NorthWest-NorthCentral Winter Storm October 3-5, 2012

[Cambium]

And there we go. NorthWest Minnesota got hit harder but Grand Forks had its earliest 3" snow ever.

Snow Totals From Early Season Snow Event

An early season snow event produced significant snow amounts for northeast North Dakota into northwest Minnesota for early October. The heaviest snow fell in Roseau county where around a foot of heavy wet snow has been reported as of 3 pm Thursday October 4. This heavy wet snow has also produced numerous power outages across this area.

These snow amounts appear to be record amounts for this early in the season for many areas. The previous record snowfall for October 4 or earlier at the NWS in Grand Forks was 2 inches on October 2, 1950. The NWS at Grand Forks reported 3.5 inches of snow with this storm on October 4, 2012. While records from around the area indicate that the October 2, 1950 storm produced about 2-5 inches around the region with localized higher amounts, with Leeds, ND receiving 7.0 inches on October 2, 1950, and Hallock 4.5 inches.


...PRELIMINARY SNOWFALL REPORTS FROM THE AREA...

MAXIMUM SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AS OF 3PM:

NORTH DAKOTA

PEMBINA (PEMBINA CO.) 4 INCHES

LANKIN (WALSH CO.) 3 INCHES
PARK RIVER (WALSH CO.) 2 INCHES

MICHIGAN (NELSON CO.) 3.3 INCHES

GRAND FORKS (GF CO.) 3.5 INCHES

2SE MAYVILLE (TRAILL CO.) 3 INCHES

FARGO (CASS CO.) 1 INCH (VARIABLE 1-2)

MINNESOTA

HALLOCK (KITTSON CO.) 4 INCHES
KARSLSTAD (KITTSON CO.) 6 INCHES

2W BADGER (ROSEAU CO.) 12 INCHES
10NNW BADGER (ROSEAU CO.) 14 INCHES
ROSEAU (ROSEAU CO.) 7 INCHES

STEPHEN (MARSHALL CO.) 5 INCHES
MIDDLE RIVER (MARSHALL CO.) 8 INCHES (VARIABLE 4-8)
GRYGLA (MARSHALL CO.) 3 INCHES

THIEF RIVER FALLS 4 INCHES (VARIABLE 3-6)
(PENNINGTON CO.)

RED LAKE FALLS 4 INCHES
(RED LAKE CO.)

3S ANGUS (POLK CO.) 8 INCHES (VARIABLE 4-8)
3SE CROOKSTON (POLK CO.) 6 INCHES

ADA (NORMAN CO.) 4 INCHES (VARIABLE 3-4)

MOORHEAD (CLAY CO.) 1.4 INCHES (AS OF 7AM)

[Bottletree]

Snow in Winnipeg here too today and very cold around 1c all day.

[Cambium]

Looks like snow is falling further south today. Amazing trough digging down.

NorthWest Nebraska got half foot of snow! Normal snow for the ENTIRE month is 3".
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"Here is a look at 24 hour snowfall amounts, ending at 7 AM MDT on Friday morning, 10/5/12. A second wave of snow is expected into tonight, possibly resulting in several inches of additional snowfall accumulation over much of southeast WY and the western NE panhandle"

[Cambium]

Originally Posted by JetsNHL

Snow in Winnipeg here too today and very cold around 1c all day.

Looks like some areas got whalloped.

Snowstorm wallops southern Manitoba, offers relief in wildfire fight | CTV Winnipeg News

[Cambium]

North Platte, Nebraska. Looks like they got a Trace of snow.

While its not a record, it definetly beat the odds for first flakes.

And using first snowfall of 1" or more, it's only a 10% chance October 19th, so lets see if they beat that one today.

Bottom line... DEFINETLY EARLY SNOWS

Source: Climatology of the First Snowfall for North Platte and Valentine

[Cambium]

Still snowing in Nebraska!

National Weather Service Text Product Display

1236 PM SNOW IMPERIAL 40.52N 101.64W
10/06/2012 E4.0 INCH CHASE NE CO-OP OBSERVER
MODERATE SNOWFALL STILL OCCURRING IN IMPERIAL.

[Cambium]

More Snow reports from WY and NE from todays snow.

0329 PM HEAVY SNOW 5 NW BENKELMAN 40.11N 101.60W
10/06/2012 E8.5 INCH DUNDY NE TRAINED SPOTTER
MEASURED 8 TO 9 INCHES ON GROUND...MAINLY ON GRASSY SURFACES.

0210 PM SNOW 7 NNW STRATTON NE 40.25N 101.27W
10/06/2012 M 4.7 INCH HITCHCOCK NE TRAINED SPOTTER

0230 PM SNOW IMPERIAL 40.52N 101.64W
10/06/2012 M 5.5 INCH CHASE NE TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THROUGH 230 PM CDT HAD BEEN 5.5 INCHES.

Lots more reports here. http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008...nw/sn.0099.txt

I love how they add the "liquid" along with the report. Something I rarely see around here.

[Cambium]

Can't believe Nebraska got snow before New England. Up to 8"!

Driving West? Expect Snow, Bitter Cold, Fog

[Kamsack]

Regarding the snow in Grand Forks ND....here is a youtube video showing some of the white stuff....


Early Season Snow Storm, Grand Forks, ND - 10/4/2012 - YouTube

Out of town for the past week....so late in posting this....

Dan
NWS Grand Forks