heavy snow warning

An addition to the 4-8 inches that was received around the area this past weekend, an on-going Alberta Clipper is bringing additional snowfall to the region this morning.

The Grand Forks NWS issued this just minutes ago:

1030 AM CST TUE DEC 4 2007  
   
..HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON  
  
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
HEAVY SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.   
  
SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON 
IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. TOTAL  
ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES BEFORE THE SNOW
TAPERS OFF BY THIS EVENING. ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED AND 
SLIPPERY AND THIS SITUATION WILL NOT IMPROVE DURING THE 
AFTERNOON HOURS... SO BE SURE TO ADEQUATELY PREPARE FOR THE
AFTERNOON DRIVE HOME AND CARRY YOUR WINTER WEATHER SURVIVAL
KIT.

For more information on winter weather advisories, please visit your local NWS web-site.

In other news, it also appears that records were set for snowfall during the 24 hours of Saturday, December 1st. Both at the Grand Forks Int'l Airport and at Hector (in Fargo):

...RECORD PRECIPITATION AND SNOW FALL SET AT 
HECTOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN FARGO AND GRAND FORKS 
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...  
  
A RECORD SNOWFALL AND PRECIPITATION FELL AT HECTOR 
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FOR DECEMBER 1. THE 0.67 INCHES
OF PRECIPITATION AND 7.4 INCHES OF SNOW RECEIVED BROKE
THE PREVIOUS RECORDS OF 0.48 INCHES SET IN 1909 AND 2.8 
INCHES SET IN 1985. RECORDS AT HECTOR INTERNATIONAL 
DATE BACK TO 1881.  
  
A RECORD SNOWFALL AND PRECIPITATION FELL AT GRAND FORKS   
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FOR DECEMBER 1. THE 0.18 INCHES OF   
PRECIPITATION AND 6.4 INCHES OF SNOW RECEIVED BROKE THE 
PREVIOUS RECORDS OF 0.07 INCHES SET IN 1972 AND 0.7 
INCHES SET IN 1990. RECORDS AT GRAND FORKS INTERNATIONAL 
DATE BACK TO 1941.