A powerful early March storm that could produce a tornado outbreak in the South on Tuesday could deliver a significant shot of moisture to parts of Minnesota as well.
Will it be rain? Mixed precipitation? Heavy snow? That’s where things get uncertain, but there are signs that the looming system could pack a punch.
The European, American and Canadian ensembles, which account for numerous possible outcomes and take the average, all agree that at least minor snow accumulations are possible in southeastern Minnesota, including the Twin Cities.
How much snow, and how north and west the accumulating snow reaches, is where the models begin to differ.
The deterministic models, again using the European, American and Canadian options, are throwing out higher snow totals. Of course, these can’t really be trusted fully just yet, but it does hint at the potential this system has.
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities is advising “caution in buying into snowfall maps that display double digit snowfall totals on social media.”…