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Sven Sundgaard
Mar 24, 20234 min read
Slow start to spring: cause and impacts
There was much excitement and anticipation when the polar vortex was disrupted and led to a sudden stratospheric warming event back in...
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Sven Sundgaard
Mar 4, 20231 min read
Sunday-Monday wintry mess
Our next system will be a mix of wet snow, rain, etc. for southern Minnesota late Sunday into Monday. Accumulations are tricky this time...
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Sven Sundgaard
Mar 3, 20231 min read
Climate change and polar bears
Polar bears are dependent upon seasonal ice as the hunting platform for their main food source: seals. With rapidly warming temperatures...
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Sven Sundgaard
Mar 1, 20233 min read
Winter 2022-2023 Report Card
It was the wettest winter in 130 years, 6th snowiest so far and a MILD one... The snow will be what most remember probably from this...
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Sven Sundgaard
Feb 26, 20231 min read
Wet Monday, midweek snow
The active pattern continues with a couple systems to deal with early and midweek. The first, Monday, falls mainly as rain in the Twin...
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Sven Sundgaard
Feb 25, 20232 min read
Messy Monday
Our next storm system will create a messy mix of rain, ice, and snow for eastern Minnesota. The return of milder temperatures will feel...
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Sven Sundgaard
Feb 23, 20234 min read
BIG, HISTORIC storm… yes, it was.
There, I said it. Boy it was fun being on twitter earlier on Thursday. I was sort of amazed how many people already counted this recent...
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Sven Sundgaard
Feb 22, 20232 min read
Wednesday eve update
Significant snowfall is still expected Wednesday night into Thursday morning. A major upper level wave is moving out of Colorado into...
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Sven Sundgaard
Feb 19, 20231 min read
STORMY UPDATE: SUNDAY 2/19
HEADLINES: First Monday: We have a more minor system coming through Sunday night into Monday. It will just dump light accumulations for...
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Sven Sundgaard
Feb 18, 20232 min read
Big storm update
A minor clipper system bring some light snow Monday and then a much larger storm will bring a prolonged period of two main waves of heavy...
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Sven Sundgaard
Feb 16, 20231 min read
Roller Coaster temps, active pattern:
We have just about 24 hours left of the briefly colder air before things warm up for the weekend and next week looks active again... Cold...
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Sven Sundgaard
Feb 13, 20231 min read
A wet Tuesday Coming
A mess of winter rain is coming Tuesday... Rain develops during the day Tuesday into Tuesday night with up to 1" of rainfall possible in...
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Sven Sundgaard
Feb 8, 20234 min read
4 week forecast
(February-early March): mild, then colder, possibly more active before returning toward normal Above: forecast high temperatures (orange...
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Sven Sundgaard
Feb 6, 20231 min read
LATE MONDAY RAIN, SNOW SHOWERS
With the return of very mild air, the next precipitation maker will bring some snow AND rain showers late Monday. A coating of slushy...
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Sven Sundgaard
Jan 26, 20231 min read
THURSDAY NIGHT SNOW
Forecast radar: Forecast snowfall amounts:
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Sven Sundgaard
Jan 26, 20233 min read
One, two, winter punch!
If you thought we’d squeeze by with just those 7 cold days leading up to Christmas this winter, you’re mistaken. While the typically...
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Sven Sundgaard
Jan 20, 20232 min read
A January above zero
It’s a pretty rare thing to not drop below zero in the Twin Cities in January but so far 2023 is doing just that. Only three other times...
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Sven Sundgaard
Jan 17, 20232 min read
These aren’t your grandma’s Januarys:
It was a top question on Monday: “is it normal to have rain in January!?” The answer? It is now, yes. In the new and ever changing world...
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Sven Sundgaard
Jan 9, 20234 min read
Longer term forecast: will we stay stormy? Cold or mild?
Winter has certainly been off to stormy and overall, cold start. December’s surplus of snow has been incredible and it also broke the 7...
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Sven Sundgaard
Jan 5, 20233 min read
Wet start to winter: bigger picture trends
A wet, stormy late fall and December lingers into January so far It’s been quite the winter so far and it all really began in November...
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