NWS says with 99% confidence that a storm will bring significant moisture early next week. However, there will be the classic “rain/snow” line that could spell wildly different results depending on where that axis lands.
Will everyone north of Iowa see snow? Or will the metro receive liquid precipitation?
Time to prognosticate!
Before the bitter siege ends, there may be one more shot at measurable snow on Christmas night before the weather pattern warms and perhaps yields ... wait for it ... liquid.
After another storm that beat at least my own expectations, and ensuing cold, the metro looks to be on track for a white Christmas.
Now the question is - is more in store in the next week?
From the 12/18 AM NWS forecast discussion summarizing the current state of mid-week models:
Suffice it to say that great uncertainty remains
on the precipitation potential from midweek on.
Full Discussion from NWS
NWS has the southern metro and much of southern Minnesota in the area for accumulating snow Thursday night into Friday.
Looking ahead, the long range forecast discussion talks of a system from Monday to Wednesday with a lot of uncertainty.
From NWS:
After Tuesday's snow that made the Twin Cities the bullseye, it seems that more snow may be in the offing in a few days. Your thoughts?
The smoke signals are a little hard to read, but it appears that snow, potentially significant, is on the way for Tuesday.
What's more exiting: the Vikings win in Buffalo or this week's expected snow? There's probably more anticipation over the snow. What are your thoughts on what this suddenly cold/maybe snowy week will bring?
I was on vacation and haven’t been monitoring the weather but I received a couple of notes requesting a new thread.
“ Some of us are hoping you will start a new thread in anticipation of a blast of snow that somebody may get around here....”
So have at it!
From the National Weather Service - let’s see what happens the next few days!
Brief, but heavy, snow showers are possible Friday along with gusty winds. Confidence is increasing in accumulating snow early next week.
Sorry for getting this up late, I am still trying to get the hang of when to begin a new thread.
I will probably start up a new “in between” thread after a storm concludes just so there is a new place to start looking ahead.
That said, we have a few chances for snow in the coming days, and the level of snow I am currently seeing in St Paul made me think I should have started a thread a couple days back!
From Paul Huttner at MPR’s Updraft Blog:
“The American, Canadian and European models all suggest a potentially plowable snow event across much of Minnesota on Friday. It’s still too early to be precise about storm track and snowfall totals.”
Let’s see how this pans out!
