Latest snow blitz pushes storm totals to nearly a foot at MSP airport
Another 2 to 5-plus inches for parts of southern Minnesota Tuesday
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It’s the storm that keeps on giving.
Our latest snow blitz this Tuesday is still part of the same system that dumped heavy snow on Minnesota Sunday and significant rainfall Monday.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Global Forecast System model run from Sunday did a decent job in forecasting the change from snow Sunday to rain Monday and back to snow Tuesday around the Twin Cities.
The model loop below shows the same low-pressure system tracking toward Minnesota between midday Sunday and midday Tuesday.
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Tuesday’s snow is winding down this afternoon. NOAA’s High-Resolution Rapid Refresh model shows the trend of snow fading as the system pulls away over Lake Superior through Tuesday evening:
Heavy snowfall totals
Tuesday’s snow blitz dumped another 3.5 inches of snow (and .41 of an inch of liquid equivalent) at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, according to the Twin Cities National Weather Service office’s 1 p.m. observation:
3 ENE Richfield [Hennepin Co, MN] Official NWS Obs reports Snow of 3.50 Inch at 1:00 PM CDT — Liquid Equivalent: 0.41 inches.
That brings the storm's total snowfall at MSP airport to a whopping 11.7 inches, including Sunday’s snowfall.
Here are some additional snowfall totals Tuesday. Note the heavier totals across central Minnesota west of the Twin Cities.
2 SSW Paynesville [Stearns Co, MN] Cocorahs reports Snow of 4.00 Inch at 7:00 AM CDT -- Cocorahs station MN-SR-24 Paynesville 1SSW.
Prinsburg [Kandiyohi Co, MN] Cocorahs reports Snow of 4.40 Inch at 6:00 AM CDT -- Cocorahs station MN-KD-24 Prinsburg 0.1 WNW.
7 SSE Bird Island [Renville Co, MN] CO-OP Observer reports Snow of 7.60 Inch at 8:00 AM CDT -- CO-OP Observer station BDIM5 Bird Island 7SSE.
1 NNE Watson [Chippewa Co, MN] CO-OP Observer reports Snow of 8.00 Inch at 6:30 AM CDT -- CO-OP Observer station WTSM5 1.0 NE Watson.
Storm totals snowfall across parts of central and northern Minnesota have reached 12 to more than 18 inches in some locations. Nearly 2 feet of snow fell just west of Duluth!
1 N Cloquet [Carlton Co, MN] Trained Spotter reports Snow of 14.00 Inch at 1:15 PM CDT --
NWS Duluth [St. Louis Co, MN] Official NWS Obs reports Snow of 15.40 Inch at 1:00 PM CDT -- Storm Total.
1 NW Baxter [Crow Wing Co, MN] Public reports Snow of 16.50 Inch at 12:30 PM CDT --
6 WNW Lake Shore [Cass Co, MN] Public reports Snow of 18.00 Inch at 1:00 PM CDT --
2 NNW Gary New Duluth, MN Amount: 21.6 Inches Report Time: 09:00 am CDT - 3/26/2024
About 2 inches of liquid equivalent moisture has fallen in the Twin Cities since Saturday. Much of Minnesota has received between 1 and 3 inches of liquid moisture with this system between all the rain and snow.
That should help ease drought conditions when the updated U.S. Drought Monitor report for Minnesota is released Thursday.