our car under 7 inches of fluffy snow!
Parts of Northwest Wisconsin are now buried under a thick snow pack. a band of snow formed off of a low pressure system to the south that was stronger then I forecasted. A localized band of heavy snow formed off the low, this snow band extended from St Croix Falls and Osceola east to Rice Lake and Chetek also, the band trained over the same area most of the day moving west to east. Very heavy snow fell at least half of the day in most areas where the snow band continued to train over the same areas. reports of up to 15 inches was reported in Minnesota, and reports of over 14 inches have come out of the 6 county area. Snow started about 3AM I thought the snow flakes in this system were huge! after 1PM the snow band began to sick south and weaken. this was definitely a strong winter storm! snow was even blinding for a time. 
Heavy Snow almost completely blinded this veiw of pine trees across the field you can tell how big the flakes are.
snow is still falling in some areas and may still accumulate not all of the reports are in yet, but here is a list of some Snow Reports: NW Rice Lake 14.25″ Trade Lake 12.0″ Osceola 8.50″ Grantsburg 8.0″Clayton 7.70″ Birchwood 6.0″ Menomonie 5.50″
before the wind picked up the snow was so fluffy and it was coming down so light that it even piled up on these apples still clinging to the tree.!
Awesome update, Derek! I am sure we will not get it as good as you did, but it is starting to snow here again. Even though the storm has been downgraded to an Advisory here I will keep updates on it (it was a Warning this morning).
So, what is more dramatic… a snowfall forecast for less then the actual or vise versa? 🙂