Scott26

yes, easily. I can barely see out my window, its just all white. I can see this persisting for the next 3-4 hours before it begins to pivot to the south and east.

Yes, I am home on spring break. I managed to miss pretty much every significant snow event this year (not like there were that many), but I am glad to witness this one!

Its pretty wild over here. Already picked up around 3.5" of lake effect snow. Snow depth around 6" since there was a lot of compaction from the snow that fell last night.

Also a bit more QPF then the 12Z Euro run. Looks like the low pressure may have been slightly farther to the south which didn't have the dry slot surge as far north this time. Eastern Nebraska into Western Iowa will be the jackpot area, but Central Iowa is looking pretty good.

Jim Cantore is in Omaha. I think you Nebraska posters are going to be fine haha.

Central Iowa is under a Blizzard Watch for 8-12 inches and sustained winds from 25 to 35 gusting over 40 mph. I'm thinking that my classes will definitely be canceled on Tuesday and maybe even some morning classes Wednesday if conditions are still bad due to blowing snow.

I haven't had time to post at all, but I have been tracking this storm since it showed up on the models in fantasy land. If you are in Eastern Nebraska you don't have anything to worry about. The models are coming to an consensus and any shift, south or north, will likely only be 25-50 miles which won't be a problem. Things are looking good over here too in Central Iowa with the models consistently showing me in some of the highest snow totals. With this kind of pressure gradient and how the winds mix to the surface so effectively I wouldn't be surprised if a Blizzard Watch is issued from Eastern Nebraska into Iowa today or tomorrow.

This looks to be a very interesting system that looks to result in a major winter storm for somebody. The key is for the southern stream to phase with a piece of a polar vortex that drops south. Similar to the last system we tracked pretty much any slight change in time of either waves will result in a different outcome. I wouldn't get too invested in what any of the models are showing now being this is bound to change many times as we get closer.

Want to use some science to back yourself up?

Same here Geos. Huge flakes and coming down hard.

I'm having a lot of fun with this storm. I don't think I have ever seen it sleet so hard for such a long duration before. I tried walking my dog and neither of us lasted very long because ice pellets hurt! lol

The temp is staying pretty consistent at 31 degrees. The RAP/NAM doesn't have a changeover to rain here until 6.

Ice pellets in Buffalo Grove. Looks like heaviest freezing rain so far is West-Central Illinois with ice accumulations approaching a quarter of an inch.

Looks like I may have transitioned to freezing rain here? Maybe some ice pellets mixed in. Pretty tough to tell at this point.

Snowing huge flakes over here as better returns go over my area.