2/11 - 2/13 Major Winter Storm

[Stormy]

30+ dBZ over me with 40 dBZ just to my southeast. Nice big flakes... moderate to heavy snow. Up to around 1" now.

[Hawkeye]

The snow has really picked up here in the last ten minutes.

[East Dubzz]

Latest DVN graphic

 

Would not be shocked at all if this verifies. Most models have been holding their strength up in my ares of the woods, which is encouraging.

 

At the time time, would also not be surprised if it doesn’t verify, because those kinds of totals are rare around here.

 

Either way, we’re going to see a darn good snowfall here. And thankfully a good amount should actually happen before I fall asleep!

[hlcater]

30+ dBZ over me with 40 dBZ just to my southeast. Nice big flakes... moderate to heavy snow. Up to around 1" now.

OT but I think I chased the storm in your PFP. July 21st 2017? Looked real nice before deciding going OD was the best possible course of action.

[East Dubzz]

Me looking at the radar starting to come together..

[EpicCosmos]

Starting to snow in Waterloo.

[OmahaSnowFan]

I’ve skyrocketed to 1 inch of new snow over the last 4 hours as the back edge rapidly approaches. Sigh...

[Stacsh]

Some of the better wording out of my office. Makes for an unusually nice read. Whether it comes to pass or not, only time will tell.

I’m supposed to get up to 8” total with near blizzard conditions Tuesday night, but the WSW is one county North of me. WWA only here. I do well with NW flow off the lake. Wouldn’t be surprised to see my county added later.

[Snowshoe]

Nervously waiting.... Mesoscale models all agree i'm in the bullseye. What could possibly go wrong?

 

[Stormy]

OT but I think I chased the storm in your PFP. July 21st 2017? Looked real nice before deciding going OD was the best possible course of action.

Yep... you're exactly right. That was an awesome supercell headed right for me. Part of that wall cloud passed right overhead. If it would've dropped a tornado it would've been to close for comfort! Schnack's chat quit just before that sometime so wasn't able to share photos on there , but would've loved to. Got a lot more pics. Was your photo taken on the Angle Rd near Williamstown? Maps show that name, but it's now called Frytown, 2 miles north of me

Off topic, but oh well.

[gosaints]

Off to la crescent mn. Brothers place.

[Snowshoe]

25" lollipop just north of me. Eye candy but a guy can dream right?

 

[Tony]

25" lollipop just north of me. Eye candy but a guy can dream right?

 

Probably way off on amounts from Chicago on north unless this model is showing mostly freezing rain/ice/sleet.

[Iowawx]

Snow began here around 3:15pm. It’s really coming down now. Moderate to heavy snow now. HRRR has CR getting 10 inches. That seems a bit high, but certainly in a good spot here.

[East Dubzz]

About time to put all the models away, but the latest HRRR gave a nice little boost to the CR area on the last run. Looking very good for most of E Iowa.

[VMB443]

MKX going on the lower side of qpf- expecting a dry slot tomorrow morning which will keep our totals lower - so sticking with an Advisory rather than a Warning - it’ll be interesting to see, I was expecting to see a move to a Warning.

[badgerwx]

Haven't had time to look back..but how are things looking for far SW Wisconsin?

[East Dubzz]

Haven't had time to look back..but how are things looking for far SW Wisconsin?

Very good so far.

[Craig-OmahaWX]

Been coming down heavy here all afternoon! Have about 3 inches so far. Wouldn't be shocked to get near 4 before it winds down later.

[OmahaSnowFan]

[Minny_Weather]

Snow has been done here since my last post a couple hours ago. Less than an inch from eyeballing it. Came down well for a bit but not long enough. Wash rinse repeat with these storms.

[Tom]

Probably way off on amounts from Chicago on north unless this model is showing mostly freezing rain/ice/sleet.

RPM model paints 4-5" across N Cook, 1-4" across DuPage, and 4-8" across Lake/McHenry county while the HRRR is showing much more across I-80/88 corridor...its going to come down to a nowcast event.  I'm expecting 3-4" from this with anything more being a bonus.

 

[Stormy]

Still yellow/ orange to my se. Wonder if it's all snow? If so, it should really be piling up there!

[Hawkeye]

1 inch here after the first hour.

[james1976]

TWC live from Mason City IA. Seems like an odd choice. You would think Dubuque or WI.

[East Dubzz]

TWC live from Mason City IA. Seems like an odd choice. You would think Dubuque or WI.

To be fair, it is TWC...

[Hawkeye]

Once the snow really got going, the flakes were medium to large.  Eventually it went to pixie dust, then back to small/medium.  Radar currently shows a thin band of yellow lifting up into Cedar Rapids.  There should be some nice fatties in there.

[East Dubzz]

Looks like maybe some dry air to work with here, but that was taken into account by the models. HRRR showed the snow creeping up here around 5, but not really getting going until after that.

[hlcater]

I have a feeling this is the one to get us to 6". It's been puking snow here and never really stopped. Flakes are pretty small right now though. Probably 1.75" in IC already. That band of orange that passed over me earlier was really something. 

[Hawkeye]

Large flakes ripping now.

[hlcater]

Yep... you're exactly right. That was an awesome supercell headed right for me. Part of that wall cloud passed right overhead. If it would've dropped a tornado it would've been to close for comfort! Schnack's chat quit just before that sometime so wasn't able to share photos on there , but would've loved to. Got a lot more pics. Was your photo taken on the Angle Rd near Williamstown? Maps show that name, but it's now called Frytown, 2 miles north of me

Off topic, but oh well.

 

I was on some random hill north of Riverside. Not sure where lol.

[GDR]

Snow plaster everywhere coming down the hardest all winter

[Bryan1117]

About 2 inches have fallen from this system in my backyard in Southwest Omaha, NE. Looks like a general 1 to 2 inches fell across the Omaha metro this afternoon (Craig’s backyard seems to be the hotspot with 3”). My drive home from Council Bluffs was a slow slog, took almost an hour to get home (normally 20-25 minutes on a clear day).

 

Will be interesting to see if we get any additional backside development as the snow has stopped for now here.

[Hawkeye]

There's a report of 2.5" north of Cedar Rapids.  How did they get that much already?

[james1976]

Starting to rip pretty good here. Good sized flakes.

[james1976]

Schnack has 5-8". Surprised since hes usually conservative. And he has 8-10" over by Dubuque.

[BMT]

There's a report of 2.5" north of Cedar Rapids. How did they get that much already?

Probably have that alread here in Marion. Insane snowfall

[hlcater]

There's a report of 2.5" north of Cedar Rapids.  How did they get that much already?

 

Yea that HAS to be erroneous. I just eclipsed 2"

[East Dubzz]

Flakes are small, but coming down at a good rate here in Dubuque. The green returns keep fading a little before heading into my area, but I won’t be too distraught, as the models seem to indicate the heavier stuff holding off a little. And it’s still accumulating well, even with the small flakes.

[ToastedRavs]

Nice accumulating flakes here. Already near 2 inches. Still 6 to 9 more hours left hopefully