April Madness! (snow tonight/stretch of 60's starting Sunday)

This is April madness! Just when we thought we were done with Winter weather, we get slapped again with another storm.  The rain/snow line went right across the metro.  No snow fell across the south metro while areas north of Minneapolis/St. Paul proper received several inches of snow.  Even a band of 10-14" fell in areas from the Elk River area across to Stacy, into western WI.  I measured 4.2" at my house in Crystal.

My neighbors probably think I'm completely nuts!  Memories are made by doing crazy, fun things though.  Most people take a quick pic of their deck from the comfort of their warm home.  I choose to mix green food coloring with water, put in a spray bottle, bundle up, write on my yard, get a ladder out and take pics.


The difference across the metro was dramatic.  Check out this...

While it was snow heavily in Maple Grove, it was just a wet commute for those in the south metro!

This weekend will see moderating temperatures and we should see temps in the 60's starting Sun-Mon and continuing through the next week.  It looks like we could see a rather large storm system impacting the area on Friday into Saturday of next week.  This won't have snow with it, that's the good news.  We could have some heavy rain and thunderstorms, but that's too far out at this point, just something I'm keeping my eye on.

Twin Cities Forecast
Thursday:  Mostly cloudy, high of 40.
Friday: Partly cloudy, high 45.
Saturday: Scattered showers, mostly cloudy. High 58.
Sunday: Mostly sunny.  High 64.
Monday: Sunny. High 70.
Tuesday: Sunny. High 65.
Wednesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. High 69.

Minneapolis Climate Averages for Thursday
Average high: 59
Average low: 38
Sunrise: 6:25
Sunset: 8:01

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