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  1. hawkeye_wx
    The Cedar Rapids airport officially hit -12º this morning, but here in town only -3º. Most stations in the area were several degrees higher than the CR airport.
  2. hawkeye_wx
    Another good band of snow dumped some large flakes that added up to another 0.6", which boosts my storm total to 6.2". My prediction was 3".
  3. hawkeye_wx
    61.9"
  4. hawkeye_wx
    Yes, 07-08' was the first season I began to record all measurements and it is still my snowiest season.
  5. hawkeye_wx
    I measured an average of 5.6" on my snow boards. I thought we were done, but another good band is moving through now so my total will go up a bit. There is a 6.5" report from Marion (ne edge of Cedar Rapids) and a 7" report from the ne side of CR. This snow is mountain powder over here because the column was so cold. I have 12+" drifts that can be lifted with a shovel like a pile of feathers.
  6. hawkeye_wx
    The temp here is 9º, so the snow is light as a feather. While there are big drifts on my driveway, the snow in the fence-enclosed backyard is surprisingly uniform and easy to measure.
  7. hawkeye_wx
    I'm up to 5.1" now, with 1.1" over the last hour. A heavy band moved in before noon and hasn't moved.
  8. hawkeye_wx
    We are over-performing here in Cedar Rapids. I'm up to 4". The dry models were certainly wrong. It has been snowing moderately to heavily for four hours and that should continue for another hour or two.
  9. hawkeye_wx
    DVN just lowered Cedar Rapids to 2-3", but the heavy band over us has already produced 2" with several hours to go.
  10. hawkeye_wx
    Our event in CR is going surprisingly well. I haven't measured, but a moderate to heavy band has been parked over us for a while.
  11. hawkeye_wx
    The last couple HRRR runs have dropped our total down again, but it is too dry. It shows no accumulating snow til nearly 2pm, but the snow began at 11am.
  12. hawkeye_wx
    Models are really turding out over here. On the HRRR, the Omaha to Des Moines to Cedar Rapids to Dubuque corridor has fallen off the cliff on the north edge. Cedar Rapids is down to 2" while the others are <1". With that little snow, from only 0.1" precip, it may be difficult to even measure .
  13. hawkeye_wx
    The 00z NAM is quite a bit different for Iowa than the 12z... has really come back to Earth. The 3k NAM is drier for Chicagoland.
  14. hawkeye_wx
    12z UK (10:1)
  15. hawkeye_wx
    0.7" here today, just enough to require shoveling.
  16. hawkeye_wx
    Yeah, the Canadian is very weak and south. It predicts the western energy to be flatter instead of sharp and digging, so the storm's energy is just swept eastward with little amplification.
  17. hawkeye_wx
    The RDPS is well south of the NAM/Euro. The difference appears to have to do with the energy digging into the pacnw. The NAM/Euro dig the initial energy more southward and allow it to eject the Baha energy (our storm) out in front of it. The RDPS digs the initial pacnw energy more eastward so the Baha energy is held south and is unable to eject northeastward until the second piece of energy digs into the pacnw.
  18. hawkeye_wx
    The trend tonight is for the Canadian upper energy to be more suppressive and keep the midwest storm farther south.
  19. hawkeye_wx
    My snow total is 3.1". The liquid total is 0.48", so the ratio is lousy. It started out dry and cold with instant sticking and blowing. Now everything is soaking wet and it's raining. Kudos to the Euro for nailing this one for my area. From the start it had a colder atmosphere and a blob of 3-4" getting down to Cedar Rapids. Most models had little to no snow here until yesterday's runs.
  20. hawkeye_wx
    It would also be in the teens and very windy during this event.
  21. hawkeye_wx
    Whoa, the Euro is coming in hot and nw this run.
  22. hawkeye_wx
    1" here last hour, 2.3" total.
  23. hawkeye_wx
    Plenty of time, yes. However, there is a clear southeast trend on all models. The new Canadian has also shifted the heavy snow to my southeast... as did the 06z Euro.
  24. hawkeye_wx
    The GFS has now shifted the New Year's storm south, mostly in Missouri and Illinois. The southeast trend needs to stop or I'll end up with nothing.
  25. hawkeye_wx
    1.3" here so far, the first measurable snow of the season.
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