Humbled

Well, I have only been doing this for more than thirty-five years, so being humbled by Mother Nature is nothing new. I still take it personal.

The much anticipated and predicted winter storm for the weekend fizzled, at least for a large part of central Minnesota. Plenty of fresh snow cover blanketed the ground in far north central Minnesota.

Snowfall observations gathered by the Duluth NWS Office

The surface system that is important for low level lift to induce snowflakes with warm air advection tracked through northern Missouri, while the upper level dynamics that work to enchance snow growth traveled through Minnesota, slightly out of sync with the surface system. There was never really orgnanized, steady moderate snowfall over much of the state Saturday afternoon and evening.

Give me credit for getting the cold temperatures correct this morning. International Falls recorded a low of 31 below zero which was only 3 degrees shy of the record 34 below set in 2005.

CE

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