December 30-31 2006 Winter Weather Event
This storm presented many challenges for National Weather Service (NWS) forecasters, since this storm had a variety of winter weather precipitation types from heavy snow, to sleet and freezing rain, to just plain rain in the southern red river valley and west central
Snow fell to the north and west of an Aberdeen, SD to Lisbon to
The images below show what an all snow, sleet and freezing rain vertical temperature profile looks like in the atmosphere. Each of these temperature profiles occurred during this complex winter storm.
Snowfall Map ...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM RECENT STORM...
THE FOLLOWING ARE STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS RECEIVED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FROM THE DECEMBER 30-31 2006 STORM. THESE REPORTS ARE COMPILED FROM COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS...LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SPOTTERS.
FORMAN ND.............0.1 INCH
DALTON MN.............0.5 INCH
HAVANA ND.............0.5 INCH
ROTHSAY MN............0.5 INCH
FARGO ND..............1 INCH
WARROAD MN............1 INCH
11S HAWLEY MN.........1 INCH
RED LAKE FALLS MN.....1.5 INCHES
THIEF RIVER FALLS MN..1.5 INCHES
SABIN MN..............2.0 INCHES
HALSTAD MN............2.0 INCHES
VIKING MN.............2.5 INCHES
GREENBUSH MN..........2.8 INCHES
6SE MAYVILLE ND.......4 INCHES
ROSEAU MN.............5 INCHES
PEMBINA ND............5 INCHES
ARGYLE MN.............5.2 INCHES
EDMORE ND.............6 INCHES
HANSBORO ND...........6 INCHES
NWS GRAND FORKS.......6.7 INCHES
PETERSBURG ND.........7 INCHES
LANCASTER MN..........8 INCHES
CAVALIER ND...........8 INCHES
5NE SARLES ND.........8.5 INCHES
LANGDON ND............9 INCHES
COOPERSTOWN ND........9 INCHES
STARKWEATHER ND......10 INCHES
BINFORD ND...........10.5 INCHES