You Be The Grader

The Minnesota Forecaster is out of town and missed most of yesterday's storm. If you'd like to suggest a grade for various forecasters, feel free. In the meantime, have an enjoyable week.

Wide Forecaster Variability for Sunday Storm

If you like the opportunity to separate the men from the boys when it comes to forecasting skill, we've got a great set up for this storm. KSTP is the most bullish on the storm, forecasting 6 to 10 inches across the metro. On the conservative end, the Star Tribune's Paul Douglas weighs in at 2-3 inches of slush (nationally, The Weather Channel forecasts 1-3 inches of snow).

As of 10 p.m. on Saturday night, here's what we captured:

WCCO: 4-8
KSTP: 6-10
KMSP: 4-7 per KMSP website
KARE: 3-7
NWS: 5-9 (but challenging to decipher/add up)
Strib/Paul Douglas: 2-3
MPR: 3-8
Weather Channel: 1-3

We're Not Boston, But Do We Have a Storm?

While the eyes of most of the nation's weather lovers were on the anticipated monster storm for the Northeast, Minnesota Weather Nation looks toward the southwest to see what may be a notable storm of its own.

We here at TMF have been a bit too busy lately to monitor all the forecasts. Blog viewers are welcome to report the forecasts they hear from the various outlets so there's a collective record of forecaster performance.

The waiting ... and the anticipation ... continues.

The (Clipper) Train is Rolling

The track seems well greased from Alberta to the Twin Cities and points southeast. Most all forecasters predict we're squarely in the midst of a train of Alberta clippers, the fast moving snow bursts that drop fluffy snow over these parts.

As of this writing, 7:30 on Saturday evening, it looks like train number two is close to leaving the Twin Cities station after dropping somewhere around a half inch of snow. More snow is forecast Sunday night and Monday night.

Are you enjoying nature's version of Amtrack?