12/28 - 12/29 Plains/MW/GL's Snow Event

[jaster220]

Per GRR, I may get upgraded to a headline later this evening..

 

The lake enhanced banding is shown to extend well inland this evening/tonight. We may need to push the advisory further inland if this ends up occurring.

[Stacsh]

10.2” from last nights lake band in about 3 hours. Crazy rates.

[jaster220]

10.2” from last nights lake band in about 3 hours. Crazy rates.

 

Awesome fun times! 'grats!  More fun stacking flakes later on today/tonight. I'm liking my chances of being added to the headline party

 

 

[Hawkeye]

That initial bright band on radar meant business.  Large dendrites poured down for a while and I'm near an inch already.  That band has moved off to the east and the flakes have shrunk down quite a bit in response.

[Iowawx]

Was just out driving in the Cedar Rapids area. Roads were very slick. Heavy band about 30 minutes ago was dumping large flakes. Now it's pouring small flakes. I think we should easily get 6 inches here in Cedar Rapids. Maybe more if the snow can come down faster. 

[bud2380]

I’m up to .8” so far.

[Iowawx]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FswMXQAEnyE&feature=youtu.be

 

This is a video from National Weather Service in the Quad Cites. Their map shows my area getting 6-8 inches! 

[Hawkeye]

I was pretty excited about that band of large dendrites that dropped a quick inch last hour.  However, for the last 40 minutes the flakes haven't been much better than pixie dust.  We need to get the better flakes back.  I'm still thinking 4-5 here in CR.

[bud2380]

I’m up to an inch. So even with mostly light snowfall it’s still accumulating at about .4” per hour here. If we can get into a prolonged period of moderate and maybe brief period of heavy snow then 4-6” won’t be an issue.

[East Dubzz]

Lots of pixie coming down right now!

[Hawkeye]

1.8" as of 11am

[FV-Mike]

Working in South DeKalb county and the snow has started

[james1976]

Heavy band has been south of me for a while now

[Hawkeye]

The southern edge is pretty sharp, as expected.  Des Moines still hasn't seen a flake, while a band of heavy snow is parked just northeast over Marshalltown.

[St Paul Storm]

Some surprise snow here as well. Has dusted up the cars already. Hopefully some pleasant surprises keep coming for those of you downstream.

[hlcater]

I would say I already have at least 1.5 inches. We had a secondary, albeit weaker band come thru after the main one which kept up the intense rates slightly longer here.

[shakjen]

Moderate snow here right now

[bud2380]

Heavier snow bands forming in central and north central Iowa. I hope it nudges East a bit. Right now looks like the heaviest band will stay west and south of Iowa City.

[bud2380]

Visibility is dropping. Snow picking up a touch.

[Hawkeye]

2.2" as of 12pm(0.4" in the last hour), so the rate of accumulation has gradually dropped over the last couple hours.  We need to get the bigger flakes back in here.

[bud2380]

1.6” here. Still right at .4” per hour

[Tony]

A lot of dry air to overcome around our parts. Hope it saturates soon.

[bud2380]

3.8” report from Marshalltown

[BrianJK]

A lot of dry air to overcome around our parts. Hope it saturates soon.

 

think we're there Tony.  I'm in Elmhurst and hey flakes are flying here.  Where in DuPage are you?

[gabel23]

2.2" as of 12pm(0.4" in the last hour), so the rate of accumulation has gradually dropped over the last couple hours. We need to get the bigger flakes back in here.

I’m just curious, is Cedar Rapids up in higher elevation than the other surrounding communities? That higher snowfall forecast just for there looks like something you see in the black hills!!

[East Dubzz]

The roads in Dubuque are ridiculously bad for how little snow we’ve gotten.

[Hawkeye]

I’m just curious, is Cedar Rapids up in higher elevation than the other surrounding communities? That higher snowfall forecast just for there looks like something you see in the black hills!!

 

Nope.  This area is pretty flat.

[Iowawx]

I measured 2.5 inches in Cedar Rapids at 12:30. There are some really nice looking signs on radar to my northwest that are moving ESE. Dark green showing up near Fort Dodge. I think we should still be able to get at least 5-6 inches in Cedar Rapids. Maybe more than that if those radar returns get stronger and more organized. 

[james1976]

Just measured 2.7"

[Tony]

think we're there Tony.  I'm in Elmhurst and hey flakes are flying here.  Where in DuPage are you?

Lombard and it started here as well

[james1976]

Really heavy stuff just to my west. Hope it gets here!

[bud2380]

Looks like a band of heavy snow is heading right toward CR and IC in the next 30 minutes or so.

[Hawkeye]

At 1pm, 2.7", still about a half inch per hour.  Flake size has improved a bit.

 

A Marshalltown spotter reported 3.8 over an hour ago, so they must be near 5 by now.

[james1976]

Fatties flyin now!

[East Dubzz]

Still a pixie dust blizzard here.

 

Not even sure we’re gonna touch 2”.

[james1976]

3.7" now
1.0" in past hour

[dubuque473]

Super greasy streets like E.D. mentioned.....

[GDR]

Snowy hard here. Huge fluffy flakes

[Minny_Weather]

Moderate snow in Denison, IA right now. Looks like it should be coming to an end here pretty soon.

[Tony]

The LES is a big wild card, on the other hand, I'm seeing both NAM's picking up on the meso-low feature.  Gosh, if we can get that to swing through and drop a couple inches that would be more icing on the cake.

12z Euro shows this very well. Guess its a good sign if globals are showing LES