Some Minnesotans began to panic with the thoughts of a "historic" weather event that was supposed to happen in late February 2023. Here is how Minnesotans reacted to the storm on social media
While most places didn't see quite as much as was forecasted earlier in the week, there are still a few places that saw some snow amounts that made things challenging for people.
As of Wednesday night, a handful of flights had been cancelled out of the Duluth International Airport, with the possibility of more in the days to come.
Minnesotans are accustomed to snowstorms of every shape and flavor. Plowable snow? Ho-hum. But the storm brewing for Wednesday and Thursday may be a rare "crippling" storm capable of shutting down a wide swath of both Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Satellite data shows ice on Lake Superior at the lowest levels ever recorded as of February 15, less than 5% of the greatest Great Lake is frozen over.
La Nina has kept the Northland cooler than average for much of the last 3 years but that chilly bias in the Pacific may be giving way to an El Nino event later this year, which would imply much warmer conditions next winter. Much is up in the air, but the patterns are shifting.