The pattern of being hit by a winter storm and then falling off in a few quiet weeks has been the norm so far this winter in Minnesota, and it’s been just over two weeks since the state was last hit hard by a storm.
Nearly 23 centimeters of snow were poured into the Twin Cities two days before Christmas, followed by a few centimeters on December 29. Since then, only a trace of snow has been recorded. That could change later this week if a storm system predicted to turn over the Rocky Mountains and the southwestern Canadian grasslands moves southeast through the region.
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“A little humidity at the end of the week. It will start maybe like rain on Thursday changing to snow, different scenarios regarding the accumulation ”, says meteorologist Sven Sundgaard.
“It looks like we’re going to see some snowfall, especially on Thursday night, when things get cold on Friday. The European model is actually the most aggressive of this lap – several inches of snow possible in the western part of the state during Thursday day and probably translates to snow for us (in the twin cities) sometime after we see a little mix on Thursday. ”
According to the Twin Cities office of the National Weather Service, “there is growing support for a more southerly path” of the system, including the European model that currently projects what the weather service says is “much bigger problems than light rain” , freezing rain and snow showers. ”
“There is a large-scale blizzard in east Dakotas and west MN from Thursday to Friday,” says the NWS Twin Cities forecast discussion about the European model.
Nothing is guaranteed so far ahead of the storm system, as it could easily stay in the north and impact Canada, leaving Minnesota with a breeze and almost dry.
However, the NWS Duluth office mentions in its forecasting discussion that the model orientation is indicating “increasing probabilities of significant accumulated snow” in its forecasting area of northern Minnesota.