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hawkeye_wx

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  1. FWIW, the ICON has jumped a good bit more west tonight.... now tracks the low OVER Chicago, which brings the strong defo zone back into eastern Iowa.
  2. One thing I notice is, as strong as the storm is, the cold sector precip is not exceptionally intense. This probably has to do with the deep moisture being displaced off the east coast, not accessible by the great lakes storm.
  3. Not just that. The strong wind also blows and drifts the snow on the ground, compacting it. My measured ratio is always trash if the wind is strong.
  4. The Canadian has trended east this morning, so the GFS and Canadian are now similar with a biggie tracking over Lake Erie.
  5. The 00z op Euro still has a powerful blizzard, but it's about a state farther east/northeast.
  6. So far this morning, all non-GFS models (ICON/GDPS/UK) are wildly different. They are trying to dig the trough much farther west. Just check out the UK
  7. 2-3" of snow fell in central Iowa, but it really crapped out before reaching eastern Iowa. All I got out of this was a couple tenths this morning, which melted, and another dusting this evening.
  8. You needed a couple degrees lower and a couple more hours of snow.
  9. Wow, the 00z Euro is quite the fun run. A hybrid clipper closes off as it passes just south of Iowa/N.Illinois, then strengthens to borderline superstorm as it merges with more energy over the mid-Atlantic.
  10. Our big snow potential has diminished late next week because the trough is no longer digging south into the Rockies, but the brutal cold is still there on all the models.
  11. It's a supercell fest down south. Many of them are tornado-warned.
  12. Thursday's snow showers on the backside of the low will be our first flakes in a month.
  13. I only received 0.56" of light rain and drizzle from this system, at the very bottom of the model range. Tonight's strong wave will miss to the east. Some light backwash snow should whiten the ground a bit later Thursday.
  14. 0.64" of rain here, a decent December soaking.
  15. Next week's big storm is quickly turning into a Dakotas special.
  16. Models are suggesting a possible big storm early to mid next week. The GFS is surging warmth well north, but the Euro and Canadian are more blocky, which allows for a west-east track and ample cold air to work with.
  17. Two years of snow for many of us, in one f'ing day. That's just crazy.
  18. Wow! Part of me would love to experience this. However, I'm afraid the experience would ruin Iowa for me, forever. I would never be able to get excited about a solid 3-6" event or 1"/hr rate ever again.
  19. Overnight, we cooled well below freezing again and the second piece of the system moved across the area. I picked up another 1.1". My two-day total is 2.5".
  20. 1.4" here following the decent snow rates first thing this morning. Now, it's no longer piling up due to light rates and melting. It's about what I expected, a typical early-season teaser. It's nice to see white lawns and trees again.
  21. The first real snow of the season fell this morning from bands of showers moving across the area. It was nothing heavy, just light bursts. It only amounted to a trace or 0.1".
  22. After two days of 70s, we likely won't make it to 32º today. It's still in the upper 20s at 1pm.
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