you head towards [...]

Winter Storm Watch South and East; 2-5″ Possible In STC

A WINTER STORM WATCH has been issued for places south and east of St. Cloud area, including Sherburne County and the Twin Cities for Saturday ahead of a strengthening system coming out of the south. This system will have the potential of leaving 6″ of slushy, wet snow in some locations. A few questions remain, [...]