Midweek snow storm

**stateofmind** · 12-19-2012, 03:50 PM

Originally Posted by Cybirdy

No precip in Ames as of 3:15pm. We have an orthodontist appointment at 4, hoping it holds off a few more hrs. Hubby commutes to DSM, would like his commute home to be uneventful as well. Both of my girls' teachers moved activities planned for tomorrow to today in anticipation of no school. Hubby has also been told (by me) he won't be going to work. His boss took off for vacation last week so not many people in the office anyway. I'm pulling the "I'm 30 weeks pg, you need to be home" card. May pull it out a few more times in the next 10 weeks when the weather is bad. I hate his commute in the winter and he no longer has a heavy SUV with 4WD.

Because you are a caring Mom, or at least one to be. I Don't want to derail a perfectly good stormaggedon thread. You appear to be a good Cyclone. And I'm a mature adult... yeah right. I'm going to let the rolodex of jokes slide on this one. But let me tell you, with my younger self, I would have you rolling at the stuff I'm filtering out...

**SuperTrooper** · 12-19-2012, 04:06 PM

WOOT!! We are #3 in most flights cancelled to a destination today!!! I'm only excited about this because I'm going nowhere. If the storm around the 26th cancels my flight to Vegas, I'm going to be uphappy!

FlightAware

**cyinne** · 12-19-2012, 04:09 PM

Its started raining here in Lincoln at 12:15 or so. Started to switch over at 2:00 and is now all snow and it is just begining to collect on the grass.

HERE WE GO!

**CyOps** · 12-19-2012, 04:10 PM

A lot of people complain about the weather but nobody ever does anything about it.

**cyclonefan1983** · 12-19-2012, 04:12 PM

Mesoscale Discussion for the Blizzard..

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/mcd2177.gif

**ianoconnor** · 12-19-2012, 04:15 PM

It was nice knowing you all.

**LutherClone** · 12-19-2012, 04:16 PM

Originally Posted by cyclonefan1983

Mesoscale Discussion for the Blizzard..

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/mcd2177.gif

What is this Mesoscale you speak of?

**bringmagicback** · 12-19-2012, 04:21 PM

Originally Posted by cowgirl836

I was home-schooled

This explains so much.

**Bader** · 12-19-2012, 04:22 PM

Originally Posted by LutherClone

What is this Mesoscale you speak of?

I assume some form of measurement made by Gungans

**cowgirl836** · 12-19-2012, 04:24 PM

Originally Posted by bringmagicback

This explains so much.

**cyclone87** · 12-19-2012, 04:32 PM

Originally Posted by LutherClone

What is this Mesoscale you speak of?

There are different scales (length, time, etc.) that meteorological phenomena fit into. Mesoscale is generall on the order of 10s to 100s of km in length (horizontal dimension) and hours to maybe a day for time scale

**theshadow** · 12-19-2012, 04:36 PM

Originally Posted by CyOps

A lot of people complain about the weather but nobody ever does anything about it.

E-mail JP.

**Isuska** · 12-19-2012, 04:36 PM

I've got a snow rain mix one block East of Living History Farms

**CyOps** · 12-19-2012, 04:40 PM

Originally Posted by theshadow

E-mail JP.

I would but the more I look at this storm, the more I think that its running out of gas.

**stateofmind** · 12-19-2012, 04:41 PM

Ankeny is getting some sizable flakes that are accumulating slowly on roof and grass. First part of precip here, so that bodes for more total inches I'd say. What's really cool is to see it coming down from the East, knowing the storm is coming from the West.