Powerhouse storm to supply heavy spring snow from Rockies to Great Lakes into early week
By
Brandon Buckingham, AccuWeather Meteorologist
Published Apr 11, 2020 11:20 AM EDT
On April 11, in Chelyabinsk, Russia, an abnormal but interesting way of disinfecting hit the streets: by using an aircraft engine.
A powerful storm tracking across the center of the United States into Monday will unleash bitterly cold air and heavy snow over the northern tier of the country.
The storm system also produced a severe weather outbreak across the South Sunday.
On Saturday, accumulating snow began to fall in Great Falls, Billings and Bozeman, Montana.
By the end of the day Saturday, Great Falls had set a daily snowfall record as 5.4 inches of snow fell.
Falling temperatures and snowflakes continued to expand south and eastward into the Front Range and High Plains into Easter Sunday morning.
It was a shock to the system in the Denver metro area on Sunday. Gone were the beautiful conditions with temperatures topping out at 70 degrees Fahrenheit during the day Saturday. Cold air surged southward, temperatures dipped below 30 degrees by Easter Sunday morning.
Similar conditions occurred along much of the Colorado and Wyoming Front Range and the High Plains on Sunday.
This graphic shows some of the highest snowfall totals from the storm as of 3:30 p.m. CDT on Sunday, April 12.
Travel in and around Rapid City, South Dakota, and the nearby Black Hills area was extremely difficult on Sunday as more than a half of a foot of snow blanketed the area.
Through the Easter holiday, accumulating snow will continued to expand eastward into the Midwest, including in Minneapolis and Rochester, Minnesota. As of 3:39 a.m. CDT, 5.4 inches of snow had fallen in Minneapolis.
As the storm system continued to intensify into Sunday night, heavy snow and localized blizzard conditions occurred across portions of the Midwest.
An impressive April snowstorm will continue to target the Upper Midwest through Monday.
Widespread double-digit snowfall totals are forecast across the Upper Peninsula of Michigan into Monday. Similar to the conditions expected across the Plains and Front Range, a powerful northerly wind is likely.
Marquette, Michigan, may end up with some of the highest snowfall totals from this storm system, with 12-18 inches predicted.
Accumulating snow will continue to target the Upper Peninsula during the day on Monday, with snowfall rates likely to be enhanced courtesy of Lake Superior.
Conditions will begin to calm down across the Plains and much of the Midwest on Monday as the storm system lifts into Canada.
In its wake, well below-average temperatures are forecast to encompass the center of the nation early this week.
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Powerhouse storm to supply heavy spring snow from Rockies to Great Lakes into early week
By Brandon Buckingham, AccuWeather Meteorologist
Published Apr 11, 2020 11:20 AM EDT
On April 11, in Chelyabinsk, Russia, an abnormal but interesting way of disinfecting hit the streets: by using an aircraft engine.
A powerful storm tracking across the center of the United States into Monday will unleash bitterly cold air and heavy snow over the northern tier of the country.
The storm system also produced a severe weather outbreak across the South Sunday.
On Saturday, accumulating snow began to fall in Great Falls, Billings and Bozeman, Montana.
By the end of the day Saturday, Great Falls had set a daily snowfall record as 5.4 inches of snow fell.
Falling temperatures and snowflakes continued to expand south and eastward into the Front Range and High Plains into Easter Sunday morning.
It was a shock to the system in the Denver metro area on Sunday. Gone were the beautiful conditions with temperatures topping out at 70 degrees Fahrenheit during the day Saturday. Cold air surged southward, temperatures dipped below 30 degrees by Easter Sunday morning.
Similar conditions occurred along much of the Colorado and Wyoming Front Range and the High Plains on Sunday.
This graphic shows some of the highest snowfall totals from the storm as of 3:30 p.m. CDT on Sunday, April 12.
Travel in and around Rapid City, South Dakota, and the nearby Black Hills area was extremely difficult on Sunday as more than a half of a foot of snow blanketed the area.
Through the Easter holiday, accumulating snow will continued to expand eastward into the Midwest, including in Minneapolis and Rochester, Minnesota. As of 3:39 a.m. CDT, 5.4 inches of snow had fallen in Minneapolis.
As the storm system continued to intensify into Sunday night, heavy snow and localized blizzard conditions occurred across portions of the Midwest.
An impressive April snowstorm will continue to target the Upper Midwest through Monday.
Widespread double-digit snowfall totals are forecast across the Upper Peninsula of Michigan into Monday. Similar to the conditions expected across the Plains and Front Range, a powerful northerly wind is likely.
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Marquette, Michigan, may end up with some of the highest snowfall totals from this storm system, with 12-18 inches predicted.
Accumulating snow will continue to target the Upper Peninsula during the day on Monday, with snowfall rates likely to be enhanced courtesy of Lake Superior.
Conditions will begin to calm down across the Plains and much of the Midwest on Monday as the storm system lifts into Canada.
In its wake, well below-average temperatures are forecast to encompass the center of the nation early this week.
Keep checking back on AccuWeather.com and stay tuned to the AccuWeather Network on DirecTV, Frontier and Verizon Fios.
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