From out of nowhere

Posted at 7:07 AM on December 1, 2008 by Craig Edwards

Often times folks will quiz the meteorologist about how much snow is coming, even before there is snow being observed between Minnesota and Colorado. Oh my, how easy do you think this job really is?

The past two systems that have essentially developed precipitation overhead have produced anywhere from a trace of snow to more than four inches in parts of northeast and southeast Minnesota. Snowfall so far this season has been sparse in western Minnesota. St. Cloud measured only 1.3 inches of snow in November.

On Sunday, the snow making system slowed over Wisconsin and a band of more than five inches set up from Sheboygan to Oconomowoc.

Snowfall on Sunday in eastern Wisconsin

Computer models paint precipitation with a moderate amount of success. Micro-meteorology of where the heaviest band of snow will set up is not known until you see it happening on radar and satellite.

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