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hlcater

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  1. One of the more impressive ground blizzards I have experienced. Maybe even the most impressive. Only times I've experienced lower visibility had snow actively falling.
  2. Visibility down to 0.38 miles imby just outside of Cedar Rapids. It’s really blowing out there.
  3. 2.2" from the first wave slightly outperforms guidance.
  4. Looking at the guidance tonight, receiving most of our snow from FGEN and not the primary low may end up being a blessing in disguise.
  5. Euro is a glorified frontal passage out here. Good lord.
  6. We still may see blizzard conditions with the arctic front, but anything truly noteworthy (like that is still talked about years later) for our area is probably off the table. What is interesting is that the low track actually ends up being quite favorable, it's just that on these runs tonight, the surface low is hardly existent as it transits IL.
  7. Trends pretty terrible for those west of the lakes tonight. Hard to get a good storm if your low doesn't deepen until E MI. First call 3-5" with some wind afterward. (I'll clarify by saying at this juncture I am confident in at least 3-5", not that we cant potentially get more)
  8. This is a bit of an overperformance. 1/2” down and perhaps 1-2 more to go.
  9. Regardless of eventual placement, the trend to wrap up slower likely prevents Iowa from cashing in on something truly special.
  10. Could see much of the sub under blizzard warnings with this one. Recent snowfall (or ongoing snow?), combined with single digits above and below zero and 50-60mph winds is gonna create life threatening travel conditions region wide. All at the worst time of year.
  11. You seem pretty invested for someone that is “not invested”
  12. Probably also the fact that the cold side of this system is (very) cold. There is 0.30 of 6H QPF falling behind the arctic front with wind gusts of 40-50mph. It really reminds me of that system a few years ago with the flash freeze and snow falling behind the crashing front which was admittedly some of the worst winter wx conditions we've seen in recent years, despite only getting 4-5" of snow.
  13. I will say what a refreshing pattern running up to Christmas. Consistent cold, multiple snow chances one of which could be significant, and these conditions are fairly widespread across the sub. Something we really haven't seen in the past decade.
  14. That low in Arkansas was about to go ballistic. Probably a historic bomb if the end of the run was allowed to play out
  15. There were a few flakes mixed in as well. I estimated it to be something like 70/30.
  16. Nah we’ll get more when we’re clocking 4”/hr in the death band
  17. Fall colors are really vivid this year. Paint Creek in NE IA
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