A Belated Snowstorm Appreciation

This past Sunday (2/10), a strong snowstorm passed through the Northern Plains, bringing 6-12" of snowfall from the Sand Hills of Nebraska (where 50+ mph gusts aided in true blizzard conditions) to the Northland of Minnesota. The big winners from this storm were southeastern North Dakota, northeastern South Dakota, and west-central Minnesota. Across this area there were fairly widespread reports of 12-18", with a few locations reporting snowfall in the 18-24" range! For the early stages of this event, Grand Forks was on the northwest edge of snowfall. Then during the evening, a deformation band of snow set up across the Grand Forks area, allowing for a storm total of 4.9". Further south over the Fargo area (which saw a longer duration of snowfall), 7-10" reports were common. As far as Grand Forks goes, the 4.9" storm total was shockingly (if memory serves me correct) the largest storm total snowfall I have seen during the two winters I have been here. Not to discount a fine snow fall from this past Sunday, but in the grand scheme of things, I expected to see a better storm than that at some point over the past two winters. Here's hoping for a big March blizzard!   ....followed by a quick transition to Spring