Mondays/Tuesdays snow event. Much less then expected, but still a fair amount.

Backyard snow trails and nearly covered shrubs with one of the deepest snowpacks I can remember-December 21st


We just got done with a winter storm which hit the Upper Midwest and local region. This storm produced 2.50 to as much as 5 inches of snow in some areas, Even with this there were far less

snowfall accumulations then was expected of this storm. Which was not a bad thing since most areas have 2 feet or more of snow on the ground, But to describe what happened a friends mentioned to me a large stubborn high pressure forced the heaviest totals in southern Minnesota and he explained that was the reason the snow did not turn out to be as high as the could have been. A low pressure and warm front is what caused the snow, which first started Monday afternoon light and the slowly became a bit heavier by evening, but 12AM the heaviest was already over, but light snow continued through much of the night temperatures slowly rose through out the night and made it to the upper 20s by morning, freezing drizzle began falling which accumulated enough to cause a few travel issues.

Overall accumulations were minor with this storm, but it was just enough to re whiten the already major snowpack covering Western Wisconsin just in time for Christmas. I now have over 2 feet of snow on the ground, with a snowcover of around 25 inches, to compare how deep the snow is, the bushes in the photo about are 3 feet tall and 75% of them covered! I would also like to note I've broken my stations 3 year record highest snowfall total for December with a total of 26.50" so far this month alone, and the first day of calender Winter started today!

Snowfall reports.

The highest snowfall accumulations were in Eastern Washburn county, with reports in Sawyer county near the Washburn county boarder as high as 7.80" near Hayward, The lightest totals occurred in southern areas.