The entrants are locked in with their estimates of the snowfall. Many of the “big names” have backed off from their dire warnings of a few days ago, although if you put your ear to the wall, you can hear a few meteorologists wringing their hands with thoughts of new records for snowfall. We’ll see. Here’s the official News Cut “Are We There Yet?” tracker.
And here are our final contestants for this round:
Meteorologist |
Prediction
|
Official
|
Belinda Jensen (KARE) |
10-13"
|
11.5"
|
Craig Edwards (MPR) |
14"
|
14"
|
Jonathan Yuhas (KARE) |
6-12"
|
9"
|
Chris Shaffer (WCCO) |
19-21"
|
20"
|
Erik Maitland (KMSP) |
6-12"
|
9"
|
Keith Marler (KMSP) |
10-14"
|
12"
|
Huttner, Paul (MPR) |
12-18"
|
15"
|
Paul Douglas |
8-12"
|
10"
|
Ron Trenda (WCCO) |
9-14"
|
11.5"
|
Patrick Hammer (KSTP) |
7-14"
|
10.5"
|
Dave Dahl (KSTP) |
8-14"
|
11"
|
National Weather Serivce |
16-22"
|
19"
|
Ian Leonard (KMSP) |
10-14″
|
12″
|
Remember these are projections for the metro area, as per the official rules.
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