I picked up 0.6" in the first hour. Solid heavier returns have moved over Cedar Rapids, so I expect the rate will increase to 1"/hr. The visibility has dropped just in the last five minutes.
Will the warm flip back to cold again(and then back and back and back) or is the warm going to stick?
Last winter lasted five weeks. Maybe this winter will last two weeks.
The GFS, today, has trended toward sharper upper energy, which causes the surface feature to extend up into Minnesota. It seems a bit weird. The other models are not doing this. Any thoughts?
12z GFS is a bit colder initially, but still ends up far enough north to bring light rain to my area. The 12z Canadian is like the 00z Euro, keeping my area in snow throughout.
If we get any snow out of this, it'll probably last five minutes before changing to sleet and freezing rain. Northern Iowa into MN/WI is a much more favorable area.
Yep. We needed a few things to go right, but instead they all went wrong. Oh well. At least it was interesting to follow for a week. Maybe we'll have better fortune over the next month.
I'm a couple miles west of downtown Cedar Rapids and it has been raining here for quite a while. I certainly wasn't expecting 4+ hours of freezing rain. There are a few pingers, but it's mostly rain. Everything is glazed in ice and icicles are dangling from things like the bird feeder.