With more than 80" of snow, the MSP Airport is currently sitting at the 8th snowiest winter on record! We need less than 5" of additional snow to get into the top 5, but would need almost an additional 18" to get to the top spot.

The weather models later this week are suggesting another wintry event later this week and into the weekend. It's still way too early to get specific, but areas of rain could turn to slushy snow late week with breezy winds.

"Overall Outlook More Big Changes in the last two weeks... The early March updated outlook for spring flooding in the upper Mississippi, Minnesota, and Chippewa River basins has been upgraded to well above normal, particularly on the Mississippi from St. Paul downstream. The addition of more rain and snow over the past two weeks has raised the amount of water in the snowpack to very high levels for this time of year. Factors that could help alleviate at least some of the snowmelt threat are becoming less relevant the longer the snowpack holds on. And as always, the threat of seeing major flooding will still depend on what kind of rainfall/temperature patterns we get later in March and April. Due to the nature of this year's flood potential, we will issue an additional spring flood outlook on March 23rd, 2023."

See more from the NWS Twin Cities HERE:

The NBM extended temperature outlook for Minneapolis shows warmer midweek temps with readings up into the 40s. A larger storm system will move into the Midwest later this week with areas of rain and snow. Temperatures will fall into the 20s behind the system on Friday and Saturday, but should rebound fairly quickly as we head into next week.

As of Sunday, March 12th, the MSP Airport had 11" of snow on the ground. Much of the state of Minnesota and into northern Wisconsin has a pretty significant snowpack. Nearly 2ft of snow is on the ground near Lake Superior and almost 3ft on the ground near Marquette, MI.

Believe it or not, the MSP Airport has had at least 1" of snow on the ground for 104 consecutive days as of March 13th, which is tied for the 21st longest stretch on record. We'll definitely have snow on the ground for quite a while, so we'll definitely be making a run as we head through the rest March and into April.

The weather outlook for the Twin Cities on Tuesday, March 14th shows quiet weather in place for much of the day with sunshine and temps warming to near the freezing mark. Southerly winds will be breezy, especially late in the day with gusts approaching 25mph to near 30mph.

Temps across the region on Tuesday will warm into the 20s and 30s across much of the state, which will be nearly -5F to -10F below average for mid March.

The weather outlook for the Twin Cities through the day Tuesday shows temps starting in the teens in the morning with readings in the lower 30s in the afternoon. Skies will remain mostly sunny with breezy winds developing in the afternoon with gusts to near 25mph - 30mph.

Feels like temps on Tuesday will start in the single digits with feels like temps around 20F in the afternoon. It'll be a breezy day, so the feels like temps will be a bit chilly.

Weather conditions will remain quiet through midweek before a storm system moves into the Midwest with areas of rain and snow later this weekend. Winds will be breezy with falling temps in the Midwest Friday and into Saturday.

Weather conditions will be fairly quiet through Wednesday with warmer temps. Areas of rain and snow will develop Thursday into Friday with breezy winds and falling temps into Saturday. There could be some accumulating snow close to home with gradually warmer temps Sunday into Monday.

According to NOAA's Climate Prediction Center, the 8 to 14 day temperature outlook shows cooler than average temperatures across much of the Western US and especially across the Southwestern US.

According to NOAA's Climate Prediction Center, the 8 to 14 Day precipitation outlook shows more active weather in place across much of the nation and especially in the Western and Southwestern US.

"Your Honor, in my defense, I didn't pay my bills because I couldn't get to my mailbox. Because of drifts the size of a Ford F-150. I rest my case."

No, that probably won't fly. Even snow lovers in my orbit are quietly saying "enough already". The drought has eased, all this snow means a significantly greater risk of spring flooding. And an El Nino warming event in the Pacific is predicted for later this year, which correlates with milder winters for Minnesota.

Expect more sunshine today and 40F will feel good Wednesday, before the next ex-California storm approaches with a cold rain on Thursday.

A changeover to snow is likely with potentially plowable amounts late Thursday and Thursday night. A Top 5 Winter Snowfall by the weekend? A real possibility, yes.

Minnesotans earn their summers. Exhibit A: 2023.

TUESDAY: Sunny and breezy. Winds: S 10-20. High: 33.

TUESDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy and breezy. Winds: S 15-30. Low: 27.

THURSDAY: Rain changes to snow late. Few inches? Winds: N 15-25. Wake-up: 34. High: 37.

