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I'm guessing I've lost about 4" of the 18" in the backyard.
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Upper 40s here in town this afternoon. The formerly ice-clogged gutters and downspouts are now flowing with water.
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It rose to the low 40s here in town. Once I removed most of the snow, the remaining snow and ice on/in the edge of the roof and gutters melted quickly. Cedar Rapids hasn't officially hit 40º since before Christmas.
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I grow a beard, but there's a point when it begins to itch and it becomes annoying when my head is laying on the pillow. So, I cut it down to stubble and let it regrow again. I don't want a big, gray beard, anyway, so shorter is better.
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With the melt about to begin, my peak backyard snow depth this morning is 18". The 8.5" late-December snow is now a hard, compact crust at the bottom. This morning I cleared the snow drifts away from the edge of the roof so the thick ice in the gutters can begin to melt.
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My 2.5" of graupel/snow melted down to 0.35", so the ratio was a lousy 7:1.
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I finished with a respectable 2.5", within the model range. This is my biggest snowfall since Feb 4th.
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1.9" here, at least half of it having a Dippin Dots texture.
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9-10" has fallen from Omaha north/northeastward. Unfortunately, it appears this will come at the expense of my area. The good snow is lifting northeast toward Waterloo while I've been stuck with just graupel so far. The HRRR continues to dwindle the event over here.
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00z Euro
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00z HRRR
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Yep. It's my fault for not paying attention earlier. The snow was only three inches below the top of the fence, plus rabbits may even be able to get through the larger squares toward the top of the fence. This afternoon I shoveled a bunch of the snow away from the fence.
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Overnight, a rabbit got over the protective fencing (deep snow) and shredded the bottom of my arborvitae. I began installing the fence each fall after rabbits ruined the original arborvitae during the record snow season of 2007-08. Unfortunately, the lower growth does not recover once rabbits eat it down.
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Having been a victim of the derecho, I'm not itching for more severe storms. A solid number of garden-variety storms this year would be ideal.
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GFS/GFSv16
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00z NAM/3kNAM... pretty meager outside of northern Iowa into se MN.
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Today, this system dumped over a foot of snow in southern Arkansas.
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It has been a good winter here, but it continues to be very difficult to get a double-digit snow event. The 8.5" I received from the storm at the end of December is my highest total since Groundhog Day 2 in 2015.
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Feb 12-14th V-Day Weekend Potential Stuff
hawkeye_wx replied to Chicago Storm's topic in Lakes/Ohio Valley
1.1" of very cold, dry powder here. It's difficult to get a lot of snow when it's -6º. -
After tonight's weak wave, I may be around 50" for the season. The Cedar Rapids record is ~61" (I tied this in 2007-08). I need one more late-winter biggie.
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Feb 12-14th V-Day Weekend Potential Stuff
hawkeye_wx replied to Chicago Storm's topic in Lakes/Ohio Valley
The prospect for anything more than another 1-2" fluffer has dwindled for my area. It's still better than nothing, though. It may be the last snow I see for a while. -
Once the pattern relaxes and the wind switches to the south, the wind will have to pass over a lot of snow-covered ground before reaching our area.
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Winter 2020-21 Medium/Long Range Discussion
hawkeye_wx replied to Hoosier's topic in Lakes/Ohio Valley
Those of us in Iowa and MN will need a pattern reset to get any additional significant snow. -
The Euro runs, a day or two ago, that showed snow getting pulled back into Iowa were just a tease. The PV lobe is going to hang around longer and put the kibosh on that scenario.
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I picked up 1.3" later this afternoon into evening. 2-4" fell just north.
