hawkeye_wx

My total is 11.0". This storm had a lot of good qualities. One negative is it was mostly light to moderate snow, with only a couple brief bursts of heavy rates, which is why I was not able to get to a foot.

I have 10.9 inches. Maybe I could squeeze another 0.1 out of the last light band.

Looking at my records that go back to 2007, I had never even come close to getting double-digit snow in November, until this year.

Yeah, but that stuff will be very light and gradually lift north as it moves east. The latest CAMs have about another inch falling here over the next four hours.

The nice, fluffy flakes from the recent heavy pocket boosted my total to 10.2 inches. Unfortunately, that was it for the good snow, so once again I will not get a 12" storm.

A pocket of yellow just popped over CR, which should help get me to 10". Large flakes are dumping.

I just measured 8.4 inches. The final batch of good snow is moving through now.

Just measured 7.1" in my yard. The heavier snow ahead of the low has moved in. The flakes are still small, but they are dense.

Snow accumulation has been slow for much of the morning due to light rates and poor flake quality. The best snow is just now getting in here ahead of the low. Reports around CR/IC say about 7", which is probably what I have so far. I had 5.7" a couple+ hours ago.

Winners and losers so far. Parts of southern Iowa are getting hosed by a persistent dry pocket that models absolutely did not show at all.

One real nice thing about this system is the wind is actually going to drop through this afternoon as the low passes by to the south and some of the best snow moves in. This should lead to an efficient ratio as the snow won't blow around.

4.2" here as of 7:15am. The heaviest snow so far, with good-quality flakes, just popped over us. The winners so far have been Fort Dodge to Waterloo, where 8" has fallen. Southern Iowa has been stuck in a big dry pocket this morning, which models did not forecast. My ratio so far is 11.3 to 1, so not bad. The wind is not bad, so the snow in my backyard is very uniform, which I love.

12z Euro... doesn't get much better for Iowa.

The CAMs were already holding steady with the high-end snow totals and now the lower models are coming up. This is looking like maybe a 10" floor for my area.

00z Euro... This is about as locked into 8+" as my area ever gets.