Hitting the bull's-eye

The snow came to an end by Wednesday afternoon across the Twin Cities metro, and we were able to get sunshine to break out for a few hours to help erase the vision of April snow.  A few instability showers popped up towards the evening commute, but nothing that caused a great deal of inconvenience.

Tuesday night, I forecasted a 1 to 3 inch range of snow totals, and by golly, it looks like I hit the nail right on the head.  Here is a listing of snow fall reports across the area:

IN.  LOCATION                ST COUNTY      TIME
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3.00 1 SSE CLEAR LAKE        MN SHERBURNE   0806 AM
3.00 PLYMOUTH                MN HENNEPIN    0759 AM
2.50 ST PAUL U OF MN CAMPUS  MN RAMSEY      1100 AM
2.50 6 NW RICE LAKE          WI BARRON      0936 AM
2.50 2 ENE PLYMOUTH          MN HENNEPIN    0800 AM
2.40 SAUK RAPIDS             MN BENTON      0642 AM
2.20 FRIDLEY                 MN ANOKA       1016 AM
2.20 NEW HOPE                MN ENNEPIN     0806 AM
2.20 BUFFALO                 MN WRIGHT      0630 AM
2.10 ST CLOUD STATE UNIV     MN STEARNS     0600 AM
2.00 ST CLOUD AIRPORT        MN STEARNS     0100 PM
2.00 CLAYTON                 WI POLK        1016 AM
2.00 4 E ST FRANCIS          MN ANOKA       0730 AM
2.00 KIMBALL                 MN STEARNS     0643 AM
1.90 5 NE FOREST LAKE        MN CHISAGO     0700 AM
1.70 3 WNW RICE              MN STEARNS     0700 AM
1.70 ELK MOUND               WI DUNN        0700 AM
1.70 RICE                    MN BENTON      0700 AM
1.60 1 ENE ST MICHAEL        MN WRIGHT      0700 AM
1.60 1 NNW NORTH ST PAUL     MN RAMSEY      0700 AM
1.50 STANLEY                 WI CHIPPEWA    0800 AM
1.50 AUGUSTA                 WI EAU CLAIRE  0800 AM
1.50 1 SSW RIVER FALLS       WI PIERCE      0705 AM
1.50 2 SE CHETEK             WI BARRON      0700 AM
1.40 ONAMIA                  MN MILLE LACS  0830 AM
1.40 1 NW ISANTI             MN ISANTI      0600 AM
1.30 MINNEAPOLIS ST PAUL APT MN HENNEPIN    0100 PM
1.30 CHANHASSEN NWS          MN CARVER      0100 PM
1.30 FARMINGTON CWSU         MN DAKOTA      1100 AM
1.30 ROBERTS                 WI ST. CROIX   0800 AM
1.30 1 WSW LITTLE CANADA     MN RAMSEY      0700 AM
1.20 HAMMOND                 WI ST. CROIX   0700 AM
1.20 JIM FALLS               WI CHIPPEWA    0630 AM
1.20 6 WNW ELLSWORTH         WI PIERCE      0600 AM
1.10 1 SW EDINA              MN HENNEPIN    0730 AM
1.10 4 SE MAPLEWOOD          MN WASHINGTON  0700 AM
1.10 MORA                    MN KANABEC     0700 AM
1.00 WELLS                   MN FARIBAULT   0800 AM
1.00 ALBERT LEA              MN FREEBORN    0800 AM
1.00 LITCHFIELD              MN MEEKER      0800 AM
1.00 STILLWATER              MN WASHINGTON  0800 AM
1.00 RICE LAKE               WI BARRON      0800 AM
1.00 3 SE LAKE ELMO          MN WASHINGTON  0800 AM
1.00 WINNEBAGO               MN FARIBAULT   0800 AM
1.00 MILACA                  MN MILLE LACS  0730 AM
1.00 ST CROIX FALLS          WI POLK        0700 AM
1.00 HOLCOMBE                WI CHIPPEWA    0700 AM
1.00 ELLENDALE               MN STEELE      0700 AM
1.00 LONG LAKE               MN HENNEPIN    0700 AM
1.00 BALDWIN                 WI ST. CROIX   0700 AM
1.00 ZUMBROTA                MN GOODHUE     0700 AM
1.00 ELK RIVER               MN SHERBURNE   0700 AM
1.00 9 NNE BIRD ISLAND       MN RENVILLE    0645 AM
1.00 LITCHFIELD              MN MEEKER      0630 AM

Thankfully, I do not see any more significant snows on the horizon.  Hopefully anything that falls out of the sky going forward is rain.  I think it’s safe to say we’ve all had it with the snow.  It’s time to bring on spring.  We’ve been officially in spring for a month.  Now the temperatures and precip type need to start feeling like it!

RS