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  1. hawkeye_wx
    This system looked pretty good for days, but it was suppressed south and ended up a dud for much of Iowa. I only received some very light rain that totaled about 0.10".
  2. hawkeye_wx
    I'm very pleased to see the current chill will be short-lived. The Euro has 50s back to Iowa later this week and then 60s by early next week. The daffodils are about ready to bloom in my yard.
  3. hawkeye_wx
    We busted bad over here. Some of the models were pretty aggressive and DVN even upgraded us to a winter storm warning overnight. The result? 0.7" of snow. The cold air aloft was late. By the time it finally switched to snow, the heavy precip was already gone.
  4. hawkeye_wx
    The change to snow over here this morning is not going well. It was supposed to be all snow by now, but it's still just rain and sleet. I have not seen a flake. 3" is probably the best we could do now.
  5. hawkeye_wx
    I think 3-4" is much more likely than the 8+ the latest HRRR is predicting.
  6. hawkeye_wx
    The NAM is much different than the HRRR.... bupkis for me or cyclone.
  7. hawkeye_wx
    The latest HRRR would be the best solution for my area. Other models have shifted the snow nw. The afternoon NAMs removed nearly all snow from Cedar Rapids.
  8. hawkeye_wx
    This snow event is trending away from Cedar Rapids. It's looking like northern Iowa, southern Minnesota, and southern Wisconsin. I'll probably get rain and mix with an inch or two of sloppy snow at the end.
  9. hawkeye_wx
    Most models show at least low-end accumulating snow here. A couple days ago the heavy band was centered through Cedar Rapids, but it has shifted n/nw.
  10. hawkeye_wx
    I didn't get much rain from this as a weaker part of the line moved through Cedar Rapids, but we did get a very brief downpour. It's great to take a whiff of the mild, rainy spring air. I love that smell.
  11. hawkeye_wx
    So is the NWS just going to stick with the unusable garbage radar they've switched to? Why can't they just go back to the perfectly-adequate old radar, but simply switch from Flash to something else?
  12. hawkeye_wx
    The overnight warmth (55-60º all night) took care of any remaining speck of snow in my neighborhood.
  13. hawkeye_wx
    The Wednesday morning rain/thunder really fizzled for my area, instead tracking farther nw. All I got was a spritz. I'm hoping a decent line can solidify and move through this evening.
  14. hawkeye_wx
    It's becoming pretty interesting Sunday/Monday as the central plains bowling ball system ejects east and occludes. The GFS and GFSv16 are very aggressive with snow across Iowa. This morning's Euro wasn't bad, either. As the system moves east, while the deep moisture plume is still intact, the rain/snow line crashes south.
  15. hawkeye_wx
    After today's nearly-70º with strong wind, even the last snow piles are nearly gone.
  16. hawkeye_wx
    Iowa City has hit 71º. Cedar Rapids is 67º, still great. It appears it will be a while before we see temps like this again.
  17. hawkeye_wx
    Moline is officially 70º.
  18. hawkeye_wx
    The snow cover and southeast wind over northeast/east-central Iowa continue to play a major factor in temps. My yard is closing in on 60º.
  19. hawkeye_wx
    Today is the first day we finally make a big jump out of the 40s. We're expecting 60º.
  20. hawkeye_wx
    Officially, the snow here is gone. There is obviously still some scattered snow, plus the piles, but green is quickly expanding. My measuring spot had 18", now 0. Visible satellite still shows white in rural areas all around Cedar Rapids. The next two days should get rid of all of it.
  21. hawkeye_wx
    The potential big action mid next week has really sh*t the bed, as cyclone would say. Instead of a big slug of energy that slowly ejects into the plains and wraps up, it appears dominant northern stream energy will sweep through and shear everything out. Forget severe weather. Models now barely even drop any rain here.
  22. hawkeye_wx
    We hit the low 50s, but I'm still measuring 5" of snow in my backyard.
  23. hawkeye_wx
    The Cedar Rapids airport, still out in the reflective snow field in between CR and Iowa City, is only in the mid 40s, but here in the city we've hit the low 50s for the first time this season.
  24. hawkeye_wx
    I would also give this winter an A. The only thing we missed out on is a real big storm. We had several solid to good snow events, but the 8.5" in late December was the biggest. 10" is the line where we cross into high-end snow, but we only get one or two of those per decade. We haven't had one since 2015. We get heavy snow and we get long-duration light-to-moderate snow, but it's difficult to get long-duration heavy snow.
  25. hawkeye_wx
    I'm curious to see how high the temperature here gets today. The wind has switched to the south, but several models still keep us in the mid 30s. The Euro says 42º. DVN says 44º.
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