I could see most of my lawn yesterday morning, but now it's covered with a blanket of snow. It was fun to watch the snow falling Monday evening, with gusty winds blowing it sideways at times. Roads were slick while it was snowing, but the main roads are just wet, not slippery, at midday today.
The “storm” total at MSP airport was 2.7 inches. Hard to believe, but that is our biggest official snowfall in the Twin Cities in over two and a half months. You have to go all the way back to December 3 and early December 4, when we saw 4.4” at MSP, for a higher snow total. Snow totals were over 4 inches in parts of the metro area Monday evening. Here is a list of snow totals, from the Twin Cities National Weather Service office:
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1125 AM CST TUE FEB 21 2012
...SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR FEBRUARY 20TH AND 21ST...
THE TOTALS BELOW ARE SEPARATED INTO SNOW...AND ICE AND SLEET
CATEGORIES...THEN BY AMOUNT...AND ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE
FINAL AMOUNT FOR EACH LOCATION.
SNOW REPORTS LISTED BY AMOUNT
INCHES LOCATION ST COUNTY TIME OF REPORT
------ ----------------------- -- -------------- -------
5.50 SW MILLERVILLE MN DOUGLAS 0602 AM
5.20 MORA MN KANABEC 0700 AM
5.00 PLYMOUTH MN HENNEPIN 0349 AM
4.80 2 ENE PLYMOUTH MN HENNEPIN 0700 AM
4.70 SW LONG LAKE MN HENNEPIN 0635 AM
4.50 1 NNW CRYSTAL MN HENNEPIN 0700 AM
4.50 1 NNW NORTH ST PAUL MN RAMSEY 0630 AM
4.50 NORTH ST PAUL MN RAMSEY 0539 AM
4.10 NEW HOPE MN HENNEPIN 0732 AM
4.00 ST LOUIS PARK MN HENNEPIN 0847 AM
4.00 1 NE STILLWATER MN WASHINGTON 0800 AM
4.00 SPRINGFIELD MN BROWN 0747 AM
4.00 STILLWATER MN WASHINGTON 0700 AM
3.80 INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MN DAKOTA 0747 AM
3.80 1 ENE INVER GROVE HEIGH MN DAKOTA 0700 AM
3.80 1 WNW RICHFIELD MN HENNEPIN 0500 AM
3.70 1 N WOODBURY MN WASHINGTON 0700 AM
3.60 5 NW MORA MN KANABEC 0847 AM
3.50 RUSH CITY MN CHISAGO 0732 AM
3.50 MILACA MN MILLE LACS 0730 AM
3.50 3 SE LAKE ELMO MN WASHINGTON 0700 AM
3.50 CHANHASSEN MN CARVER 0540 AM
MEASURED AT THE NWS FORECAST OFFICE
3.40 CHASKA MN CARVER 0600 AM
3.10 ONAMIA MN MILLE LACS 0800 AM
3.10 LONG PRAIRIE MN TODD 0600 AM
3.00 1 ESE CHASKA MN CARVER 0820 AM
3.00 1 ENE ST MICHAEL MN WRIGHT 0800 AM
3.00 3 N BOYCEVILLE WI DUNN 0800 AM
3.00 CARLOS MN DOUGLAS 0747 AM
3.00 WSW LITTLE CANADA MN RAMSEY 0730 AM
3.00 3 N CAMBRIDGE MN ISANTI 0700 AM
3.00 HOLCOMBE WI CHIPPEWA 0700 AM
3.00 BALDWIN WI ST. CROIX 0700 AM
3.00 1 SSW RIVER FALLS WI PIERCE 0700 AM
3.00 3 WNW ROSEMOUNT MN DAKOTA 0700 AM
3.00 7 S HILLMAN MN MORRISON 0658 AM
3.00 WACONIA MN CARVER 0652 AM
3.00 2 SW EAGAN MN DAKOTA 0630 AM
3.00 NNW WATERTOWN MN CARVER 0445 AM
2.90 4 NW ONAMIA MN MILLE LACS 0800 AM
2.90 CARVER MN CARVER 0700 AM
