Monday winter weather

[chuckd4735]

3rd blizzard? Was that one a few weeks ago considered a blizzard? Or are we talking the Christmas Eve/Christmas Day one in western Iowa?

Dec 9, Jan 7, and today.

[Mrs.ISUFan22]

I love the working from home portion of my job - however I keep getting up and looking at this drift at the end of my driveway that keeps getting bigger and the thought that in an hour I must go out and clear this said drift so ISUFan22 can get into the garage.....I hate winter

[cstrunk]

3rd blizzard? Was that one a few weeks ago considered a blizzard? Or are we talking the Christmas Eve/Christmas Day one in western Iowa?

Well, 3rd blizzard for some places. I was in Ames for the blizzard during Dead Week. Home in southwest Iowa for the blizzard during Christmas. Back in Ames for this blizzard.

Was January 7th considered a blizzard? We drove back to Ames that afternoon/evening and experienced complete white out conditions for a good 20 miles on Highway 20 around Iowa Falls before we made it to I-35. That sucked.

And then there's the ice storm we had last week.

[garn91]

just curious on how they didn't at least think of, or mention limited visibility? 2-5" of fresh snow and known predictions of 30 mph wind, lead me to think, hhhmmm, might be a lot of blowing snow today. I don't pretend to know a lot about weather forecasting, and I know it can be really tough. They get a bad rap sometimes, but I am just suprised that I heard nothing of this at all this morning. I even said to my husband, what if this is like a blizzard with the wind and all the fresh snow????

As noted below, the NWS yesterday afternoon was alerting us to the possiblity of blowing snow this afternoon and as you will see, total snowfall was 1-2 inches. Even during the Christmas blizzard, it seemed like the NWS was riding a teeter totter when it came to snowfall predictions for Central Iowa.

I've always been fascinated with weather, but normally don't pay much attention to 5, 8, or 13 as they tend to "dumb things" down as well do the Des Moines radio stations.

POLK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DES MOINES
341 PM CST SUN JAN 24 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST
MONDAY NIGHT...

TONIGHT...WINDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW IN THE EVENING...
THEN LIGHT SNOW LIKELY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. LIGHT SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SNOW ACCUMULATION AROUND 1 INCH. LOW IN THE LOWER 20S. WEST WIND
15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF SNOW
80 PERCENT.
.MONDAY...LIGHT SNOW LIKELY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. VERY WINDY. SNOW
ACCUMULATION UP TO 1 INCH. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION 1 TO 2 INCHES.
HIGH IN THE UPPER 20S. NORTHWEST WIND 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 55 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW 70 PERCENT.

[Jack & Hilton]

Did Iowa State get a snow day with the interstate closed?

[garn91]

Looks like I-35 is now listed as "impassable" from the Huxley exit on North.

[clone2011]

Did Iowa State get a snow day with the interstate closed?

Nope, but usually in these situations professors are "encouraged" to accomodate students who can't make it to class. CyRide is still running in Ames, and the majority of students either live on a CyRide route and/or within walking distance. I walked to/from classes, and while it sucked it wasn't the worst thing in the world either.

[CycloneErik]

Looks like I-35 is now listed as "impassable" from the Huxley exit on North.

Interesting contrast.

On here: Impassable/closed down to Huxley: Iowa Department of Transportation Traveler Information

On here, all the way to DSM: Iowa DOT Travel Information Service

Either way, looks like no work tonight.

[ISUFan22]

Ugh...

[CycloneErik]

Nope, but usually in these situations professors are "encouraged" to accomodate students who can't make it to class. CyRide is still running in Ames, and the majority of students either live on a CyRide route and/or within walking distance. I walked to/from classes, and while it sucked it wasn't the worst thing in the world either.

I alway took CyRide during winter storms, and it worked out OK.

[Ms3r4ISU]

Did Iowa State get a snow day with the interstate closed?

Nope, but usually in these situations professors are "encouraged" to accomodate students who can't make it to class. CyRide is still running in Ames, and the majority of students either live on a CyRide route and/or within walking distance. I walked to/from classes, and while it sucked it wasn't the worst thing in the world either.

Classes at 6 and later are now canceled for tonight. News Service

[chuckd4735]

Ugh...

I love how the roads go from Travel Not Advised west of Iowa City/CR area to Wet just to the east of there.

[cstrunk]

You know it's a bad winter when ISU cancels classes for a whole or part of a day two times in one winter.

[CycloneErik]

Just waiting for work to cancel. Looks like they're holding on until the bitter end.

[BigDISU1]

Just waiting for work to cancel. Looks like they're holding on until the bitter end.

you really dont want to work tonight I can tell