Sunday, November 21, 2010

Hottest year ever update, Minnesota edition: Coldest Thanksgiving since '85?

Icy Sunday - Wednesday Blizzard? (coldest Thanksgiving since '85) | StarTribune.com
Not sure we'll have a full-blown blizzard (definition calls for sustained winds over 35 mph with visibility in falling/blowing snow less than 1/4 mile) - but I suspect it'll be close to that criteria. The approach of Arctic air (16 degree high Thanksgiving Day would make it the coldest since 1985, when the high at MSP was 11 F) will probably trigger a "burst" of light, powdery snow Wednesday. Odds favor enough to shovel & plow, maybe as much as 4-8" of fluff - prone to blowing and drifting, making Wednesday one of the worst travel days of the winter season. Up north the computers are hinting at some 10-20" amounts.

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