2.90 FOREST LAKE MN WASHINGTON 0700 AM
2.80 ROBERTS WI ST. CROIX 0800 AM
2.80 1 SW EDINA MN HENNEPIN 0700 AM
2.80 1 W WOODLAND MN HENNEPIN 0700 AM
2.80 MENOMONIE WI DUNN 0658 AM
2.80 RED WING MN GOODHUE 0652 AM
2.80 CAMBRIDGE MN ISANTI 0548 AM
2.80 ANNANDALE MN WRIGHT 0500 AM
2.80 FOREST LAKE MN WASHINGTON 0450 AM
2.70 1 NNE MAPLE GROVE MN HENNEPIN 0730 AM
2.70 1 SSE ROSEVILLE MN RAMSEY 0700 AM
2.70 LAKEVILLE MN DAKOTA 0600 AM
2.70 MINNEAPOLIS MN HENNEPIN 0557 AM
OBSERVED AT THE MINNEAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT
2.60 HASTINGS MN DAKOTA 0640 AM
2.60 SE LAUDERDALE MN HENNEPIN 0600 AM
2.50 NW PRESCOTT WI PIERCE 0800 AM
2.50 SAUK RAPIDS MN BENTON 0732 AM
2.50 2 W PRIOR LAKE MN SCOTT 0700 AM
2.50 CLARA CITY MN CHIPPEWA 0700 AM
2.50 2 SE CHETEK WI BARRON 0700 AM
2.50 ST CLOUD MN STEARNS 0611 AM
MEASURED AT THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
2.50 ANDOVER MN ANOKA 0600 AM
2.50 3 SSE HAM LAKE MN ANOKA 0600 AM
2.50 3 NE BURNSVILLE MN DAKOTA 0600 AM
2.50 4 ESE NEW PRAGUE MN RICE 0500 AM
2.20 ST PAUL MN RAMSEY 0841 AM
2.20 2 WNW LADYSMITH WI RUSK 0700 AM
2.20 ST CLOUD MN STEARNS 0600 AM
MEASURED AT ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY
2.00 ELK MOUND WI DUNN 0815 AM
2.00 MORRIS MN STEVENS 0800 AM
2.00 6 ESE DRESSER WI POLK 0800 AM
2.00 BLOOMER WI CHIPPEWA 0800 AM
2.00 DURAND WI PEPIN 0800 AM
2.00 STANLEY WI CHIPPEWA 0800 AM
2.00 1 SE NORTHFIELD MN RICE 0737 AM
2.00 SW ELLENDALE MN STEELE 0700 AM
2.00 DUNDAS MN RICE 0700 AM
2.00 RICE MN BENTON 0700 AM
2.00 MONTEVIDEO MN CHIPPEWA 0700 AM
2.00 1 SW LITTLE FALLS MN MORRISON 0635 AM
2.00 LITTLE FALLS MN MORRISON 0630 AM
2.00 1 SSW LONSDALE MN RICE 0600 AM
2.00 KIMBALL MN STEARNS 0600 AM
2.00 3 ENE MONTGOMERY MN RICE 0530 AM
2.00 5 NNE BIG LAKE MN SHERBURNE 0500 AM
1.90 WILLMAR MN KANDIYOHI 0600 AM
1.90 JIM FALLS WI CHIPPEWA 0530 AM
1.80 AUGUSTA WI EAU CLAIRE 0800 AM
1.80 1 S HAMPTON MN DAKOTA 0800 AM
1.80 MELROSE MN STEARNS 0700 AM
1.70 ALBERT LEA MN FREEBORN 0800 AM
1.70 HASTINGS MN DAKOTA 0600 AM
1.60 JORDAN MN SCOTT 0530 AM
1.50 1 WNW GREEN ISLE MN SIBLEY 0800 AM
1.50 SHERBURN MN MARTIN 0700 AM
1.50 9 NNE BIRD ISLAND MN RENVILLE 0630 AM
1.50 5 SE PRIOR LAKE MN SCOTT 0556 AM
1.50 WINTHROP MN SIBLEY 0515 AM
1.50 REDWOOD FALLS MN REDWOOD 0500 AM
1.40 EAU CLAIRE WI EAU CLAIRE 1000 AM
1.40 1 SSE SARTELL MN STEARNS 0700 AM
1.40 5 NNE WILLMAR MN KANDIYOHI 0700 AM
1.30 E OWATONNA MN STEELE 0630 AM
1.20 NE FAIRMONT MN MARTIN 0700 AM
1.00 WINNEBAGO MN FARIBAULT 0800 AM
1.00 ZUMBROTA MN GOODHUE 0700 AM
1.00 HUTCHINSON MN MCLEOD 0700 AM
1.00 RED WING MN GOODHUE 0600 AM
1.00 1 NNW COLD SPRING MN STEARNS 0600 AM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1125 AM CST TUE FEB 21 2012
...SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR FEBRUARY 20TH AND 21ST...
