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It appears much of Iowa is getting the rug pulled from under it.  You just can't get too excited until a storm is within 48 hours.

We've had two snow events already, totaling 3.2".  However, both occurred very late at night/early morning, so I've still barely seen any snow actually fall.

Up to 7.5" of snow fell west of Ottumwa.  That means there have been two 7+" snowstorms to my south in November.  I assume that's pretty rare.

That sneaky band of snow across southern Iowa today has dropped 4-7" from Ottumwa to a couple counties west of there.  This morning the nws was only talking about less than an inch falling in that area.

I received 2.7 inches overnight.  The ratio is about 9 to 1, so it's a moderately wet snow.  That puts my November total at 3.2 inches.

It'll be interesting to see what the nws and local mets do.  This morning they all basically said, "Nothing to see here", for the corridor through Cedar Rapids.

13 here this morning.

I picked up a half inch on the grass and deck.  The pavement is wet.

1 hour ago, cyclone77 said:

Looks like a dusting to perhaps a half inch for this area from tomorrow night's wave.  RGEM continues to be the most bullish, but it's starting to back off a bit, and trends may continue with that.  Friday's potential is still up in the air.  3km NAM continues to insist the main threat with that will be way out in southwest IA/northern MO.  That's considerably different than what the Euro and GFS have been saying.  Usually you would side with the high-res models at this range, but the consistency of the Euro and GFS is interesting.  Of course the 3km NAM has been consistent as well.  Guess we'll see which one blinks first.  At the least we should get some snow showers and flurries Fri afternoon.  

The GFS is no longer on board, having just shifted west.

12z Euro still showing a narrow swath of decent snow through Iowa from the clipper on Friday.

5 hours ago, dta1984 said:

Does anybody know what the fv3-gfs is?  Just noticed it on tropical tidbits.  

It's the new GFS.

My rain total from the current system is 1.33".

As cool as it would be to get dumped on in early November, I need a couple weeks to collect the neighbor's oak leaves for my garden.

The 12z euro is even better than that GFS map above.

Frankly, there haven't been too many memorable snowstorms here in Cedar Rapids.  I barely remember any before this decade.  I've never measured a foot.

The western edge of the clouds is from Waterloo to the Quad Cities, and that's where the highest gusts have been so far.

Waterloo: 52 mph

Cedar Rapids: 49 mph

Iowa City: 53 mph

Davenport: 49 mph

There are some nice reds in my neighborhood, but they're dropping quickly.  There is a nice, big, red maple outside of my bedroom window that has perhaps 1/4 of its leaves remaining.

Anyone know what kind of building code they have in the Marianas?

59 mph gust reported in Iowa City.

So far, much of eastern Iowa is seeing gusts to the mid 40s.  There are a couple 55+ reports from Waterloo to Mason City.

We had our first frost this morning.

I only saw a few flurries last night.  Our temperature is, again, lagging behind what the models suggested.  We are just now nearing 32 for the first time this season.  I'm hoping the brief time near freezing will limit the plant damage.

I should get my first freeze tomorrow morning.  However, the precip part of this system is passing north and south.

3-5 inches of snow has fallen in the Lincoln-Omaha area.

Omaha and Lincoln are getting pretty good snow this morning.  The NWS just upped Omaha to an advisory.