You know you’re in for it

when the weather service starts couching their estimates in feet rather than inches:

ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY OF ONE TO TWO FEET STILL LOOK LIKELY…WITH THE LESSER AMOUNTS ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER AND THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER FAR SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ISOLATED AREAS OF AROUND TWO FEET ARE CERTAINLY POSSIBLE…WITH EVEN LARGER DRIFTS POSSIBLE. NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES ARE TO BE EXPECTED.

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