FRIDAY: Gusty and colder with flurries. Winds: NW 15-30. Wake-up: 29. High: 32.

SATURDAY: Cold with a coating of flakes. Winds: N 15-25. Wake-up: 17. High: 32.

SUNDAY: Cool sunshine returns. Winds: W 7-12. Wake-up: 12. High: 30.

MONDAY: Blue sky, pleasant. Winds: SW 5-10. Wake-up: 11. High: 34.

1943: Snow, sleet and ice cripple parts of Minnesota south of a line from Duluth through St. Cloud and Ortonville. The heaviest ice was in the vicinities of Lake Benton, Springfield and Windom. Ice thickness was 1/2 to 3/4 inch around St. Cloud to 3/4 to 2 inches in the Pipestone, Ruthton, Lake Wilson, Slayton and Tracy. A good description of the ice was submitted in one report: '…ice was 2 inches across and 1 3/4 inch deep on wire. A little frost ice near the wire with the outside solid ice. The ice was irregular in shape.' Duluth had 6 inches of snowfall at the city office with 13 inches at the airport. The ice was confined to Moose Lake and south.

1870: A severe snow and wind storm moves across Minnesota and Iowa. The 'Northern Vindicator' of Estherville, Iowa becomes the first newspaper to use the term 'blizzard' on this date.

March 14th

Average High: 41F (Record: 73F set in 2012)

Average Low: 24F (Record: -10F set in 1897)

Record Snowfall: 7.2" set in 1989

March 14th

Sunrise: 7:26am

Sunset: 7:17pm

Hours of Daylight: ~11 hours & 50 minutes

Daylight GAINED since Winter Solstice (December 21st): ~ 3 hour & 4 minutes

0.2 Days After Last Quarter Moon

Temperatures on Tuesday will be cooler than average across the eastern half of the nation, where readings will be nearly -10F to -15F below average. Meanwhile, widespread heavy precipitation will be found in along the West Coast and especially in California

Extremely heavy precipitation will be found in the Western US and especially in California.

The weather outlook for Tuesday shows areas of heavy snowfall in the Northeast with widespread precipitation in the Western US.

According to NOAA's Weather Prediction Center, the extended precipitation outlook shows heavier amounts across parts of the Central & Southern US with localized flooding possible. The heaviest precipitation will be found across the Western US and especially in the high elevations and in California.

According to the ECMWF (European model), heavy snow will be found across much of the high elevations in the Western US and across the northern tier of the nation. Some spots in the Midwest could get some plowable snow once again.

"After three nasty years, the La Nina weather phenomenon that increases Atlantic hurricane activity and worsens western drought is gone, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday. That's usually good news for the United States and other parts of the world, including drought-stricken northeast Africa, scientists said. The globe is now in what's considered a "neutral" condition and probably trending to an El Nino in late summer or fall, said climate scientist Michelle L'Heureux, head of NOAA's El Nino/La Nina forecast office. "It's over," said research scientist Azhar Ehsan, who heads Columbia University's El Nino/La Nina forecasting. "Mother Nature thought to get rid of this one because it's enough."

See more from PBS HERE:

"Surrounded by miles of dried land and what remains of his famished livestock, Daniel Lepaine is a worried man. Dozens of his goats in Ngong, a town in southern Kenya, have died after three years of harrowing drought in the east and Horn of Africa. The rest are on the verge of starvation as rain continues to fail. "If this drought persists, I will have no livelihood and nothing for my family," Lepaine mourned. "We are praying hard for the rains." But a few thousand miles south, communities are facing the opposite problem. Tropical Cyclone Freddy, which has already caused 21 deaths and displaced thousands of others in Madagascar and Mozambique, is set to make landfall in Mozambique once more on Friday. The nation is already suffering from Freddy's first battering last month and severe flooding before that."

"Atmospheric rivers, which are long, narrow bands of water vapor, are becoming more intense and frequent with climate change. A new study demonstrates that a recently developed scale for atmospheric river intensity (akin to the hurricane scale) can be used to rank atmospheric rivers and identify hotspots of the most intense atmospheric rivers not only along the U.S. West Coast but also worldwide. The study is published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. Atmospheric rivers typically form when warm temperatures create moist packets of air, which strong winds then transport across the ocean; some make landfall. The intensity scale ranks these atmospheric rivers from AR-1 to AR-5 (with AR-5 being the most intense) based on how long they last and how much moisture they transport."

See more from Phys.org HERE: