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  1. hlcater
    Going on something impressive with continuous snow depth here. 18" down in Hiawatha, 12" down here in IC. Continuous snow cover since December 29th and looks poised to continue well into February. Perhaps we can even add some to it before the real cold comes down. Here's hoping?
  2. hlcater
    Okay get this... my family measured 9.7!! inches in Hiawatha where they had a heavy band pivot over them for much of the night. I measured 4.2” in Iowa city. Honestly more than I thought I was gonna get.
  3. hlcater
    A very wet and slushy 1.1" of snow and sleet in IC. This is easily the worst snow event of the winter here by far. From starting as rain, sitting in sleet for far longer than forecast, and the drying of precip as we switched to snow, just unenjoyable all around.
  4. hlcater
    Nah, you guys will get 3-4 easy. Light snow will persist overnight and into the morning. Thinking even IC, which has been screw zone central so far with this system will still pick up 2.5-3" of snow through noon tomorrow.
  5. hlcater
    Now that we have switched, all our precip is rapidly drying out. This storm is going to be a significant underperformer. Just 15 miles to my north, it is ripping hard in a very persistent heavy band. I suspect it is producing some subsidence and causing returns to it's immediate south and east to peter out. Unbelievably bad luck with this one.
  6. hlcater
    After 39 years, the sleet has finally ended and we've switched to light snow, over 2 hours behind schedule. Not really expecting much more than 2-3" at this point. Good news is, we got a nice half inch of sleet to serve as a base!
  7. hlcater
    Iowa City is one of the last spots in the state to switch to snow. We just love to see that
  8. hlcater
    All sleet now in IC. Expecting a changeover to snow in 45min to an hour.
  9. hlcater
    Precip as of now is mostly sleet in Iowa City.
  10. hlcater
    80/20 mix of plain rain and sleet right now. Temp on my deck is 33.3. HRRR shows a fairly quick changeover here in a few hours, so we'll see.
  11. hlcater
    It also hangs the deformation zone over E IA for several hours early tomorrow morning. Which is why we see 6" as opposed to the 4" it would be otherwise.
  12. hlcater
    The reason Iowa gets totally screwed is that there's this inverted trough that extends northward to the MN border that wasn't previously forced to be there. This greatly strengthens the power of WAA, and in such a marginal situation, those few degrees were degrees we couldnt afford to lose. The CAMs have this feature, while many of the globals do not. Will be interesting to see who is correct. Gonna assume it's the CAMs.
  13. hlcater
    Lowering my IC call to 2". Expecting the majority of precip to fall as rain. Rain on top of 8" of snow, positively gross.
  14. hlcater
    Not seeing much reason to modify my 3" call for IC. Things generally look to start as rain here and transition to snow overnight. One potential wildcard in heavy rates forcing a switch quicker than anticipated, or more snow behind the low than currently forecast.
  15. hlcater
    Trend tonight has been a bit more rain than earlier runs for those west. As such, I'm gonna have a conservative first call of just 3" for Iowa City as I expect to lose a good 0.2-0.3 QPF to rain.
  16. hlcater
    What about the presence of existing higher ratio snowfall complicating things? That may even blow more than the falling snow, at least until it gets BURIED.
  17. hlcater
    Sign me up for the next one. Unironically might have to consider the prospect of chasing derechos now.
  18. hlcater
    12" is the number to break and, officially, has held since 1973.
  19. hlcater
    That's not true. GHD I and II both dropped double digits here.
  20. hlcater
    missed these takes buddy, welcome back!
  21. hlcater
    NE/SD/MN special. Looks like a classic wound up cutter.
  22. hlcater
    Can someone post the mean and members? Thanks in advance
  23. hlcater
    E IA and N IL should comfortably pass 1 month of continuous snowcover. Wonder when the last time that happened was. Has been awhile, that's for sure.
  24. hlcater
    Took an average of 7.6" in downtown IC. Family measured 6.8" in northern Hiawatha. CR was the local screw zone for this.
  25. hlcater
    Snow is about to resume in Iowa city. Hopefully these hang around through tomorrow as modeled and add a few more inches. 6” call for CR/IC is looking solid.
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