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Just a small 0.3" snowfall today.

I've had four snow events already, totaling 11.4".  That's rare enough.  Even more odd, all four systems were all snow from the start.  This early in the season, if we get any snow at all, we often start with rain and then change to snow.

18 hours ago, Snowstorms said:

With the amount of controversy and criticism EC receives for YYZ's snow measuring techniques, this isn't surprising. 

I'd assume it has something to do with a lack of funding. But even then, Windsor is a major city in Ontario and this is unacceptable. 

Cedar Rapids, IA also no longer reports an official snow total.  There are plenty of spotters in town, though, so it's no big deal.  I'm just not sure how the NWS handles the records now.

Cedar Rapids officially only reached 14º this afternoon.  It was about 18º in the city.

4.5" at my house (0.37" liquid from gauge catch).  My three snow events this season have been 2.6, 4.0, 4.5.  I hope the trend continues.

Final Euro

I'm up to 1.4" so far.

HRRR is getting juicier for northern Illinois through southern Michigan.

It's snowing lightly here with decent size flakes.

3 minutes ago, cyclone77 said:

Fun little system to track.  Can't believe another quality event so early.  Looks like 4-6" looking more likely here.  If we can get a slight nudge south 6"+ isn't out of the question.

Yep.  Over the last twelve years, I have not had a single 1" snow event before mid November.  None.  Tonight will be our third 2.5+" event already this season... a very rare occurrence.

The latest euro has removed a third of the qpf back through Iowa after becoming wetter each of the last several runs.

12z UK

12z Canadian

The 06z guidance so far continues the gradual qpf increase and northward drift of the snow band over here.  Much of the guidance is in the 0.30"-0.40" range for us.  The HRRR is a dry outlier, but I'm guessing it will juice up as we get closer.

Our white Halloween has become green November 1st.  Halloween snow is like April snow... insta-melt.

I'm going with 3.9" total.  The snowboard, out in the yard, has 3.7" while the deck and car, close to the house, have 4.5".

My total for the week will be lower than many other spotters in the CR area, but we ended up doing as well as we could have.  The two systems dropped their best snow right through this area.  Farther north and west in Iowa, very little snow fell this week.  I'm sure those areas will surge past us once winter arrives.

Last hour I had 4-4.5" on the car, but only 3.5" on the snowboard and grass.

The final band of decent snow is about to move off to our east, so we are near the end.

Our temp has fallen to 29º, so the snow is now accumulating on the pavement.  1.5-2.0" has fallen in the CR area.  This morning, it had looked like 1.5-2.0" would be our total, but some decent bands got going early.  The snow should continue to pivot through the area all night.

I wonder how many times Cedar Rapids has received two 2+" snow events in October(or even two 1" events).  From 2007-2018 (the duration of my personal records) I only recorded measurable snow in October one time, and that was only 0.2".

12z UK has beefed up the nw edge a bit.

I finished with 2.5" on my snowboard.  The metal car has 2.8", but I'm recording 2.5".

1 hour ago, Jackstraw said:

I've got a huge sugar maple in my yard and that thing is just fabulous every fall with flaming red and bright fire orange (I also tap it for syrup).  This is the first year in the 7 years I've been here that its not stood out.  Still nice but definitely not up to it's normal grandeur.  I've noticed also  that the oaks and sycamores around here aren't performing at all.  Even the redbuds and tulips are going straight to brown.   There are patches of maples, especially up around the Wabash river valley that are putting on a show.  But for the most part  this fall isnt up to Bob Ross's standards 

My neighbor had a "Fall Fiesta" sugar maple planted in her front yard this year.  It has been a nice orange with some yellow and red.  It should be spectacular when it gains some size.  She has a large red maple in her backyard that turns red.

My total has jumped to 1.5" (assuming the car hood is an accurate measurement) just in the last 25 minutes.  That makes the rate over an inch per hour.

Getting some very robust snowfall here.  A solid bright green band, with a few spots of yellow, is producing a moderate to heavy rate with large flakes.  I'm sure I'm over an inch now.  We have a real shot at 2".

The first flakes of the season just began to fall here.

31 minutes ago, Natester said:

00z HRRR 10:1 snow totals for tomorrow's snow looks nowhere near as impressive.  Only a few areas reach 2 inches, with the exception of the Michigan pennesola.

The precip total (rain and snow) across the region is very dry on this run... much less than any other model.  It has only 0.05" in Cedar Rapids.  The Euro has 0.40" and other models are 0.20 - 0.30".