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The Euro has now joined the other models, showing the northern wave clearing out and leaving the southern wave behind. The southern wave then cuts north and wraps up.

We continue to see significant changes from run to run with the southern energy. The trend is certainly to slow it and dig it farther south.

The initial wave of snow appears to be aimed at northern Iowa, with just a bit here followed by mix and rain.

The models are certainly seeing the possibility of a robust southern wave cutting north somewhere.

Eastern Ohio Valley again?

This Euro run has secondary wave development, but it doesn't really wrap up until it's exiting into Canada.

Hmm.... just a bit of a difference. The UK is fast with the northern wave and pretty much just sweeps it through the region with no big low. The Euro dives a northern bowling ball south into the trough and wraps up a big storm (takes a northern track). UK

The front-end snow is vanishing for southeast Iowa and points east.

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.

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

It is pretty great over here today... about 60º here with mid 60s just sw, plus sun and no wind.

Interesting post-storm pattern on tonight's Euro... has a giant bowling ball upper low dropping straight south out of Canada and phasing with some strong Texas energy.

GFS is back on board the biggie... Indiana gets crushed.

If you live west of Chicago, there does not appear to be much to get excited about over the next 10+ days.

Big difference between the UK and Euro up in Canada. The Euro becomes much more detached from the northern stream, which allows it to wrap up much more than the UK. UK Euro

This morning's UK has trended similarly to the GFS... more positive tilt and east. UK is a total snow dud.

This morning's GFS is crap. Energy racing eastward across southern Canada dominates and pulls the whole thing into a postive tilt.

It's back on the Euro

Today's 12z Euro. (cue the sad trombone)

GFS now has an Otto-like storm developing behind Iota in the far sw Caribbean.