What I don't get is why the heck DMX issued a watch for freakin' Ames and Des Moines. By the time this watch was issued, I don't think a single model had more than an inch of snow falling there.
It seems the UK was the only model to see early on that the two waves would be too far apart. The other models are finally seeing it.
The Euro may be the king, but it's the king of Turdistan. It has been just about as bad this winter as every other model.
The GFS has shifted east. It appears this system may not phase in time to hit Iowa, outside of the far east/southeast. The darn lead wave is 3-6 hours too fast.
The Euro basically just trended halfway to the UK. ARGH.
It is a bit faster with the lead wave and slower with the trailing wave. That's all it takes to ruin/delay the phase.
The NAM is not the only model trending south. The ICON has taken most of Iowa and Wisconsin out of the snow. It has not just shifted south, but there is more distance between the waves and less/weaker phasing. I hope the ICON is not worth taking seriously.
That's exactly what I thought. At first glance, it looks like your typical "southern Iowa is mild, northern Iowa is cold behind the front(or still stuck with deep snow)" map, but then you realize the "cold" is 60º.