Author Archives: Mike

It looks like the bulk of this system is going to the west of us. I think you can expect an inch or two through tomorrow. The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities seems to confirm that. There seems to be a lot in the air yet for the system over the weekend. I […]

Friday’s storm keeps moving and Sunday’s storm has too many variables to predict. I will be looking tonight at tomorrow’s storm and get you my prediction. It looks like Sunday’s storm could move a few miles and we could get dumped on. Stay tuned…

So I measured 8 inches today in my driveway. I have it all cleared out and ready for the next storm. These are just preliminary numbers and I think they will be adjusting the predictions above. It’s looking like the Friday system will go north of us leaving us with just a dusting of snow. […]

So I am poking around the models seeing how much snow we might get. Let’s look at the models. The GFS 10:1 ratio (1 inch of rain to 10 inches of snow) shows Mankato getting 6 inches. The GFS Kuchera Ratio (a more algorithmic calculation) is saying closer to 8.5. GFS in some circles isn’t known […]

I am not happy either, but there are two more systems coming this week in to the weekend. The first one is Tuesday night into Wednesday bringing about 4-5 or so inches. The second one, and PLEASE don’t shoot the messenger, will be Saturday into Sunday. KSTP is saying this the biggest storm of the […]

The NWS issued their prediction for the snow starting tomorrow evening. They are predicting about 3 inches for the Mankato area. I am seeing lower numbers to around just over an inch. With that I am predicting 1-3 inches. I think that is pretty safe guess for the area. Beware, there is another bigger system […]

Here we go again… It currently appears like we’ll get some more snow. Somewhere in the vicinity of 1 to 5 inches on the very high side based on the latest GFS models. I’m sure the NWS will release more details in the next day or so. Until then here is the models I was […]

I am almost afraid to say anything. But it looks like there might be a bit of snow overnight on Thursday. After that, looking towards Sunday into Monday, there is a system that will be coming through the area. Stay tuned for updates on this system. Before you throw your snow balls I better head […]

I am looking into the future for snow. I can see some, but it isn’t until early next week. As all know that is too far out to predict. Even the snow that was coming for Friday seems to have fizzled out. Stay tuned and always stay weather aware.

Normally, I’m able to find enough models in common I can make a decent prediction, it’s not the case this time. With that said, NWS is saying about 4 inches as of this evening and models are anywere from just over an inch to 5 or so. No clue otherwise. In either case always be […]