Gandolf the White Is Coming -- And We're Not Talking About TLOTR

Link to The Dickinson Press here.

A winter storm — named “Gandolf” by The Weather Channel — is set to pummel most of North Dakota and about two-thirds of South Dakota today, bringing with it barely above-zero temperatures that will hang around through the weekend.

Dickinson and the rest of southwest North Dakota is forecast to experience 4 to 8 inches of snow while Bismarck, Jamestown and the rest of the central part of the state is expected see between 6 and 10 inches, said Bismarck-based National Weather Service meteorologist Lindsay Tardif-Huber.

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In The Lord of the Rings, the guardian angel was referred to as Gandalf the Grey before his death; and Gandalf the White when he returned.