hawkeye_wx

We just got a burst of heavy snow that dropped 0.5", but the temp is 33º so it's a wet snow. However, a new squall just hit with very strong wind and near white-out conditions. It should be brief, though.

We only have 0.5-1.0" on the ground.

Wind is gusting to 60-70 mph in wc IA and ec NE. DVN has issued a blizzard warning for my area. I'm not sure we'll get enough snow to justify that.

UK backed off a bit, but it's still north.

Meanwhile, a few miles to your south we got a couple tenths at first, but, even though radar suggested good snow for the last couple hours, it stopped snowing completely. The southern edge snow must be drying up as it falls.

UK is way north, even getting snow into Iowa.

It appears the Bears game Sunday night, while cold, may be perfectly timed to have relatively low wind.

Kamchatka would be an interesting place to live. In addition to the extreme weather, it is also one of the most volcanically active places on Earth.

1.1 inches of snow here overnight, our first inch since mid December.

I really have not disliked the dry and mild conditions over the last couple weeks. It has allowed the street and sidewalk construction at the end of my street to be completed. I live near the end of a dead end street. They just installed a hammerhead turnaround, which will make it much easier for trucks to turn around, including snow plows. There was a port-o-potty on my property, which was finally removed yesterday.

Models continue to show little to no snow sw of the great lakes region through the end of January. Are the plains going to get any snow this winter?

I received 0.80" of rain this afternoon. As expected, areas just west/north got the 1+".

Most models have pushed the heavier rain northwest of me today as the dry slot really shoots up into eastern Iowa and nw Illinois.

The fog has really held down our temp this week. Yesterday, mid to upper 40s turned into 30s. Today, it's in the upper 50s in Ottumwa, but we are still in the upper 30s. It is finally sunny, but there is not enough time left to heat up too much.

The GFS and Euro have flipped with the late-week system coming from the sw. The GFS had widespread rain while the Euro missed well southeast. Now the Euro is wet and the GFS is suppressed and dry. The latest GFS doesn't have a flake or drop through Jan 20th.