Tonight's Euro with a nice surprise for northern Illinois. It's very similar to other models with its shifting of the energy southward, but while other models have more snow focused on Iowa, the Euro is east.
The January temp departure graphic is deceptive. If I saw that before the month began I'd probably think it would be a lousy month. Instead, it was my second snowiest January over the last fourteen years, with consistent snow cover for the entire month.
An intense band this morning has my total up to 5.9". This morning's snow is high-ratio stuff. This is way beyond what I expected. We have a shot at 7".
I'm up to 3.1" thanks to a real nice band that has parked over Cedar Rapids for a few hours. While hlcater has been screwed down in Iowa City, up in Cedar Rapids we've done about as well as we could have.
How's this for a pattern? Big storm or not, tonight's GFS and Euro are bringing some very cold air down into the CONUS around this period, with high temps below zero across the midwest.
00z Euro next weekend
I'm up to 2" with the best snow of the night currently falling. One nice thing about getting a solid glaze before the snow is I can measure anywhere and not just on my snow boards.