SNOW!

I shoveled my back patio clear last night and now this is what I see! I’m in the SE metro. Yuck!! How’s everyone else’s snow pile?

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I blew the driveway last night, probably 8-9 inches and then woke up to another maybe 2-3 inches this morning and still snowing. North metro

If only that was a metric tape measure…

Sheesh you got an additional 13″? Wowsers! We faired much better in Central MN than some of the forecasters. Actually Novak weather was fairly far off for us, but still not too bad. The amateur weather guessers were pretty much spot on. Maybe 8 inches or so and still snowing.

East St Paul. Blew 6 inches last night. There was a new 6-7 this morning. 5 more today/tonight on the way.

-J.

Time to call ol Mr Twitchell and order up another case or two of “Summer Wheeze”

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Its snowing as hard now here as it did all day yesterday. My son drove the snowmobile to work last night, but they ended closing at 7.

5 inches yesterday, another 2 over night, more today. This is the third straight week of a multi-day storm event now.

A massive atmospheric river of moisture is set to hit the west coast again today and could dump up to 10 inches of rain in some areas.

We got about the same amount in the SW Metro 6-8″ last night, and another 4″ this morning. Have some great fort making piles for later this winter!

gimruis wrote:

A massive atmospheric river of moisture is set to hit the west coast again today and could dump up to 10 inches of rain in some areas.

Hopefully it brings rain to the areas that need it most.

Inver grove i had 9 inches last night then whatever has fallen this morning since i left for work around 4AM

Brainerd lakes area 6”, but still snowing.

Here in the Saint Cloud / Sartell area I’d guess we got around 5-6 yesterday and another 3-4 overnight. I was going to wait till it was finished today to pull out the snowblower again, but the plow had left a rather large pile at the end of the driveway. What started out as a plan to just clear the end so the wife could get out if needed, turned into doing the whole driveway. In dress cloths and dress shoe’s. Won’t do that again. Now I’m sitting here at work with wet feet and cloths.

10″ in Mound and its still coming down. Off to a good start for recovering low water levels i would think

My kids are loving it. They were only gonna get 5 school days off for Christmas break. They are at 10.5 now plus 2 weekends.

My dual-stage snow blower has been doing well. It handled the slush mess on the first storm and now throws the snow so high and far that the banks forming now are not an obstacle.

I usually clear out the street “upwind” of my driveway which eliminates most of the snow plow impact. My neighbors are happy that I am still clearing out the plow snow wave in their driveways before they get home from work. Some days I have been clearing their whole driveway.

A winter like this makes you appreciate working from home. Although I have been bringing in my wife to work on most snow days.

NE metro … I would say we received 8-9 inches so far.

My strategy of mitigating snow plow drift had ZERO impact this morning. My plow drift was one of the biggest on the street and absolutely impassible with a vehicle. I did not get a chance to clear last nights snow before they came.

Brittman wrote:

I usually clear out the street “upwind” of my driveway which eliminates most of the snow plow impact.

I do this every time as well and as long as I get the driveway done before the plow comes through I dont have anything at the end of my driveway when they do finally come through.

An inch of snow, 1/4” of rain, and 1/4” of ice is the total of what we have received so far here in SE MN along Pool 4.

Gravel roads and driveways are a nightmare still. You could practice curling on our 1200’ driveway even after I sanded it.

Hard to tell for sure, but guessing 7-8″ yesterday and another 5 today 45mi west of the metro. Very wet snow today.

You know it’s bad when you have to measure with a yardstick!

I don’t live far from you Sharron. 5-6 yesterday thought we were getting a couple over night. Well a couple was a foot.

Ripjiggen wrote:

I don’t live far from you Sharron. 5-6 yesterday thought we were getting a couple over night. Well a couple was a foot.

That’s unreal! Is it the heavy crap? The worst if so. Its fluffy here.
I just finished all my blowing for the second time over two days and wouldnt you know it its snowing harder now than it has all day.

Great to see all the kids out today. Perfect snow and mild temps … snowman, forts, snowballs…

CaptainMusky wrote:

That’s unreal! Is it the heavy crap?

It was at the 4′ ridge at the bottom of my driveway! My snowmoblower couldn’t tackle it so I had to knock it down with the shovel, and then I fell on my … but I’m okay and I got it all cleared off eventually! Er well, until the next snow storm, that is.

Glad you’re not hurt Sharon! I blew out my driveway and paths in the yard and now we have another 4 inches. It can stop anytime.

Yup heavy wet crap. Fluff on top wet underneath. Still snowin.

CaptainMusky wrote:

I blew out my driveway and paths in the yard and now we have another 4 inches. It can stop anytime.

Same. 4 inches at 5pm to remove. Another 3 just now. Kinda getting old

My driveway is already covered again with a dusting so far… I just had this all cleaned off! Time to move south for the winter.

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