Snow Tapers After 8 PM (totals range from 14-18" across much of metro area)

A few reports of snowfall from today's storm as of 4 pm Saturday:

Oakdale: 20"
Menomonie, WI: 18"
Shakopee: 18"
Maplewood: 17"
Woodbury: 15.2"
Minneapolis (MSP International): 14.6" (as of 3:29 pm)
Hastings: 14"
Prior Lake: 14"
Lakeville: 13"
Edina: 12.7"
Northfield: 11.5"
Chanhassen: 11.2"
Hutchinson: 10.5"
Stillwater: 10"
New Hope: 10"

* Winds gusting to 36 mph in the Twin Ciies, visbility reported to be 1/4 mile at MSP - very close to blizzard criteria.
Marshall: sustained winds of 36, gusts to 45 (blizzard in progress).
Windom: sustained winds of 36, gusts to 41 (blizzard in progress)

** Most accumulating snow will be winding down by 7 or 8 pm. By then much of the metro will have 12-18", a few towns will be digging out from as much as 20", with 3-5 foot drifts.

*** Waking up to -12 F. Sunday morning in the metro area with a wind chill of -30. Predicted low Monday morning: -15, -20 Tuesday morning.