Gales of March, wintry chill persists this week
Batten down the hatches and small pets one more day. A massive storm system stretching from Hudson Bay to the Gulf of Mexico continues to swirl eastward across the USA today.
A tightly wrapped pressure gradient across Minnesota means one more day of howling wind gusts.
Wind advisories continue until noon today.
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Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Little Falls,
Princeton, Morris, Glenwood, St Cloud, Foley, Elk River,
Cambridge, Madison, Benson, Montevideo, Willmar, Litchfield,
Monticello, Minneapolis, Blaine, St Paul, Stillwater,
Granite Falls, Olivia, Hutchinson, and Chaska
223 AM CST Wed Mar 8 2017
...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
* TIMING...gusty winds continuing through Wednesday morning.
* WINDS...gusts near or above 45 mph.
* IMPACTS...Unsecured, lighter objects will be blown around.
Driving may be difficult, particularly on north/south roads.
Gusts have topped 60 mph in some areas.
Tornado surveys complete
Twin twisters on the ground at the same time Monday evening. On March 6th.
It turns out the Clarks Grove tornado near Albert Lea beat the Zimmerman twister to the ground by 1 minute to capture the earliest tornado on record in Minnesota.
Here are tornadic details from the NWS storm survey crews.
Wintry week
Our belated winter chill continues this week. Shades of blue dominate the maps this week. What could be the season's last shot of sub-zero cold noses into northern Minnesota by Friday morning.
Sunday snow chance?
Several models are hinting at the potential for snow Sunday into Monday. Canada's GEM model brings snow to much of Minnesota as low pressure slides in Sunday night.
True spring late next week?
The longer range maps suggest a more potentially sustained warming trend in about 7-10 days. A Pacific flow in the upper atmosphere should bring much warmer temps by late next week.
Temps in the 60s again by the weekend of March 18-19?
Stay tuned.
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