Upper Midwest Daily Snow

Heads up, there may be fresher snow! Read the latest Upper Midwest Daily Snow

By Andrew Murray, Technical Founder & Meteorologist Posted 9 years ago April 4, 2014

Summary

With the snow tapering off, we are in for a very pleasant weekend with moderate temperatures and sunny skies.

Details

Short post today after the storm with a quiet weekend. As for the snow last night and today, the heaviest snow band set up right on a line between the northwest suburbs of the Twin Cities and the South Shore. Areas in those parts neared the one foot mark, while most other areas stayed in the 7-10” range.

Here are the totals as of 11am this morning (note some lesser reports are from last night):



Credit: NOAA

As for this weekend, this system should pull out of the region by this afternoon with skies slowly clearing behind it. Don’t expect to see any higher amounts except for along the UP during the day today, where they could see another 1-3” before things wrap up.

As for this weekend, nothing too exciting to write home about with a shortwave ridge setting up over the Upper Midwest for the short term. That should mean mostly clear skies and warming temperatures through Sunday, just like last weekend. However, with the added snow on the ground, should struggle to see anything get above the mid-50s.

Long Term

No large systems moving through the area in the long term either. Monday looks like the best chance for us to see precipitation, however with the warmer spring temps, it should be light and fall as rain.

Also, by midweek, we could see the ridging and southwesterly flow to help bring temperatures into the mid to upper 60s by Wednesday.

This looks like the last weekend for some good skiing this season, so go!

Enjoy the weekend!

Cheers,
Andrew

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Andrew Murray

Technical Founder & Meteorologist

Andrew manages the technology that powers OpenSnow, and he also keeps an eye on the weather for the Upper Midwest from his home base in Minneapolis since 2015.

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