Todays Graphic is out!!!! Thaw line moved down to IA and it looks like SE MN is going to go from getting a flake or two to a FOOT or more....... Keep dancin' Braaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap!

From the text....

southern ½ of MN, most of the southern ½ of WI and central lower MI will see the heaviest totals occur. Amounts look to be in the 8-12" range in these areas and I will certainly not rule out the chance for some locales to see more than 12" fall.

Anything will be great ......not to mention getting some more on thursday of next week......

Just when i was getting excited.

DH, post John Dee's updated graphic, my Mac is still showing yesterday graphic & text.

Sorry...I can't get it paste or link on HCS....anyone else?

JD....go to the graphic from yesterday and hold down cntrl and f5 her and see if it updates for you???

A huge SWING AND A MISS fro northern Minne again! !As I stated before.. JOHN DEE-NIED !

The entire state is going to get snow from this system....read the text and you'll see that your area will get snow, prolly 4-8"! Hardly a swing and a miss for the way this winter has been!

Here some other graphics I've found....

IM GONNA GET SNOWED IN UP IN ELY.....FUCKIN KICK ASS!!!

AGAIN as I said before......I'll believe it when it's on the ground. Don't get me wrong I'm optimistic as all get out, but the way things have gone this year it's been one swing and miss after another.

How great it is to have spring break next week! Hmmm should i stay up here at school (st. joe)? or so i go home to apple valley?

looks like i better go home to the cities!

John Dee-nied is right I only us his site for the web cam's that's the only accurate source for snow condition's that I've seen this year. Pack you'r bag's and put them on a trailer cause we not gettin shit!! (Not that I'm bitter or anything).

I use him constantly for his snowfall forecast...you need to read the text with his graphics. Nope he's not 100% on the money, but he's waaaaaaaaaaay better than any meteoroloqueer in MN and that's for shizzle! He depicts models just like the NWS, but is willing to go a little further out on a limb than them because he is independant. Watch the number 4, 5 ,9 and 11 tonight and I guarentee that they all have different forecasts.......who's right? "F" I don't know, but I'd put my money on John Dee over any one of them!

Bring on the SNOW!!!!!!

I do read his text. Still off. NONE of them know what their talking about. People would'nt get upset and make plan's if they would'nt blow it out of poportion. They say a foot, I say an inch. This is the first time this year that I've bitched about this, I've been patient, but now I've had it. I'll make my plan's after I look outside.

my plans were already made this is a super bonus...they have been talking about it for over a week and it is still following the pattern that was predicted then. Anything is a bonus at this point for me...

I agree they have jacked a lot of forecasts, but I'd put money on this one! Making plans has been tough for a few years and I can see where the frustration comes from!

We all hope your right. I really should'nt complain I have 1100 mile's on so far but it's all in the U.P. and that get's to be alot of screwing around and alot of work coming and going. It would be nice to ride out of the garage some this year.

I see your fav place is LG in the UP. The only serious riding I've done in 2 years has been up there! I've only been up twice this year, but plan to 2 or 3 more times when they get some good snow! I wait until I know they have snow though and I don't go there to trail ride any more at all.....just boondockin' up there for me! It's 10 times the fun!

my hats off to john dee.. he was the only place i knew that would even attempt to take a stab at it until yesterday.. yeah he was off a little on his snow predictions, but a 2 degree change in the jet stream will throw things off 260 miles or more... if we get snow i will be happy.. the more the better. if ya need me i'll be on swan lake breaking my new rebuild in haha... anyone wants to join me i'll be happy to set up a few drags on the strip there

Man, I hope northern Minnesota gets some decent snow with this storm. I'm sure the businesses are hurting. Keep our fingers x.

The good news is that I might not have to travel so far to find good snow.

Love it up there. Need alot more snow to go boondockin though, wrecked a sled and was on bed rest as a result of a stump just under the snow. Be CAREFULL!!!

They are. It's terrible. As many have said, I'll believe snow, when it's on the ground, and it's not 50 degree's to melt it in a day

heading south is what it looks like... 4-6" here....

Bets.....?

12 inches in the 7 county metro area by Sunday , 6pm.

i bet it either goes north or south of the cities. northern MN get's a dusting and Iowa get's hammered

Well my dad is on his Michigan trip right now. It seems every year they go we get snow. Last year a quick 8 inches at the beginning of march. Now maybe a foot plus. So I will take anything to get the lake in decent shape for some riding

It's almost 'High Five Time'

http://wcco.com/video/?id=24492@wcco.dayport.com

Looky... 18 inches on the 'U know where' trail!!!!!!!

http://www.weather.gov/wwamap-prd/png/US.png

I've been through this too many times to get excited....a bit jaded.