THE TOTALS BELOW ARE SEPARATED INTO SNOW...AND ICE AND SLEET
CATEGORIES...THEN BY AMOUNT...AND ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE
FINAL AMOUNT FOR EACH LOCATION.
SNOW REPORTS LISTED BY AMOUNT
INCHES LOCATION ST COUNTY TIME OF REPORT
------ ----------------------- -- -------------- -------
5.50 SW MILLERVILLE MN DOUGLAS 0602 AM
5.20 MORA MN KANABEC 0700 AM
5.00 PLYMOUTH MN HENNEPIN 0349 AM
4.80 2 ENE PLYMOUTH MN HENNEPIN 0700 AM
4.70 SW LONG LAKE MN HENNEPIN 0635 AM
4.50 1 NNW CRYSTAL MN HENNEPIN 0700 AM
4.50 1 NNW NORTH ST PAUL MN RAMSEY 0630 AM
4.50 NORTH ST PAUL MN RAMSEY 0539 AM
4.10 NEW HOPE MN HENNEPIN 0732 AM
4.00 ST LOUIS PARK MN HENNEPIN 0847 AM
4.00 1 NE STILLWATER MN WASHINGTON 0800 AM
4.00 SPRINGFIELD MN BROWN 0747 AM
4.00 STILLWATER MN WASHINGTON 0700 AM
3.80 INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MN DAKOTA 0747 AM
3.80 1 ENE INVER GROVE HEIGH MN DAKOTA 0700 AM
3.80 1 WNW RICHFIELD MN HENNEPIN 0500 AM
3.70 1 N WOODBURY MN WASHINGTON 0700 AM
3.60 5 NW MORA MN KANABEC 0847 AM
3.50 RUSH CITY MN CHISAGO 0732 AM
3.50 MILACA MN MILLE LACS 0730 AM
3.50 3 SE LAKE ELMO MN WASHINGTON 0700 AM
3.50 CHANHASSEN MN CARVER 0540 AM
MEASURED AT THE NWS FORECAST OFFICE
3.40 CHASKA MN CARVER 0600 AM
3.10 ONAMIA MN MILLE LACS 0800 AM
3.10 LONG PRAIRIE MN TODD 0600 AM
3.00 1 ESE CHASKA MN CARVER 0820 AM
3.00 1 ENE ST MICHAEL MN WRIGHT 0800 AM
3.00 3 N BOYCEVILLE WI DUNN 0800 AM
3.00 CARLOS MN DOUGLAS 0747 AM
3.00 WSW LITTLE CANADA MN RAMSEY 0730 AM
3.00 3 N CAMBRIDGE MN ISANTI 0700 AM
3.00 HOLCOMBE WI CHIPPEWA 0700 AM
3.00 BALDWIN WI ST. CROIX 0700 AM
3.00 1 SSW RIVER FALLS WI PIERCE 0700 AM
3.00 3 WNW ROSEMOUNT MN DAKOTA 0700 AM
3.00 7 S HILLMAN MN MORRISON 0658 AM
3.00 WACONIA MN CARVER 0652 AM
3.00 2 SW EAGAN MN DAKOTA 0630 AM
3.00 NNW WATERTOWN MN CARVER 0445 AM
2.90 4 NW ONAMIA MN MILLE LACS 0800 AM
2.90 CARVER MN CARVER 0700 AM
2.90 FOREST LAKE MN WASHINGTON 0700 AM
2.80 ROBERTS WI ST. CROIX 0800 AM
2.80 1 SW EDINA MN HENNEPIN 0700 AM
2.80 1 W WOODLAND MN HENNEPIN 0700 AM
2.80 MENOMONIE WI DUNN 0658 AM
2.80 RED WING MN GOODHUE 0652 AM
2.80 CAMBRIDGE MN ISANTI 0548 AM
2.80 ANNANDALE MN WRIGHT 0500 AM
2.80 FOREST LAKE MN WASHINGTON 0450 AM
2.70 1 NNE MAPLE GROVE MN HENNEPIN 0730 AM
2.70 1 SSE ROSEVILLE MN RAMSEY 0700 AM
2.70 LAKEVILLE MN DAKOTA 0600 AM
2.70 MINNEAPOLIS MN HENNEPIN 0557 AM
OBSERVED AT THE MINNEAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT
2.60 HASTINGS MN DAKOTA 0640 AM
2.60 SE LAUDERDALE MN HENNEPIN 0600 AM
