Weather thread needed for 1/9-1/11?

[jsb]

I'm trying to get to Dallas today. My 10:00am flight was cancelled and the 11:50 flight was cancelled.

They put me on the 4:40 flight was is still on, but the 6:05 flight was cancelled.

I'm not optimistic that I will be in Dallas tonight (at least without heading to Chicago first)

 

[Wesley]

Friday night the family and I drove from Clive to Waterloo, holy crap. This was the first time in years I have been truly scared. I was driving on highway 20 and had to stop several times. Everything was pretty much fine until highway 20. I think it only lasted about 25 miles but going 15 MPH and having to stop because you could not see anything in front of your hood is scary. My 4 year old was hiding under his blanket and told he was praying because he was scared.

I never want to go through that again.

Which way was the wind blowing? Was the road covered?

 

[ISUAgronomist]

I'm trying to get to Dallas today. My 10:00am flight was cancelled and the 11:50 flight was cancelled.

They put me on the 4:40 flight was is still on, but the 6:05 flight was cancelled.

I'm not optimistic that I will be in Dallas tonight (at least without heading to Chicago first)

Good luck. Snowing in Dallas today and chances of freezing drizzle tomorrow.

 

[Ace000087]

Snow here in Fort Worth, LOL.

 

[jsb]

Good luck. Snowing in Dallas today and chances of freezing drizzle tomorrow.

If I could get out of the whole trip, I'd be really happy. But what I think will happen is that I will get to Chicago tonight and then either get stuck there or get in after midnight to Dallas.

 

[Iastfan112]

Travel will be more difficult than usual with this storm but it's not likely to be a crippling deal because of the slow accumulating nature of this storm. The only exception is far western Iowa if they end up getting a foot of snow like shown possible, a foot of snow, even over a couple days is going to be quite problematic.

 

[MNCYWX]

Travel will be more difficult than usual with this storm but it's not likely to be a crippling deal because of the slow accumulating nature of this storm. The only exception is far western Iowa if they end up getting a foot of snow like shown possible, a foot of snow, even over a couple days is going to be quite problematic.

I see my friend here has this one covered, so I defer.

 

[theshadow]

the models have trended a bit moister

I'll take "things that are dirty out of context for $400".

 

[Iastfan112]

Just a WWA for western and central Iowa, its a borderline WSW and from the way things looked I think DMX NWS decided since Omaha office already had WWA up to stick with that, my guess is somewhere in western Iowa some good snow bands set up and you end up seeing a Winter Storm Warning issued for a small area, similar to the storm right around Christmas.

 

[kingcy]

Just a WWA for western and central Iowa, its a borderline WSW and from the way things looked I think DMX NWS decided since Omaha office already had WWA up to stick with that, my guess is somewhere in western Iowa some good snow bands set up and you end up seeing a Winter Storm Warning issued for a small area, similar to the storm right around Christmas.

So they really dont know what it is going to do.

 

[FDWxMan]

Just a WWA for western and central Iowa, its a borderline WSW and from the way things looked I think DMX NWS decided since Omaha office already had WWA up to stick with that, my guess is somewhere in western Iowa some good snow bands set up and you end up seeing a Winter Storm Warning issued for a small area, similar to the storm right around Christmas.

For this storm, there really isn't a difference between "Winter Weather Advisory" and "Winter Storm Warning" as far as snow totals go.

The reason that the NWS went with ADV over warning is because of the the gradual accumulation you were talking about earlier.

Technically to meet warning criteria according to the NWS, there must be 6" in 12 hours or 8" in 24 hours. Basically there will be enough snow, just not fast enough.

More like 6-8 for DSM in 36 hours or 8-11" for western Iowa over 48 hours. Thus, not meeting the time requirements to "technically" be a warning.

 

[Iastfan112]

So they really dont know what it is going to do.

No they have a pretty good idea, as it is this is a high level WWA(Winter Weather Advisory), if the snow fell just a little bit faster it would be a Winter Storm Warning. Quite often in weather systems you have an area where the best focusing is and a stronger line of storms appears and a narrow area of heavier precip appears. Predicting where these mesoscale features will form within a larger system is quite difficult.

 

[Iastfan112]

For this storm, there really isn't a difference between "Winter Weather Advisory" and "Winter Storm Warning" as far as snow totals go.

The reason that the NWS went with ADV over warning is because of the the gradual accumulation you were talking about earlier.

Technically to meet warning criteria according to the NWS, there must be 6" in 12 hours or 8" in 24 hours. Basically there will be enough snow, just not fast enough.

More like 6-8 for DSM in 36 hours or 8-11" for western Iowa over 48 hours. Thus, not meeting the time requirements to "technically" be a warning.

True, I also agree that for the most part there isn't a lot of difference for this storm. That said, I believe that there will probably be an area(albeit not a large one) in the best deformation band forms that will probably require a WSW or at least meet the criteria for one.

 

[cycloner29]

Broke my leg this summer and it is hurting like a SOB right now. I sure hope that it is not a good weather predictor!! If it is, maybe I can get a job as a meteorologist!!

 

[twojman]

Which way was the wind blowing? Was the road covered?

I believe the wind was coming from the NW with a pretty steady breeze. Gusts were moving pretty good as my Explorer got pushed a couple of times from it. The roads were not covered, it was getting blown off. There were a couple of small ice patches though.

Today we drove to Denison and back from Clive. We were on 141 this morning and nothing happened until about Manning, we had to drive about 45 for awhile. The way home was a different story tonight. In towns were AWFUL. We took highway 30 to Ogden, south on 169 and then to 141 as I thought this would be safer then 141. Highway 30 was great except again for wind gusts, the visibility went down pretty quick. There were a few places on the highway I went about 30 but for the most part highway 30 was pretty good.

 

[ISUAgronomist]

Broke my leg this summer and it is hurting like a SOB right now. I sure hope that it is not a good weather predictor!! If it is, maybe I can get a job as a meteorologist!!

Not going to get you a job but it will let you know when it's going to rain or snow. My knee joints always let me know.

 

[kingcy]

My 4yo daughter said we are going to get 10 inches of snow. So I guess I will plan on that amount.

 

[isufan]

I-80 west of DeSoto was extremely slick when I drove through the area around 5 or 6 earlier tonight. I got off the interstate and took highways.

 

[Iastfan112]

While not directly related this storm, we're about to enter a much more active pattern, while most systems will likely be minor there have been inconsistent hints of stronger storms as well.

 

[cyinne]

While not directly related this storm, we're about to enter a much more active pattern, while most systems will likely be minor there have been inconsistent hints of stronger storms as well.

Is there any dates/timeframes that would be associated with said storms or is it just to vague to tell?