As of late Monday night, predictions for a possible snow
event Tuesday night into Wednesday was, as MPR’s Paul Huttner put it, “a
forecast in flux.” Although the National Weather Service issued a Winter Storm
Watch mid-afternoon Monday, there was a sense that many forecasters were not
quite buying into such lofty possibilities. However, there was also a sense
that the storm was taking a more southerly route, which would bring heavier
accumulations closer to the Twin Cities from the north.
Here’s our recap of forecasts gathered late Monday night for
snow possibilities Tuesday night into Wednesday.
WCCO: 1-3” but more possible later on Wed.
KSTP: 3-5” (10:40 p.m. on news)
KMSP: No specific amounts mentioned in 10 p.m. news
KARE: 2” (10:40 video posting on website)
NWS: 3-6”
MPR: “Early hunch” 1-6” from south to north (Updraft blog
10:46 p.m.)
Strib/Paul Douglas: 2-4” (11:21 p.m. update)
Accuweather: 1.67” (we added the 12-hour amounts posted on
the site)
The Weather Channel: <1” (weather.com)
The Weather Channel: <1” (weather.com)
Side note: We did want to bring attention to what we consider one of the better weather blogs for a Twin Cities television forecaster (i.e., excepting MPR and Strib weather columns). KMSP's Cody Matz provided some nice graphics and an accompanying explanation of how and why the expected heavier snow accumulations have moved south in this blog.
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