Here is a interesting map of the watches-



Updated Sat.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
949 PM CST THU FEB 22 2007

...WIDESPREAD WINTER STORM WITH HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS STILL
ANTICIPATED TO IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND...

.SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...FROM
FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED TO COMMENCE BY THE LATE AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING HOURS
ON FRIDAY. SNOW WILL BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES BY THE MID EVENING
HOURS...AND EXTEND INTO THE OVERNIGHT. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED
TO FALL IN THE FORM OF SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES
POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK ON SATURDAY. IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THE
PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BEGIN IN THE FORM OF SLEET OR FREEZING
RAIN...AND PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF
A TENTH OR TWO OF AN INCH POSSIBLE.

TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY BECOME DIFFICULT TO DANGEROUS
THROUGHOUT MUCH OF FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. A BREAK
IN THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED DURING A PORTION OF THE
DAY ON SATURDAY...THOUGH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS MAY CONTINUE.

AS THE STRONG UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS
PRECIPITATION MOVES FROM THE ROCKIES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS
DURING SATURDAY NIGHT...SNOW WILL AGAIN BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY
ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. THIS WILL LAST INTO THE DAY ON SUNDAY
WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES AND BLOWING
SNOW POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FOR THE ENTIRE AREA WILL
LIKELY BE IN THE SIX TO EIGHT INCH RANGE...WITH A FOOT OR MORE
POSSIBLE IN WESTERN WISCONSIN AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING
THE TWIN CITIES. WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY
THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEKEND. USE CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL AND
MAKE SURE YOUR VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH A SAFETY KIT.

MNZ041>045-047>053-055-057>063-066-068>070-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-
231200-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0002.070224T0000Z-070226T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-SWIFT-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-
EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...BENSON...WILLMAR...
LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...
STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...
HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...
BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...
EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
949 PM CST THU FEB 22 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND
WESTERN WISCONSIN DURING THIS WEEKEND. THE SNOW IS ANTICIPATED TO
BEGIN BY LATE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING ON FRIDAY...BECOMING
HEAVY AT TIMES BY MID EVENING INTO OVERNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION
MAY BRIEFLY TRANSITION TO SLEET...THOUGH PRIMARILY SNOW IS
EXPECTED. ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE
FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY ALSO
BECOME PROBLEMATIC AFTER MIDNIGHT ON FRIDAY EVENING.

THERE SHOULD BE A BRIEF RESPITE IN THE SNOWFALL DURING A PORTION
OF THE DAY ON SATURDAY...BEFORE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW RESUMES
DURING SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL LAST INTO THE DAY SUNDAY WITH AN
ADDITIONAL FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES POSSIBLE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
MAY ALSO OCCUR DURING THIS TIME FRAME. TOTAL WEEKEND ACCUMULATIONS OF
EIGHT OR MORE INCHES ARE STILL LIKELY...WITH POSSIBLY A FOOT OR
MORE MATERIALIZING OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND EAST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. THIS
INCLUDES ALONG MAJOR ROUTES SUCH AS I-94 AND I-35...AS WELL AS IN
AND AROUND THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS.

look here
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go to www.nws.noaa.gov

We found a pocket of snow up there 3 weeks ago that was proll 4 feet deep with 5-6 feet deep drifts......you could go anywhere. It can only get better from here!

From wunderground.....CAN YOU SAY BRAAAAAAAAAAAP!

Storm total accumulations should range from 9 to 12 inches in most
locations... with as much as 15 to 18 inches possible along the
Interstate 35 corridor and the Saint Croix River Valley.

We've got some Thundersnow going on right now. Still strange as hell seeing lightning and snow...

No thunder here, but it is windy and snowing out, all the snirt is now covered, we have about 2 inches so far on the ground so at least everything is all white again and not brown. Not enough to have to plow anyway Yet... I hope more falls cuz the businesses up here are all hurting badly this year. I do have over 1200 miles on already tho.. Thank God for the River riding

*fingers crossed* i need a good snow to break my motor in... run up to the Riverside for lunch

It's now 9:30 and I have rain, not heavy rain, but not freezing rain either, as I just took my dogs out and everything is wet.

Please someone tell me differant from another area, as it looks like the snake bit cities area again.

we have snow

looks like right now Hinkley is the thaw line....

Will John got himself some street credit back. I had 12" in my front yard sun morning. Sure was nice to ride out of the garage. Don't miss not clearing the drive way though, it's a good trade off!

we got about 6-8" of snow. got some good miles on today