Those were some warning criteria winds today. Several locations well over 55mph multiple times. Cedar Rapids hit 64mph, Iowa City hit 63mph. MLI/DVN hit 57/56mph.
50-55mph wind gusts have arrived. DVN/MLI have gusted to 56/53mph. Cedar Rapids has hit 60mph. A stark contrast to the calm/dense fog environment we had at this time yesterday morning.
We had about a foot of snow a few days after Turkey Day back in 2018. Picked up a half inch of rain in the morning and switched over to very heavy wet snow. Best November event for snow I've ever seen here hands down.
Would be pretty cool for MLI to blow past last year's whole season total (8.2") with this storm. Would also be the 1st measurable snow of this new season as well lol.
Looks like it'll take another day or two to work out the fine details with this lead wave. Lots of moving parts. The large scale pattern really does support a high-end storm evolving out of this immediately following the lead wave. Hope we can sync things up properly to take advantage of it.
Definitely something in the works for this period. We just need the shortwaves to play ball and sync up properly. Nice to have something to watch for a change.
That late week system had been looking quite nice for several days on multiple models. A real shame to see it crap the bed across the board today. Next mirage storm coming around the 25th.