Talking wind and snow up to 20 inches. Think I will cancel a camping trip this weekend.

Winter has arrived a little late

That would be a mess if your caught in the back country-you will also have water coming on top of the ice-nice slushy condition.

Yeah the long range forecast is showing lots of snow & colder temps in the North country.

This will be the end of the fire danger for quite awhile.

This snow storm will certainly help the present fire danger condition.

On average 13 inches of snow equals 1 inch of rain. Northern Minnesota and Southern Ontario are going to need a lot more snow and rain to help with present drought conditions.

OMGitsKa: "Yeah the long range forecast is showing lots of snow & colder temps in the North country. "

Gunflint Lake went to -8 overnight after 40 yesterday.

Wally13: "This snow storm will certainly help the present fire danger condition.


On average 13 inches of snow equals 1 inch of rain. Northern Minnesota and Southern Ontario are going to need a lot more snow and rain to help with present drought conditions.
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talking a wet snow in many areas and a total meltdown of snow of 2 inches of water.

love THIS POST FROM BEARSKIN LODGE

Yikes, looks like I too will not be attempting an overnighter that I had planned. Maybe the following weekend. If it's cold enough maybe things will be in decent shape.

Pinetree: " love THIS POST FROM BEARSKIN LODGE "

LOL!! Love it!!

AlexanderSupertramp: "Yikes, looks like I too will not be attempting an overnighter that I had planned. Maybe the following weekend. If it's cold enough maybe things will be in decent shape."

If we get that much snow and ice now is down to 14 inches or less, the lakes will be pure water slush on top with holes created by water coming up through the ice. An absolute mess.

Pinetree: "

AlexanderSupertramp: "Yikes, looks like I too will not be attempting an overnighter that I had planned. Maybe the following weekend. If it's cold enough maybe things will be in decent shape."

If we get that much snow and ice now is down to 14 inches or less, the lakes will be pure water slush on top with holes created by water coming up through the ice. An absolute mess."

Maybe I will roll the dice and go up this Saturday for one night, forecast right now says snow not starting until Sunday afternoon, which gives me time to get home. Of course, that could all change and I really hate wind. Backup plan is Mom's property across the river in WI, close to home.

Well this is interesting. Here are snow estimated forecast totals as of Friday AM. Let's see where this ends up. Pinetree wins with 16-31 inches forecast.

I guess our lake skimmed over on ice again. I’m glad that it’s going to happen. I was waiting for such an event… Meanwhile I enjoy the sunshine waiting for surgery in ten days. With the highlight of Adam coming to visit me. And while down he got to see his daughter. Haha. I may have that a little mixed up… haha! Meeting both son and daughter I can attest he is an amazing dad… those kids are great kids!

tumblehome: "Well this is interesting. Here are snow estimated forecast totals as of Friday AM. Let's see where this ends up. Pinetree wins with 16-31 inches forecast.
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Yes that one is scary 18-31 inches at top . I can handle 18,but 31 inches that is going to be hard on my pine trees. Most have us at around 16 inches. But like the past it gets that high nobody knows where it will end up.
Got snowshoes and skis ready, going to grocery store this morning.
Maybe I can send the snow to Ben in Nashwauk>

No canoeing on Lake Superior this weekend:

..SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO
1 AM CDT MONDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 4 AM CDT
TUESDAY...

* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, east winds 10 to 20 kt
with gusts up to 30 kt and waves 4 to 7 ft expected. For the
Gale Warning, east winds 25 to 35 kt with gusts up to 50 kt
and waves 8 to 13 ft expected.

FINLAND:
BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SUNDAY TO 7 PM
CDT TUESDAY...

* WHAT...Blizzard conditions expected. Total snow accumulations of
13 to 20 inches and ice accumulations of around one tenth of an
inch. Winds gusting as high as 50 mph.

So far another overhyped dud here in Western MN. Quite a nice day to be outside, a light snowfall of a few inches with mild temps just below freezing.

plmn: "So far another overhyped dud here in Western MN. Quite a nice day to be outside, a light snowfall of a few inches with mild temps just below freezing. "

Different story just an hour east of you. No school tomorrow already in Perham. Even the DQ is closing, and I thought they were known for their Blizzards.

schweady: "

plmn: "So far another overhyped dud here in Western MN. Quite a nice day to be outside, a light snowfall of a few inches with mild temps just below freezing. "

Different story just an hour east of you. No school tomorrow already in Perham. Even the DQ is closing, and I thought they were known for their Blizzards.
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so far a dud in Brainerd also, maybe it will surprise us yet? We do have 5 inches of fluff so far. No wind.

It's really piling up here in the southwest metro. After this women's Iowa State game, I'm turning in and I'll be interested to see what we net on terms of snow totals in the morning.

Dud in the south metro. The few inches we did get were high in moisture content...very wet and heavy. Rain today.

11" northeast of duluth. More coming.
I would say the forecast was accurate. It's a three day event but not dramatic. I'm grateful for the moisture!!

We have the same as Jimmyjustice with about 3" or so of wet, heavy snow in southwest Minneapolis. MSP airport measured 8.2 inches which is only a couple miles from my house. So there is a lot of variability in snow fall totals depending where you are. Weather reports are focusing on the North Shore which sounds like it's going to get pummeled with snow and winds. Hopefully, it alleviates at least some of the drought.

Snow totals from WTIP (Cook and Lake Counties) as of this morning:

Snowfall totals for Cook County:

WTIP Station – 6 inches
County Road 7 – 6-7 inches
Good Harbor Hill – 9 inches
Lutsen – 5.5 inches
Tofte – 8-9 inches
Mid-trail of the Gunflint near Poplar Lake – 3.5 inches
Seagull Lake – 2.1 inches
Reservation River in Grand Portage – 9 to 10 inches
Hovland – 7-8 inches

Lake County

Finland – 9.4 inches
Silver Bay – 7.8 inches

An additional 2 to 4 inches for most areas is currently falling. I think the NWS forecast also notes a 5 to 9 inch total further inland from about American Point west to Lac La Croix.

It's also coming down pretty heavy in the Twin Cities this morning.

Here is a excellent source-this has Finland around 14 inches and maybe 3 more today. just move the map around and magnify snow depth

The snow is pretty light in the Bemidji area today but the highway department is saving tons of money on sand and salt as they seem to be avoiding using any. Hwy 2 is mostly ice covered as is hwy 71 going south of Bemidji.

48 hr snow reports- (PINETREE BEAT Me To IT!!)

48 hr snow reports

And another decent chance of snow around April 1st? ( more pending?) The winter that begun in March???

Enjoy the weather- it's the only weather you got.