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Another November track in late December.

The non-derecho weather I remember this year is... - Large hail hit far northern Cedar Rapids in April. I got some pea-nickel size hail. - Cristobal remnants tracked through eastern Iowa, something that rarely happens. - Long dry stretches through summer. Western and southern Iowa experienced severe drought. - Second straight October with a significant snow event. This year it was way back on October 19th. August 10th derecho... Obviously, the derecho is the big story this year. I was without power for ten days and without cable tv/internet for another week beyond that. With the leaves gone now, the tree damage really stands out. Most private land is cleaned up, but some hard-hit wooded areas around town are still a big mess of downed and shredded trees. A destroyed house near me was finally bulldozed a couple weeks ago. The destroyed apartment building farther sw hasn't been touched. Next year we'll have to get some roof shingles redone, plus I have to plant a new tree and rebuild half of the fence. I talked to the fence company a couple months ago and they said they had 5000 build/repair jobs to do. This was my backyard after the storm.

Hard cutter lifts rain up through Lake Superior.

We hit 53º before the front came through in the last hour. The Quad Cities area is 60º.

There is certainly potential at the end of the month. Something like today's Euro would be just fine.

Hey Ocean, greetings from your old home in the DVN area. Well-known long-time met here, Terry Swails, temporarily moved to Portland this year so he could experience Maine nor'easters. He is really loving today's snowfall.

Only 0.18" last hour at BGM.

BGM, how much snow were you expecting 24 hours ago?

It looks like a heavy downpour.

Half inch per hour? That's decent snowfall here in Iowa

I wish they had sent Cantore to BGM to witness/video this awesome snow instead of Bethlehem, PA to show us a sleet and dry slot storm.

I'm in Iowa and even I'm amped up following this incredible band over BGM in the middle of the night.

The Weather Channel sent all their people to southeast PA where sleet is ruining the storm. I'd love to see some live video from State College. I thought maybe they'd send Cantore farther nw.

Man, I'd love to be under the very heavy band that has been parked west and north of State College. That kind of thing is rare here in Iowa.

The Dubuque airport finished with a whopping 9.4".

My 4" of snow has a liquid ratio of only 6.3 to 1.

8" reported in the Dubuque area.

I received almost 4".

The rain/snow line really crashed south after sunset. Snow is coming down pretty good now and the grass is whitening.

Snow is beginning to mix in here. I don't expect any accumulation until after midnight when the defo band moves in.

Final Euro - 10:1 totals are likely inflated.

The rain/snow line should be parked over the CR/IC area all night. A few miles could be the difference between 1 and 4 inches. The HRRR has no snow in Iowa City until morning.

I'm sticking with 3" here, which would put me at about 10" for the season.

00z HRRR and NAM are both north and snowier. Perhaps the full sampling, with wave #2 now onshore, has something to do with it.

The latest HRRR is north and more robust with the snow band.