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hawkeye_wx

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  1. My final snow slop total is 1.3". The liquid total is 0.56".
  2. We started as snow, but quickly flipped to mix for a while. Once we flipped back to snow much of the precip had lifted north. My mix/snow total is 1.1". The liquid total is over a half inch, so this stuff is super wet.
  3. Yeah, it's nearing 60º south of I-80, but only mid 40s at my house. The cell is weakening as it moves into CR.
  4. Tornado warning just sw of Cedar Rapids.... confirmed tornado.
  5. It's always fun to go from middle of the heavy band to little or nothing in 24 hours.
  6. 12z Euro - Trending stronger in the plains and weaker and north around here.
  7. Don't expect a bump southeast. In fact, the overnight models are trending nw. The Euro jumped nw significantly. Even the 06z EPS shifted most of the snow nw of Cedar Rapids. The heavy band is now Nebraska through northeast Iowa.
  8. This appears to be a typical Iowa "big" storm, which lays down a swath of 4-6".
  9. It sure is looking bleak. At first it was "maybe after the first week of January", then "it should flip mid-month". Now, we're hoping for something the final third of the month.
  10. The upper low moved through overnight and dropped 0.8" here.
  11. MSP has had incredible luck so far this season. Nearly every system has taken the perfect track. The current upper low could not have stalled in a better spot.
  12. I picked up 0.67" of rain overnight and this morning, a satisfactory total considering how inconsistent models were. It appears there won't be much model-watching for the next couple weeks.
  13. I remember the drought. While 2012 was, by far, the driest of the last fifteen years, 2022 was my second driest, just barely edging out 2021. We really need to ditch this la nina drought crap. Overall, it was a forgettable year, weather-wise. Edit: Of course, the Christmas cold and official blizzard here in Cedar Rapids was one of the bigger events in 2022.
  14. Yeah, we are over-performing big time... up to 59º.
  15. My December snow total is up to 7.4" and my season total is 10.1". Both are close to average.
  16. We started out with a wave of blah pixie dust last night, but the enhanced snow near the low this morning dropped beautiful, fluffy dendrites that piled up to 2.5 inches. The 4 inches of sugar a few days ago had a ratio of only 8.5 to 1. This stuff is 20 to 1.
  17. Light sugar after dark is always exciting to watch.
  18. 4 inches total here despite 0.47" liquid. That is only about an 8.5 to 1 ratio. I expected much higher than that given the cold atmosphere. The flake size was quite small throughout.
  19. Dang, dude. You've received my avg season total before Christmas, a heck of a start to winter.
  20. Our temp just fell below zero. It's actually not blowing that much, yet, so the snow is still measurable. I was at 3 inches at 6am, so I'll probably end up with 4-5 inches.
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