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A nice snow squall would have been nice, but with a temp of 40º here it is falling as rain. It'll probably finish as a bit of snow, but it shouldn't amount to much.
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Worsening drought in the middle of winter is not good. I hope this doesn't continue into the warm season.
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Models have been showing this for a while and they are all pretty consistent. Unfortunately, that means consistently showing mostly light mix around here with only a bit of light snow at the tail end. It's looking quite good for our Minneapolis area members.
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Some models had pushed all precip southeast of Cedar Rapids, but scattered patches of sleet and light snow are moving through the area... enough to coat the pavement and cause DVN to issue an advisory.
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We got into the low to mid 40s today. There is still plenty of scattered thin snow cover, but bare ground is expanding.
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Being teased with significant snow for days only to have the rug pulled out at the last minute is WAY worse than being out of it early. Each of the last two big systems I was confident I was completely out of it with four days to go, so I was able to relax and not worry about anything. Getting missed is no big deal. It's a dud winter. I posted before winter that my area was due for a dud. It happens. There will be other winters, other storms.
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It has now been one month since my area has even been teased by a decent event (being in the good snow 6-7 days out doesn't count). I've received 0.9" of snow over that period. It's not easy to get <1" from mid January to mid February.
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0.4" of snow here overnight... my biggest snow event in four weeks.
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This one is about gone for Iowa. It's a repeat of the last storm. It looks good early, but then the energy tracking eastward along the Canada border trends stronger and stronger and ends up sweeping everything south and east of the upper midwest. Two days ago the Euro and GFS both had widespread 2+" of precip across Nebraska and Iowa. Now, not even a flake or sprinkle in Nebraska and nothing outside of far se Iowa.
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Next week's system is the second straight big storm caving south of Iowa. We got no snow before December 28th and essentially nothing after January 16th. What the hell kind of winter is that?
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Last storm, around 5 days out, the GFS was trying to hold onto a big snow for Iowa while the others caved south. Today, about 5 days out, the GFS is trying to hold onto big snow for Iowa while the others have caved south. I'm certainly not optimistic and I won't be expecting anything unless it looks good Sunday.
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First rain of the year here as well, adding up to 0.08".
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I won't complain if we get a big snowstorm over the next month, but I'm ready for thunderstorms, or even a nice 1-2" stratiform soaker.
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Today's Euro is surging 50s into our area early next week. That would feel great after a consistently cool to cold January and early February. Our snow may be nearly gone by mid month.
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I picked up a quick quarter inch from a snow band moving through eastern Iowa last hour. It's not much, but it was nice to see some solid snow again.
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The map is using spotter reports up through 9:45am EST. Perhaps it'll be more accurate later once all the snow is finished and all reports are in.
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Is this one better?
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Yep, we've had snow on the ground since late December.
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Here's a map updated at midnight.
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Those of you about to get 12+ inches over 36 hours, how often will you be clearing your snow boards?
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Nah. I'm interested because it's a big storm within the subforum, but it has little chance to drop much snow up here.
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I recorded 10.5" for that storm.
