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2020-10-21 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

[Twitter] NWS Twin Cities
@NWSTwinCities
7 PM Snowfall Amounts
Minneapolis/St. Paul: 7.4"
NWS Chanhassen: 6.8"

This breaks the previous record snowfall for October 20 (3.0" - 1916) in the Twin Cities, and is the second snowiest day in October on record (8.2" - 10/31/1991)
[still snowing at time of tweet so today's total may be revised upward; also record snowfall at Eau Claire WI and St Cloud, MN; part of the same storm that led to record snowfall in Great Falls MT a few days ago]

Posted by Lord Garth 2020-10-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11139 views ] Top

#1 Why is this not available to me? I used to see all the Twitter links here.

Posted by Bobby 2020-10-21 08:14|| 2020-10-21 08:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Looking out the window, the maple is still green tho covered with snow. Didn't some guy write poem about cherries covered in snow? Have to tell you, this does NOT move me to poetry....

Posted by Mercutio 2020-10-21 08:36|| 2020-10-21 08:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Snowstorm in Minnesota shatters record, causes hundreds of crashes and spinouts

Posted by Skidmark 2020-10-21 09:47|| 2020-10-21 09:47|| Front Page Top

#4 An appropriate post by a guy named Skidmark.

Posted by Mercutio 2020-10-21 11:25|| 2020-10-21 11:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Gerbil worming

Posted by KBK 2020-10-21 11:57|| 2020-10-21 11:57|| Front Page Top

#6 apparently there was another 0.5" of snow after the tweet

also, Minneapolis is in line for several other storms in the next 7 days

Posted by Lord Garth 2020-10-21 12:38|| 2020-10-21 12:38|| Front Page Top

#7 Actually the 1991 "perfect storm" Halloween storm dropped several inches more. 2 feet in some places. In fact 1991 we had a foot of snow on the ground at 9pm. It was beautiful.

I just came in from shoveling. We got about 6 inches of wet and heavy snow. A friend south of me got 8. Right now it's about 34 degrees by our lake so it's like moving piles of snow cone slush.

Posted by Woodrow 2020-10-21 13:30|| 2020-10-21 13:30|| Front Page Top

#8 Why is this not available to me?

Twitter seems a bit squirrelly the last few days. Hitting browser refresh seems to work better than the Twitter Try Again link.

Posted by SteveS 2020-10-21 13:34|| 2020-10-21 13:34|| Front Page Top

#9 An appropriate post by a guy named Skidmark.

appreciation appreciated

Posted by Skidmark 2020-10-21 13:48|| 2020-10-21 13:48|| Front Page Top

#10 Ah, record for October, not a record-record, which 8" seems manageable for native Minnesotans.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-10-21 15:30|| 2020-10-21 15:30|| Front Page Top

#11 I'm with KBK @ #5.
It's them danged gerbils ugin.

Posted by ed in texas 2020-10-21 15:36|| 2020-10-21 15:36|| Front Page Top

#12 #8 Yes, refresh browser worked. This time. Thanks!

Posted by Bobby 2020-10-21 16:47|| 2020-10-21 16:47|| Front Page Top

#13 Yeah Woodrow, that kind of snow is a real treat. Almost have to do it by hand as our 2-stage snow blower clogs a LOT in those conditions.

I have an aluminum grain shovel that works pretty good for the really sloppy & heavy bits.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2020-10-21 18:16|| 2020-10-21 18:16|| Front Page Top

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