
March Tornado Reports
According to NOAA's Storm Prediction Center, more than 250 tornado reports were received during the month of March 2022. Keep in mind that these are preliminary reports, so not a final tally, however, this could be the most tornadic March on record across the nation. The current record is 192 set in 2017.


Another Midweek, Prolonged Precipitation Chance
Here's the weather outlook from AM Monday to PM Sunday. Monday will start on a somewhat damp start, but drier weather settles in much of the day Monday into AM Tuesday. The next system arrives Tuesday with rain likely and lingering showers Wednesday. The backside of the storm will feature rain/snow chances Thursday with windy conditions. The extended outlook Friday, Saturday and Sunday looks much quieter with drier skies and gradually warming temps into the weekend.

Precipitation Outlook
According to NOAA's WPC, the precipitation outlook from PM Sunday to AM Friday shows decent liquid tallies across the region. Total amounts could range from 0.50" to nearly 1.0" with

Average Ice Out Dates
We're still several weeks away from ice out across the state, but according to the MN DNR, here's a look at the average ice out dates for lakes across the state. Note that some lakes across the southern part of the state typically see ice out around the end of March. Lake Minnetonka typically doesn't see ice out until mid April. A few lakes in far northern & northeastern MN don't see ice out until late April or early May.

Status of Spring
"March 28, 2022 - Spring leaf out continues to progress across the country. Our spring leaf anomaly compares the arrival of spring leaf out this year to a long-term average of 1991-2020. After a slow start to spring across much of the Southeast, spring is progressing more rapidly, arriving days to weeks early across the southern part of the Midwest, the Southern Appalachians, and the mid-Atlantic. Boston, MA is two weeks early. In western states, spring leaf out is patchy, arriving a week late in some locations and over a month early in others. Parts of Montana and South Dakota are 2-3 weeks early. Spring bloom has also started to arrive in southern states, days to a week late in Texas and Florida and days to several weeks early in California. Spring bloom is over a week early in parts of Georgia, the Carolinas, and Virginia."

Monday Weather Outlook
The weather outlook for Minneapolis on Monday shows lingering showers in the morning as a clipper slides through the region. We should see some clearing during the 2nd half of the day with temps warming to near 50F by the afternoon. Any slushy snow accumulations from the overnight hours will melt quickly during the day.