2.50 NW PRESCOTT WI PIERCE 0800 AM
2.50 SAUK RAPIDS MN BENTON 0732 AM
2.50 2 W PRIOR LAKE MN SCOTT 0700 AM
2.50 CLARA CITY MN CHIPPEWA 0700 AM
2.50 2 SE CHETEK WI BARRON 0700 AM
2.50 ST CLOUD MN STEARNS 0611 AM
MEASURED AT THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
2.50 ANDOVER MN ANOKA 0600 AM
2.50 3 SSE HAM LAKE MN ANOKA 0600 AM
2.50 3 NE BURNSVILLE MN DAKOTA 0600 AM
2.50 4 ESE NEW PRAGUE MN RICE 0500 AM
2.20 ST PAUL MN RAMSEY 0841 AM
2.20 2 WNW LADYSMITH WI RUSK 0700 AM
2.20 ST CLOUD MN STEARNS 0600 AM
MEASURED AT ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY
2.00 ELK MOUND WI DUNN 0815 AM
2.00 MORRIS MN STEVENS 0800 AM
2.00 6 ESE DRESSER WI POLK 0800 AM
2.00 BLOOMER WI CHIPPEWA 0800 AM
2.00 DURAND WI PEPIN 0800 AM
2.00 STANLEY WI CHIPPEWA 0800 AM
2.00 1 SE NORTHFIELD MN RICE 0737 AM
2.00 SW ELLENDALE MN STEELE 0700 AM
2.00 DUNDAS MN RICE 0700 AM
2.00 RICE MN BENTON 0700 AM
2.00 MONTEVIDEO MN CHIPPEWA 0700 AM
2.00 1 SW LITTLE FALLS MN MORRISON 0635 AM
2.00 LITTLE FALLS MN MORRISON 0630 AM
2.00 1 SSW LONSDALE MN RICE 0600 AM
2.00 KIMBALL MN STEARNS 0600 AM
2.00 3 ENE MONTGOMERY MN RICE 0530 AM
2.00 5 NNE BIG LAKE MN SHERBURNE 0500 AM
1.90 WILLMAR MN KANDIYOHI 0600 AM
1.90 JIM FALLS WI CHIPPEWA 0530 AM
1.80 AUGUSTA WI EAU CLAIRE 0800 AM
1.80 1 S HAMPTON MN DAKOTA 0800 AM
1.80 MELROSE MN STEARNS 0700 AM
1.70 ALBERT LEA MN FREEBORN 0800 AM
1.70 HASTINGS MN DAKOTA 0600 AM
1.60 JORDAN MN SCOTT 0530 AM
1.50 1 WNW GREEN ISLE MN SIBLEY 0800 AM
1.50 SHERBURN MN MARTIN 0700 AM
1.50 9 NNE BIRD ISLAND MN RENVILLE 0630 AM
1.50 5 SE PRIOR LAKE MN SCOTT 0556 AM
1.50 WINTHROP MN SIBLEY 0515 AM
1.50 REDWOOD FALLS MN REDWOOD 0500 AM
1.40 EAU CLAIRE WI EAU CLAIRE 1000 AM
1.40 1 SSE SARTELL MN STEARNS 0700 AM
1.40 5 NNE WILLMAR MN KANDIYOHI 0700 AM
1.30 E OWATONNA MN STEELE 0630 AM
1.20 NE FAIRMONT MN MARTIN 0700 AM
1.00 WINNEBAGO MN FARIBAULT 0800 AM
1.00 ZUMBROTA MN GOODHUE 0700 AM
1.00 HUTCHINSON MN MCLEOD 0700 AM
1.00 RED WING MN GOODHUE 0600 AM
1.00 1 NNW COLD SPRING MN STEARNS 0600 AM
Here is a map of the snowfall: 
We could see some flakes at times the remainder of this week, but forecasters are also looking carefully at computer models that show the potential for a snowstorm in the upper midwest on Sunday and Sunday night. Double-digit snowfall totals are possible in some spots, including the Twin Cities, late this weekend. The storm could take a different track, but you'll want to pay attention to forecasts as we get closer to the weekend.
