Steady snow fell overnight Monday in Borderland and began to taper off Tuesday morning, but meteorologists say there is more where that came from.
As of Tuesday morning, about 5.8 inches of snow covered the ground with another 5-10 inches expected to fall by Thursday morning.
“Tuesday night will be considered the money time,” Carol Christenson, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Duluth told The Journal Tuesday morning. “That is when we’ll see the most snow.”
The blame for the snowstorm can be cast at a strong, low-pressure system making its way across the northern plains. Christenson said having low pressure storm systems similar to the one the area is experiencing is common for this time of year, however, because the system is so strong and “very deep,” it is moving at a slower pace and bringing more snow.
“The snow is very dense and hard to shovel,” she said. “It isn’t the fluffy, easy-to-move stuff.”
Still, the meteorologist urged people against letting the snow sit for too long because it’ll be followed by a blast of arctic air that may leave daytime highs barely above zero by the weekend.
“We’ll be seeing very cold temperatures later on this week,” she said. “It’ll be drawing extremely cold air south into our region making snow removal a challenge. People need to get out there and get this cleaned up as soon as possible.”
Christenson joked she could run out of adjectives to describe the cold that is on its way.
“It’s going to get really, really cold,” she said.
Temperatures are expected to start in the teens on Thursday morning before tumbling. Overnight lows could fall well below zero Thursday night with little warmup expected when the sun comes up Friday and into the rest of the weekend.
“There won’t be much of a warmup at all,” she said of daytime temps later in the week. “Temperatures will be below zero Thursday night...and even colder Friday night. And then Saturday will be well below zero. Basically, we’re looking at temps getting increasingly colder.”
