Winter Carnival Forecast: Almost perfect?

King Boreas and Vulcanus Rex seem to have reached an agreement for this year's Winter Carnival in St. Paul. A little bit of everything.

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The forecast for the 2011 run of the Winter Carnival looks great, with a little something for everybody. Let's break down the details for the next few days.

Thursday: Milder! Mixed clouds & flurries. Some PM sunny peeks. High near 32. Should be excellent conditions for strolling through Rice Park and checking out ice sculptures!

Friday: Micro thaw! Mixed clouds & snow showers with under 1" of accumulation. High near 35 PM. A few hours above freezing, but not enough to cause any major problems with ice & snow sculptures.

Saturday: Boreas takes control again. Breezy & colder. Highs in the 20s with a cooler north wind. Pretty good day to check out the Grand Day Parade at 2pm in St. Paul!

Sunday: Slightly arctic. Temps in the teens. Snow may develop from west to east later in the day.

Monday: Chance of snow. Could be "shovelable" and affect rush hours. Maybe a few inches, but not a blockbuster storm at this point. Temps in the teens.

Tuesday through Friday: Colder next week with a gradual warming trend late in the week. Highs single digits to low teens. A couple of sub-zero mornings?

All in all, a GREAT looking, classic winter forecast for this year's Winter Carnival run. Here a link to activities for this year's Winter Carnival.

East Coast digs out:

The east coast snow storm was pretty impressive in some areas. Most areas saw 6" (Washington, D.C.) to 12" (Boston) with the storm, with some higher totals. Here's the list from NYC NWS.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED

SPOTTER REPORTS

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

754 AM EST THU JAN 27 2011

THE FOLLOWING ARE UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS FOR THE STORM THAT HAS

BEEN AFFECTING OUR REGION. APPRECIATION IS EXTENDED TO HIGHWAY

DEPARTMENTS...COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS...SKYWARN SPOTTERS AND MEDIA

FOR THESE REPORTS. THIS SUMMARY IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR HOME

PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC

********************STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL********************

LOCATION STORM TOTAL TIME/DATE COMMENTS

SNOWFALL OF

/INCHES/ MEASUREMENT

CONNECTICUT

...FAIRFIELD COUNTY...

NEW CANAAN 18.0 530 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER

WEST NORWALK 17.0 110 AM 1/27 PUBLIC

GREENWICH 14.5 530 AM 1/27 SKYWARN SPOTTER

NORWALK 14.0 543 AM 1/27 PUBLIC

BRIDGEPORT 13.0 600 AM 1/27 COOP OBSERVER

DANBURY 13.0 215 AM 1/27 SKYWARN SPOTTER

SHELTON 13.0 215 AM 1/27 SKYWARN SPOTTER

DARIEN 12.5 400 AM 1/27 CT DOT

...MIDDLESEX COUNTY...

MIDDLETOWN 15.0 535 AM 1/27 PUBLIC

OLD SAYBROOK 13.0 400 AM 1/27 CT DOT

HADDAM 12.0 400 AM 1/27 CT DOT

...NEW HAVEN COUNTY...

NORTH HAVEN 18.5 605 AM 1/27 PUBLIC

MILFORD 15.0 300 AM 1/27 PUBLIC

BRANFORD 15.0 554 AM 1/27 PUBLIC

NEW HAVEN 13.5 400 AM 1/27 CT DOT

SOUTHBURY 12.5 440 AM 1/27 SKYWARN SPOTTER

WATERBURY 10.5 400 AM 1/27 CT DOT

BEACON FALLS 9.5 400 AM 1/27 CT DOT

MERIDEN 9.0 400 AM 1/27 CT DOT

...NEW LONDON COUNTY...

LISBON 17.5 702 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER

COLCHESTER 15.0 200 AM 1/27 CT DOT

NORTH FRANKLIN 13.5 625 AM 1/27 PUBLIC

GROTON 12.0 400 AM 1/27 CT DOT

UNCASVILLE 9.0 320 AM 1/27 PUBLIC

NORWICH 8.5 400 AM 1/27 CT DOT

NEW JERSEY

...BERGEN COUNTY...

EAST RUTHERFORD 15.5 400 AM 1/27 NJ DOT

PARAMUS 12.5 400 AM 1/27 NJ DOT

RIVERVALE 11.5 600 AM 1/27 PUBLIC

...ESSEX COUNTY...

