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  1. hawkeye_wx
    That's a pretty good snow swath considering the lead system sweeps away so much moisture.
  2. hawkeye_wx
    Models are now focusing on the lead system, tracking it a bit farther north. Unfortunately, while we are pretty cold now, the cold will be gone when the lead system arrives.
  3. hawkeye_wx
    Meanwhile, the Euro shows a moisture-starved clipper.
  4. hawkeye_wx
    Models are all over the place next week with both track and type of system.
  5. hawkeye_wx
    The Euro and UK both had 4-5+" in Madison. A couple other models were too dry and/or rainy. First thing in the morning, when it was snowing solidly in the Dubuque area and a nice plume of precip was aimed directly at the Madison area, it seemed pretty clear Madison was going to beat the NWS forecast of 1-3". Congrats. Over-performers are always nice.
  6. hawkeye_wx
    I'm itching for some lightning/thunder, but the temp was stuck at 34º all day.
  7. hawkeye_wx
    It's still snowing in Dubuque, so Madison appears to be in a pretty decent spot.
  8. hawkeye_wx
    -11 is tame for Dubuque. If you take away the 29th (leap year day), -11 was the mildest February record low in Dubuque. Yesterday's record low is -25. Remember, only two weeks ago, last year, Dubuque hit -31. Dubuque's record low on March 6th is still -11.
  9. hawkeye_wx
    Dubuque was able to set a new record this morning for the same reason. Strangely, while Dubuque's old record for today was only -11º, which seems pretty mild, Cedar Rapids' record today is -27º.
  10. hawkeye_wx
    This morning's UK is the only model that still has anything around here.
  11. hawkeye_wx
    My snow total is 1.7", right in line with what models suggested.
  12. hawkeye_wx
    I considered going out to clean off the wet stuff, because I know it's a real PITA to clean once it freezes. However, I don't feel like going out this late. Plus, I did not notice any real slushy layer, so it may be ok.
  13. hawkeye_wx
    I think I'm going to end up with around an inch, which is what I expected. The temp is quickly falling now... currently 23º. It is going to be rather brutal in the morning when I'm out shoveling (temp near 0º with -20º wind chill). The 2013-14 season had a lot of morning-after cleanups like that.
  14. hawkeye_wx
    Even though it didn't get as warm as expected, the snow here so far has been too light to overcome the marginal ground temp.
  15. hawkeye_wx
    00z Euro
  16. hawkeye_wx
    It's looking like maybe an inch here. Our snow season was well on track for avg to a bit above avg snowfall, but it has kinda petered out. Hopefully, some others can get something decent from the latest sheared-out system.
  17. hawkeye_wx
    You had better love winter if you're going to live in the Ottawa-Montreal-Quebec City corridor.
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    Meanwhile, the UK is trending southeast and weaker. It is not really trying to dig the northern stream west at all. It's just a broad, sweeping dig that doesn't allow anything worth a darn to spin up.
  20. hawkeye_wx
    It appears Iowa will need a bit of relaxation of the suppressive flow to get the storm up here.
  21. hawkeye_wx
    A ridiculous band of snow pushed through SD/MN overnight, producing up to 3"/hr. There are totals of 12" in a narrow band through Minnesota, including Mankato, while across the border in South Dakota up to 16" fell. Why can stuff like this never happen here? We are getting rain/sleet this morning.
  22. hawkeye_wx
    12z Euro
  23. hawkeye_wx
    We could definitely use some fresh snow. We are down to a few inches of dirty glacier.
  24. hawkeye_wx
    The Euro has now sunk the heaviest snow band away from MSP and into far northern Iowa. Decorah looks like a sweet spot, with less but still solid snow across Wisconsin. I'm not confident the southern-edge snow will accumulate very well. The surface temp from Cedar Rapids eastward into Illinois will be in the 30s.
  25. hawkeye_wx
    There was some decent spread, but tonight's model runs are converging on the IA/MN border region for the best snow.
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