Instant Winter

Writes Paul Huttner of MPR’s Updraft blog:

Welcome to instant winter in Minnesota and the entire Upper Midwest.

Our first real widespread wintry storm caused serious problems for many in our region. This particular system delivered a combination of high winds and sticky snow that coated trees and roadways.

. . . This storm produced heavy wind-whipped snow across our region, as expected. The first inch that fell largely melted on contact on warm ground making it difficult to include in overall snowfall totals. Double-digit snowfall occurred around Duluth and more than 12 inches of snow fell in the lake-effect zone in northwestern Wisconsin. Between 5 and 10 inches fell across a swath from west-central Minnesota through Duluth and the North Shore.

Around the Twin Cities snowfall totals ranged from around 2 inches to 5.7 inches. Officially 3.1 inches fell at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. St. Francis, Brooklyn Park, and Ham Lake recorded 5-plus inches of new snow in the northern Twin Cities area.

Our weather pattern mellows as we move into Thanksgiving Day. It will be cold but dry and travel should be fairly good through most of Friday with a mix of chilly sun and a few clouds. Highs will be in the 20s

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• It Begins (2022)
• Photo of the Day – November 13, 2021
• Autumn Snowburst (2020)
• After the Season’s First Snowstorm, a Walk Through the Neighborhood (2019)
• Autumn Snowfall (2017)
• Just in Time for Winter
• Winter’s Return (2014)
• First Snowfall (2010)
• November Musings
• Brigit Anna McNeill on Hearing the Wild and Natural Call to Go Inwards
• Time to Go Inwards
• To Dream, to Feel, to Listen

Image: Michael J. Bayly.