NEWARK AIRPORT 18.9 615 AM 1/27 FAA CONTRACT OBSERVER

BLOOMFIELD 16.5 340 AM 1/27 PUBLIC

BELLEVILLE 15.6 200 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER

WEST ORANGE 14.2 330 AM 1/27 PUUBLIC

VERONA 14.0 200 AM 1/27 PUBLIC

CEDAR GROVE 13.2 410 AM 1/27 PUBLIC

...HUDSON COUNTY...

JERSEY CITY 16.0 400 AM 1/27 NJ DOT

HARRISON 15.0 400 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER

...PASSAIC COUNTY...

CLIFTON 19.0 400 AM 1/27 NJ DOT

WAYNE 10.5 600 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER

...UNION COUNTY...

ROSELLE 17.9 430 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER

UNION 17.0 400 AM 1/27 NJ DOT

ELIZABETH 14.6 1200 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER

CLARK 12.0 400 AM 1/27 NJ DOT

NEW YORK

...BRONX COUNTY...

PELHAM PARKWAY HOUSE 18.0 400 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER

PARKCHESTER 16.3 630 AM 1/27 COOP OBSERVER

BRONX 14.7 620 AM 1/27 PUBLIC - BRONX ZOO

BEDFORD PARK 13.1 1230 AM 1/27 PUBLIC

...KINGS (BROOKLYN) COUNTY...

SHEEPSHEAD BAY 13.0 600 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER

...NASSAU COUNTY...

LONG BEACH 15.9 600 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER

BETHPAGE 15.5 600 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER

PLAINVIEW 15.0 500 AM 1/27 SKYWARN SPOTTER

GARDEN CITY 14.8 600 AM 1/27 PUBLIC

FLORAL PARK 14.0 345 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER

LEVITTOWN 14.0 545 AM 1/27 PUBLIC

SYOSSET 14.0 400 AM 1/27 NWS EMPLOYEE

OCEANSIDE 12.0 600 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER

MASSAPEQUA 11.0 630 AM 1/27 SKYWARN SPOTTER

BALDWIN HARBOR 9.2 600 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER

...NEW YORK COUNTY...

CENTRAL PARK 19.0 630 AM 1/27 CENTRAL PARK ZOO

...ORANGE COUNTY...

HARRIMAN 8.2 1200 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER

NEW WINDSOR 7.2 630 AM 1/27 PUBLIC

...QUEENS COUNTY...

NYC/LA GUARDIA 17.3 615 AM 1/27 FAA CONTRACT OBSERVER

FRESH MEADOWS 16.2 230 AM 1/27 PUBLIC

WOODSIDE 16.0 600 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER

NYC/JFK AIRPORT 10.3 615 AM 1/27 ASOS

...RICHMOND COUNTY...

ELTINGVILLE 16.0 200 AM 1/27 PUBLIC

STATEN ISLAND 15.0 500 AM 1/27 SKYWARN SPOTTER

...ROCKLAND COUNTY...

STONY POINT 7.6 624 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER

...SUFFOLK COUNTY...

NORTHPORT 16.5 600 AM 1/27 PUBLIC

CENTERPORT 16.5 600 AM 1/27 COOP OBSERVER

COMMACK 15.7 430 AM 1/27 PUBLIC

EAST SETAUKET 15.5 510 AM 1/27 PUBLIC

PORT JEFFERSON 14.0 630 AM 1/27 PUBLIC

ISLIP AIRPORT 13.7 700 AM 1/27 FAA CONTRACT OBSERVER

SHOREHAM 13.7 625 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER

NORTH BABYLON 13.5 615 AM 1/27 PUBLIC

UPTON 13.3 700 AM 1/27 NWS OFFICE

SMITHTOWN 13.0 300 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER

MOUNT SINAI 12.4 600 AM 1/27 PUBLIC

SOUND BEACH 12.1 630 AM 1/27 PUBLIC

PATCHOGUE 12.0 620 AM 1/27 NWS EMPLOYEE

HOLBROOK 11.3 600 AM 1/27 PUBLIC

LINDENHURST 10.9 540 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER

...WESTCHESTER COUNTY...

HARRISON 16.0 610 AM 1/27 PUBLIC

ARMONK 14.5 615 AM 1/27 PUBLIC

MOUNT KISCO 12.0 350 AM 1/27 PUBLIC

SCARSDALE 10.8 100 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER

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