Happy First Day of Spring: Have some snow!

The vernal equinox occurred this morning at 12:48am, CDT.  So, however you cut it, it's springtime.  Meteorological spring started on March 1st as it always does, and astronomical spring began this morning.

Despite this astronomical phenomenon telling us that winter is over, a winter storm will begin to affect us tonight.  Looking at the latest data this morning, heavy snow potential is looking really good for southeast Minnesota.  At this point, 6"+ amounts are looking good for us, and those planning on doing some Easter travel Friday will have a rough go of it close to home.

I'll have more in-depth information on this storm after I get my forecast put together early this afternoon.

For now (10:20am Thursday, March 20th), the National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for tonight through Friday.  This will likely be upgraded to a warning this afternoon.