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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Record Snowfall in Minneapolis
2020-10-21
[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

#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  

#12  #8 Yes, refresh browser worked. This time. Thanks!
Posted by: Bobby   2020-10-21 16:47  

#11  I'm with KBK @ #5.
It's them danged gerbils ugin.
Posted by: ed in texas   2020-10-21 15:36  

#10  Ah, record for October, not a record-record, which 8" seems manageable for native Minnesotans.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-10-21 15:30  

#9  An appropriate post by a guy named Skidmark.

appreciation appreciated
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-10-21 13:48  

#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  

#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  

#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  

#5  Gerbil worming
Posted by: KBK   2020-10-21 11:57  

#4  An appropriate post by a guy named Skidmark.
Posted by: Mercutio   2020-10-21 11:25  

#3  Snowstorm in Minnesota shatters record, causes hundreds of crashes and spinouts
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-10-21 09:47  

#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  

#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  

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