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We should be getting a lot more data for this country over the next couple weeks(positive/negative tests, fatalities, etc). If we start getting more data that suggests the death rate is similar to the flu, or even a bit higher, there will be immense pressure to start sending people back to work.
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Obviously, we won't know how all of this will play out until it does, but my biggest fear continues to be the economic devastation we are inflicting on the country. If this goes on for more than a few weeks, it could get very bad.
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I picked up 0.72" of rain today. The heavy cells passed one county south of me tonight.
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A cluster of thundershowers just moved through my area. This was the first heavy rain I've seen since last year. The quick movement held the rain total to only 0.23".
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Today's lead system dropped 0.49" of rain on my yard.
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There should be some thunder in there on Thursday.
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At least we've hit 40º today. Unfortunately, the normal high is up to 48º. For the last month 40s have relatively mild, but now we need 50s or it's cold.
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Winter 2019-20 Medium/Long Range Discussion
hawkeye_wx replied to Hoosier's topic in Lakes/Ohio Valley
I wouldn't count out a bit of thunder around here on Thursday. -
Winter 2019-20 Medium/Long Range Discussion
hawkeye_wx replied to Hoosier's topic in Lakes/Ohio Valley
The rest of the month looks active, but kinda crappy. Next weekend looks cold. -
1.6" is my total. That boosts my season total to 31.0". The snow is already melting.
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I went out to eat for lunch. The restaurant was less busy than it typically would be at noon on Saturday.
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I'm up to 1.4"... a nice surprise. There is more snow moving in from central Iowa, but it will have more trouble accumulating because of the midday sun and warmer temperature.
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My season snow total just hit 30".
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I am seeing solid light snow. It is accumulating well on the grass. I need 0.6" to reach 30" for the season. I've been stuck at 29.4" for a month.
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Ditto.
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Winter got out ahead of the rush and canceled its season a few months ago.
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Winter 2019-20 Medium/Long Range Discussion
hawkeye_wx replied to Hoosier's topic in Lakes/Ohio Valley
The 12z Euro is north and stronger with the weekend snow system. The UK looks similar. -
0.81" of rain in my yard. I was looking forward to the first solid rain event since December, but so much of this rain was so light that it was barely noticeable from inside. It took about twenty hours to get 0.81". I'd like to skip forward a month or two when heavy rates, with lightning/thunder, are much more common.
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I am nearing a half inch as well. Most of the rain is very light. I don't think we'll make an inch here. I heard a little rumble just before 3am, but that's it. We will probably have to wait until April for any real thunderstorm activity.
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Cedar Rapids also made it to 70º.
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The storm just off the east coast today is expected to drop from the 990s to the 960s in only twelve hours.
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We reached 59º yesterday, as models suggested. However, the two previous days, and also today, we've been several degrees short of the expected high. It had looked like we were done with 30s, but today we're stuck at only 34º.
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I like to see people try to forecast winter, but the skill just isn't there. You may as well flip a coin, but err on the warm side.
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A couple robins also showed up here today. The last of the January glacier is finally melting off of the lawn. That glacier was pretty resilient. Because the January snowfall was glazed in ice, which make measuring future snow very easy, I left my snow boards deep under the snow. They are just now emerging.
