Monday Monday, What Will You Bring?

The possibility of significant snow was in Monday's cards as of Sunday night. Here's a video we did with Novak Weather that discusses the storm in detail. Here's some forecasts that we gathered at about 9:30 p.m. central time:

Channel 4: 6-10" (5:30 p.m. telecast)
Channel 5: 6-8" with isolated spots picking up 10" (KSTP weather blog)
Channel 9: No info online
Channel 11: 5-9"
MPR: 4-8" (25% chance of 2-6")
Paul Douglas/Star Tribune: 5-8"
NWS: 6 (minimum expected: 3"; maximum expected: 9")
Weather.com: 2-6"
Accuweather: 8-12"
Novak Weather: 8-10"

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The Search for Snow

A most unusual winter of rain and warm temperatures has persisted in the Twin Cities. As of this writing, however, there seemed to be the possibility for snow in the Dec. 25-26 period. We shall see.

The Curious Case of Dave Dahl

Avid weather enthusiasts know that Dave Dahl is not afraid to stand out from the crowd, even the crowd at his own station. And there's nothing necessarily wrong with that. But what should be concerning is how often his snow forecasts are notably too high. I've actually heard some in the business say that you can take half of Dave Dahl's snow forecast and that will give you KARE11's snow forecast.

At any rate, Dave is once again standing apart from the crowd. His blog from today (Dec. 7) expresses confident in a pattern change, one that almost assuredly will be good news for those who love snow and who want a white Christmas. As always, we shall see.