2/24 weather thread

We have a light blanket of snow here in Indianola. Utter chaos out there. Cats and dogs sleeping together. It's horrible. Don't go out if you don't have to.

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Originally Posted by Bobber

Nothing up this way yet.

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The way I see things unfolding if your north of Highway 30 you probably won't receive more than flurries.

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Originally Posted by Iastfan112

The way I see things unfolding if your north of Highway 30 you probably won't receive more than flurries.

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It is snowing pretty good here in Cedar Rapids right now. Or were you talking north of 30 in central Iowa?

interstate 80 Southwest of Omaha is basically a no go. Had to get a Hotel room.

Nothing in Clive. We are going to dodge this bullet looks like. Now to get through Friday night and Saturday with minimal to nothing for accumulation.

Wow that was a whopper.

The models were predicting a few inches in Des Moines, and nothing in Ames. What the models didn't know was that Paul Rhoads would be traveling to Des Moines for the recruiting party, and obviously snow is afraid of Paul Rhoads.

another accurate forecast - KCCI had predicted 4" for DM area.

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Originally Posted by CyPride

another accurate forecast - KCCI had predicted 4" for DM area.

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Yeah, they blew it. The snow wasn't anywhere close to DSM. :jimlad:
http://addins.kwwl.com/blogs/weather...ar-444x250.jpg

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Originally Posted by chuckd4735

The models were predicting a few inches in Des Moines, and nothing in Ames. What the models didn't know was that Paul Rhoads would be traveling to Des Moines for the recruiting party, and obviously snow is afraid of Paul Rhoads.

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Paul Rhoads > Chuck Norris

I woke up this morning expecting to see snow but thankfully saw none

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Originally Posted by c.y.c.l.o.n.e.s

Yeah, they blew it. The snow wasn't anywhere close to DSM. :jimlad:
http://addins.kwwl.com/blogs/weather...ar-444x250.jpg

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Predicting 4" and getting 0". I guess you are right.

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Originally Posted by CyPride

Predicting 4" and getting 0". I guess you are right.

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The forecast busted by 20-30 miles, Knoxville which isn't very many miles SE of the metro got 6 inches. Part of the reason the forecast likely busted was the very nice frontogenetic band that did form just to the south of the metro, these bands cause very nice snowfall totals in the area they travel over but tend to cause subsidence outside these areas, especially on the already "dry" side of the system further impinging on snowfall totals.

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Originally Posted by Iastfan112

The forecast busted by 20-30 miles, Knoxville which isn't very many miles SE of the metro got 6 inches. Part of the reason the forecast likely busted was the very nice frontogenetic band led by Paul Rhoads that did form just to the south of the metro, these bands cause very nice snowfall totals in the area they travel over but tend to cause subsidence outside these areas, especially on the already "dry" side of the system further impinging on snowfall totals.

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Fixed.