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Outlook for MN: First Snow Chances

Hello-

You have probably been hearing of snow chances on your local news forecasts… and yes, it is looking more and more likely.

Change happens quickly in Minnesota this time of year.  We can go from late season severe weather to early season snowfall like the flip of a light switch.  For those of you that didn’t know, South Dakota and Wyoming have already been blasted by some early season snowfall–measured in FEET.  Some places got upwards of 4 or 5 feet, with drifts that buried homes, and killed over 100,000 animals/cattle.  We won’t see anything like that, but the first couple of snowfalls always seem to generate some buzz–and certainly some unwanted excitement on the roads.

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