Clipper parade
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Commuters at Highways 212 and 41 in the southwest metro enjoy dry pavement for now as more snow heads for Minnesota.
We're earning our keep in the Weather Lab this season.
Another in our parade of Alberta Clippers is heading for Minnesota. This one looks like another decent snow producer, with the heaviest snow band southwest of the metro.
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Look for snow to break out tonight in the eastern Dakotas and southwest Minnesota. Snow should spread into the metro by around 6am.
Latest model trends have been trending south with this system. I expect another sharp cut-off in snowfall amounts on the systems northern edge. That could mean another wide range in snowfall amounts across the metro.
The best thinking right now is that the heaviest band of snow will fall along the Minnesota River Valley. A band of 3" to 6"+ could fall from Canby to Granite Falls, Redwood Falls, New Ulm, Mankato, and down toward Albert Lea and Rochester.
In the Twin Cities, it looks as if the far northeast metro may only see an inch or two. Amounts should generally increase as you move southwest. As a range it looks like most of the metro will see between 2" and 4" of accumulation by the time the snow ends Friday evening.
That should be enough to get the plow guy out to the Weather Lab driveway, again.
It is really mild to the south of this system. I saw 70 in Hill City in northern Kansas today, and upper 60's in western Nebraska. It's nice to know it feels like spring on the mild side of this system!
PH