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After Dallas picks up 10" later this week, maybe we can pick up 1-2" this weekend.
 

GopherWeatherGuy said:
I really thought we were going to see more snow this winter. And there's plenty of time for that to happen, just not over the next 2 weeks. So we'll probably get it all in March/April. The cold air has been there, but no snow.

The one positive is it would be a lot colder right now if we did have snow.
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Keep looking at the NWS 6-10 and 8-14 day trends, both have shown higher chance of greater precipitation in western MN/Dakotas but nothing much in the forecast.
 

This video is insane. I saw later that they are ok. Evacuate FFS.

 

Spending a few days in Duluth. Amazing how good 9° can feel when you've got a heated rooftop pool.
 

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GophersInIowa said:
Keep looking at the NWS 6-10 and 8-14 day trends, both have shown higher chance of greater precipitation in western MN/Dakotas but nothing much in the forecast.
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I really doubt we get a major storm at any point this month, but with the continued shots of Arctic air, we should pick up a few inches here and there. That can start to add up over time, and one or two of those can surprise with higher amounts.

Central/northern MN through the northern half of WI should pick up at least 2-5" tomorrow through the weekend.
 


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This will look even funnier tomorrow after it includes today's snow in the south.

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Glad to see some of this hole getting filled today and tomorrow. Still funny to look at in January.

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Get ready for the cold this weekend and Monday. High for most will be below zero on Monday. Could see some pipe issues with it being so cold and no snow.
 









60's Guy said:
Well....isn't that special! Ope, it's too damn cold!!!! :)
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Definitely, today it was too cold. Plus, I forgot.

Last Tuesday, it was clear and the first time I noticed it with the naked eye just by taking a walk right at dusk. I thought that they were multiple planes in the sky but then realized, they weren't moving. It was not dark enough to be stars, so I googled to find out what I was looking at.

Saturday I got a better view with some regular binocs.
 





Interesting video about Weather engineering (cloud seeding, etc.) starting around 3:20 in the video. The earlier part of the video talks about tangentially related Climate engineering (geoengineering).

 
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Sounds like things could get very active the first week of February
 


I'd prefer no snow for the rest of winter. Then just dump in mid to late April, to give the plants what they need to start strong, knowing it won't last as snow very long. Or even better, rain that never freezes.

Give me a cold desert over Dec-March.
 

GopherGrit said:
I'd prefer no snow for the rest of winter. Then just dump in mid to late April, to give the plants what they need to start strong, knowing it won't last as snow very long. Or even better, rain that never freezes.

Give me a cold desert over Dec-March.
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I couldn't disagree more. If it's cold, it might as well snow.

March and April are the two worst months of the year.
 

GopherGrit said:
I'd prefer no snow for the rest of winter. Then just dump in mid to late April, to give the plants what they need to start strong, knowing it won't last as snow very long. Or even better, rain that never freezes.

Give me a cold desert over Dec-March.
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This is going to be the 2nd consecutive January in which Nashville had more snow fall/events than Minneapolis.

Crazy, but I dig it.
 

GopherGrit said:
I'd prefer no snow for the rest of winter. Then just dump in mid to late April, to give the plants what they need to start strong, knowing it won't last as snow very long. Or even better, rain that never freezes.

Give me a cold desert over Dec-March.
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That’s crazy to me. Nothing worse than freezing temps and nothing but dead grass to look at.
 

GophersInIowa said:
That’s crazy to me. Nothing worse than freezing temps and nothing but dead grass to look at.
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Roads and sidewalks. I can't stand them being snowed/iced and it never melts away.

If magically they could stay dry, then by all means snow up the land.

I personally don't care about snow. I don't snow mobile or ski. Even then, ski hills could make snow. Pond and rinks would still freeze for skating and hockey. To each their own! :)
 

GopherGrit said:
Roads and sidewalks. I can't stand them being snowed/iced and it never melts away.

If magically they could stay dry, then by all means snow up the land.
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As someone who walks minimum 3-4 miles per day, preferably outside even sub-freezing, I relish the dry pavement.
 

This weather sucks. I can't recall this deep of a freeze at this point in February.

By contrast today's record High (MSP) in 2017 crossed the 60 threshold.
 



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