March 23rd/24th snow - Working towards average by May!

[Hawkeye]

7 inches here now..... it sucked the overnight snow didn't pan out, but today has been pretty cool.  It has been a long time since we've had a big snow with strong wind.  That 10-12" in Jones County could have been us 

 

I love storms that have a good trowal that just seems to pivot overhead for hours.  That's what it's doing to CR now.  I'd be pretty happy if we could add on another two inches.

[Iowawx]

8.3 inches here at 2:40pm. Snow is still falling here and looks to continue until sunset tonight. I think 10 inches is possible here, but either way this is an impressive spring snow storm.

[Wartburger]

Reports of 15 inches here.  Snow is so wet and heavy it kept clogging the snow blower.  

[Tom]

Thundersnow footage...

 

https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/977519259239661568

[Tom]

Snowfall totals thru 11:25am...James' backyard jackpot...

 

 

 

[bud2380]

There’s an official 7” report from north Liberty. I’m gonna measure now myself

[WBadgersW]

I won't lie, I'm a bit jealous

[hlcater]

Storm tapered to flurries. Grand total a nearly perfectly forecasted 9.1" Hawkeye is still under decent returns so he might still grab another 0.5" yet.

 

Measured in 5 more spots and that dropped my average back down to 8.6".

[hlcater]

There's a 12.0 report just NW of shellsburg. Interesting.

[bud2380]

7” seems like a good total here to match the official report. That’s pretty close to what I measured. Overall a great storm but seeing 14” about 30-40 miles away does make me envious. But I won’t complain

[bud2380]

Looking back at yesterday’s 18z NAM which was further north than most models ended up being pretty darn accurate with widespread 12” amounts

[Hawkeye]

I finished with 8.0".  The liquid total is 1.28".  The ratio is only 6.3 to 1.

 

As always, when it's windy, it's necessary to take a core sample because of gauge undercatch.  My gauge catch was 1.09", significantly less than the core sample.

 

The euro has now been a little off with the placement of the snow bullseye for each of the last three solid storms (the two clippers this winter and the current storm).  For the clippers, the euro had CR in the bullseye, while some other models were a bit farther south.  South was correct.  For this storm, the euro again had CR in the bullseye, while some other models were farther northeast.  Northeast was correct.

[Madtown]

Wow!

[shakjen]

Big swing and miss by LOT here. Forecast for 9+ barely got a dusting. Mother Nature!

[BrianJK]

Big swing and miss by LOT here. Forecast for 9+ barely got a dusting. Mother Nature!

That’s brutal. Unfortunately it’s inevatable in these type of sharp precip cutoffs.

[jaster220]

I heard the column is ridiculously dry and the strength of the HP is really over powering the moisture. On the countrary, Mason City, IA with over a Foot of powder! Incredible...James is gonna be pissed...I feel ya!

 

Reminds me of the storms NMI would get in November.

[Iowawx]

For a total from this storm I got 9.2 inches. Very heavy wet snow but this was a very strong spring storm system that really delivered across most of eastern Iowa.

[Tom]

Big swing and miss by LOT here. Forecast for 9+ barely got a dusting. Mother Nature!

Look at the bright side, at least it wasn't during Nov-Feb!  Are you near Ottawa?  This map says it all..

 

[Tom]

Another March snowstorm, another daily snowfall record broken in Indianapolis...

 

 

 

Snow has stopped at the office here in Indianapolis. We finished the day with 10.2". This sets the record snowfall for the day and is the 2nd highest one day total for the month of March with the top being March 19th 1906 at 12.1". #INwx

 

Incredible snowfall rates were recorded at INDY...

 

 

 

3 inch an hour rate between 18-19z was observed at #indy

 

[Hawkeye]

It was certainly a good storm.  However, one thing I did not see here in Cedar Rapids is extreme snowfall rates.

[shakjen]

Look at the bright side, at least it wasn't during Nov-Feb! Are you near Ottawa? This map says it all..