North Dakota: Check The Forecast; Global Warming Advocates: Check the North Dakota Forecast

This is quite incredible. KFYR, Bismarck, ND, is predicting up to, accumulation of snow, through Monday, 3:00 a.m.:

• Williston: 8 inches
• Watford City: 12+ inches
• Minot: 12+ inches
• Dickinson: 8 inches
• Stanley: 12 inches

Most of North Dakota, from Watford City to the Red River (boarding Minnesota) is predicted to have 12+ inches. It looks like west of Jamestown it may be even deeper. 

I can't speak for everyone in North Dakota, but I bet there are a few folks there who would appreciate a bit of "real" global warming about now.  That one-degree increase in global temperature rise over one century is just not cutting it.

I assume KFYR is now looking for past records to see if this new storm breaks any old records.

This is quite incredible. My hunch: the entire state is going to be shut down before the weekend is over.

By the way, most out-of-staters don't know but North Dakota traditionally does not get a lot of snow, particularly not in the west. If this much snow accumulates, this may be a record-setting winter for North Dakota, considering the depth and the breadth (the entire state). North Dakota's winters are cold and brutal, but not particularly snowy.

For out-of-states, quick: how thick is the ice on lakes in North Dakota and Minnesota? 29 inches. This picture was taken on a lake in Minnesota about a week ago so it will be a late spring in the eastern part of North and South Dakota this year.