We had our first “decent” snow across much of the area. Here’s a look at some of the snowfall totals in the F/M area into Lakes Country:
...SNOWFALL REPORTS... Location Amount Time/Date Provider Nevis 8.0 in 0753 AM 01/12 Public Park Rapids MN 3.7 N 7.5 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Park Rapids MN 2.0 NNW 6.8 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Park Rapids MN 1.0 NNE 6.7 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Park Rapids MN 0.8 N 6.2 in 0800 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Menahga MN 3.1 N 5.5 in 0800 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Park Rapids MN 15.3 NW 5.5 in 0800 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Bemidji MN 4.8 NNE 5.1 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Fargo ND 3.6 NNE 5.0 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Fargo ND 2.1 N 5.0 in 0800 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Crookston MN 0.6 ENE 4.6 in 0630 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Menahga MN 4.0 W 4.5 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Detroit Lakes MN 0.5 NNW 4.5 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Fargo 4.2 in 0343 PM 01/12 Broadcast Media Forest River ND 0.2 ESE 4.0 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS 2 SE Bemidji 4.0 in 0755 AM 01/12 Public Ashby 4.0 in 0839 AM 01/12 Public Verndale 4.0 in 0910 AM 01/12 Public Oberon 4.0 in 1041 AM 01/12 Public Grand Forks ND 3.4 SSE 3.9 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS 3 SW Fargo 3.9 in 0346 PM 01/12 Broadcast Media Lake Park MN 6.0 S 3.8 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Fergus Falls MN 5.6 NNE 3.8 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Sabin MN 3.8 in 0810 AM 01/12 COOP Wadena MN 1.0 NE 3.7 in 0800 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Bemidji MN 7.8 ENE 3.6 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Cavalier ND 7.9 WNW 3.6 in 0800 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Detroit Lakes MN 5.7 N 3.5 in 0800 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Deer Creek MN 2.0 WSW 3.4 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS 1 WNW Grand Forks 3.4 in 1200 PM 01/12 Official NWS Obs Laporte MN 8.0 NNW 3.3 in 0515 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Battle Lake MN 3.3 SSE 3.1 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Lankin ND 6 E 3.0 in 0600 AM 01/12 COOP Pelican Rapids MN 6.3 NNW 3.0 in 0639 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Mayville ND 3.0 in 0700 AM 01/12 COOP Ashby MN 5.5 ENE 2.7 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS New York Mills MN 2.7 in 1030 AM 01/12 COOP Hawley MN 5.2 WNW 2.5 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Grandin ND 7.1 ENE 2.5 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Mcleod ND 3 E 2.5 in 0800 AM 01/12 COOP Larimore ND 0.4 SE 2.4 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Pembina ND 2.1 in 0600 AM 01/12 COOP Moorhead MN 6.1 NNW 2.1 in 0800 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Abercrombie ND 0.2 NW 2.0 in 0600 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Greenbush MN 2.0 in 0700 AM 01/12 COOP Wolverton MN 1.1 ENE 2.0 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Fargo ND 6.3 S 2.0 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Devils Lake 2.0 in 0922 AM 01/12 Public Richville MN 5.8 SSW 1.9 in 1051 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Lake Bronson Dam MN 1.8 in 0930 AM 01/12 COOP Langdon ND 1 E 1.7 in 0800 AM 01/12 COOP Langdon ND 1.4 ESE 1.6 in 0800 AM 01/12 COCORAHS West Fargo 2.1 SSW 1.5 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Cavalier ND 7 NW 1.0 in 0700 AM 01/12 COOP Courtesy: NWS As you can see, amounts varied across the area from around 2-4" in the F/M area to 6+ in Park rapids. Now the COLD settles in for the next 2 weeks with only a brief warm up this week and another "brief" warm up for a few days later next week. But, sandwiched in between is some DANGEROUSLY cold weather. After seeing temps and wind chills between -15 to -30 early this week, even COLDER weather on tap for early next week.
This is one models prediction for Tuesday morning of temps between -20 and -35 below across the state. The good news is a quick warm up by middle of next week followed by another dump of Arctic air to round out the month. Only chance for additional snowfall would come next week with a clipper system around the 22nd/23rd. Bundle up!!
