Cold to stick around through weekend
Lost in the chat about the heavy snow was the beneficial moisture deposited on the landscape. A healthy amount of liquid precipitation accumulated from late Sunday into Tuesday morning.
Some of the locations that received over an inch of liquid precipitation include Montevideo, Minnesota (1.3 inches), St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin (1.1 inches), and St. Cloud, Minnesota(1.09 inches). Cambridge measured just shy of an inch of water content of the more than 16 inches of accumulated snowfall.
Light snow was falling in northwest Minnesota and eastern North Dakota this morning. Accumulations are expected to be an inch or less. Most of the region will see flurries today.
The infrared satellite image of the upper Midwest this morning showed clear skies over Wisconsin extending back into parts of east central Minnesota. The clear skies allowed temperatures to chill into the single digits over the fresh snow pack at Princeton, Minnesota, which reported a temperature of 7 at 6 a.m.
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High temperatures today will be about where our normal lows are for this time of year.
When preparing a briefing for an energy company earlier this month, I looked back to November 2009 in the Twin Cities. The coldest reading for the entire month was a low of 24 on the 26th. The coldest maximum temperature was 36 degrees. Overall, the temperature for November 2009 was more than 10 degrees above normal. No problem with the elements in putting up the outside holiday lights.
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Cold temperatures remain in place through the weekend. I'll be tracking the chance for snow Saturday as we move through the weekend.
