2/14-2/17 Possible Winter Storm Train

[hlcater]

My total is up to 5.1".  These nice dendrites are piling up well.  We should get a couple more hours of this good stuff and then a few more hours of light stuff that might add a couple more tenths.

Locked in for 6" I'd say. Nice.

[East Dubzz]

Definitely heavy snow right now! Should be able to reach 5” here at least, I’d think. Maybe even 6.

[bud2380]

Snow picking back up. This batch should push me over 5”

[Hawkeye]

This is just beautiful stuff.  Big, fat flakes pouring down.  I love this kind of snow.

[gimmesnow]

My only complaint about all of this is that it's the weekend and the snowboard hill is packed. Can't go out and enjoy it without those d*mn kids bouncing their crappy boards off my expensive snowboard.

 

This is primo snow for snowboarding too. After that wet sloppy crap we got last storm I thought it was time to end the powder. But gosh I can't believe this winter has been so good that I have room to complain about the quality of snow. It feels like it's been forever!

[bud2380]

Snow really picking up here. Definitely up to moderate snow. Still just missing out on the real heavy stuff.

[Grizzcoat]

The 10.5" just W of DSM is basically my location. Crashing, but I will post some pics tomorrow. Most snow OTG I can remember here since the Blizzard of Dec 09' that dumped 16". This may even be more with the lack of wind and certainly will be if mid week system drops 3"+.

[jcwxguy]

https://www.weather.gov/source/crh/snowmap.html?sid=oax&fbclid=IwAR3AK94Wmv9Sc-qDLYhmuuzhMJZUzcg7uDnSQDJdFaFyNmIgNCKCIlPLUgU

[Hawkeye]

The flakes here just keep getting bigger.  I'm seeing quarter size flakes.  There's an enhanced band parked right over Cedar Rapids.  This is awesome.

[Craig-OmahaWX]

6-7 here in west Omaha! 

[bud2380]

Report of 2” in 30 minutes in Cedar Rapids.

[hlcater]

The flakes here just keep getting bigger.  I'm seeing quarter size flakes.  There's an enhanced band parked right over Cedar Rapids.  This is awesome.

Someone downtown just reported 4"/hr rates... What?! That's crazy!! I'd say 2"/hr for sure, but I thought the stuff I saw in IC last weekend was heavier, though flakes were smaller then.

[BMT]

This is some Rocky Mountain snow right now! Beautiful.

[East Dubzz]

I concur with the posts above. Not sure it’s quite as heavy as down there, but man it’s crankin! Awesome with watch these dendrites fall during the day, especially with somewhat limited wind.

[Stacsh]

Hardest it’s snowed all year. Albeit it was for 20 minutes. 1/2”

[gabel23]

Here is our area totals.

[Hawkeye]

I'm up to 6.5" now, 1.4" in the last hour.  This is great stuff, but it's not 4"/hr.

[hlcater]

I'm up to 6.5" now, 1.4" in the last hour.  This is great stuff, but it's not 4"/hr.

I was gonna say.. No way this is 4"/hr. 1.5"/hr sounds much better. I'm well past 6", probably closer to 7" at this point. Might tack on another inch or two, but things look to be starting to wrap up.

[Iowawx]

I measured 7.0" in Cedar Rapids at 2:15PM. The snow is still coming down at a heavy rate here now. Based on radar, I think we should be able to get to around 8-8.5" by the time the snow ends this evening. 9 would be great, but not sure if this heavy band will last long enough to get our total that high. 

 

Today's snow will push us above 40" for our snowfall total this winter. If things come together right for Tuesday Night-Wednesday, and possibly next weekend, we may get close to, or reach 50" by then. 

[bud2380]

I’ve only picked up 3/4” since 830 but that boosts my total to 5” which makes this the 2nd largest snowfall of the season. I forget the date but one of the storms dropped 5.5” I’ve been on the low end of pretty much every storm but have received 4” or more several times so hard to complain. It’d be nice to get one at least 8” before this pattern goes away though.

[CentralNebWeather]

Here is our area totals.

Just got home from KC. Solid 8” at least on the ground from the two systems. Drove across I 70 then turned north at Hays. Maybe 1/2” there. Was a different world when we crossed the border. Blowing snow, drifting in places. Winter wonderland here.

[gabel23]

Just got home from KC. Solid 8” at least on the ground from the two systems. Drove across I 70 then turned north at Hays. Maybe 1/2” there. Was a different world when we crossed the border. Blowing snow, drifting in places. Winter wonderland here.

Glad you made it home safe, enjoy the fresh snow cover and hopefully we can continue to add to the glacier!

[Tony]

Starting to snow pretty good again. Should do pretty well with part 2 of the storm

[CentralNebWeather]

Glad you made it home safe, enjoy the fresh snow cover and hopefully we can continue to add to the glacier!

Thanks. Glad most are cashing in. Several more chances this week.

[jaster220]

  Getting lucky with a nice weenie band attm!

[St Paul Storm]

  Getting lucky with a nice weenie band attm!

Atta boy buddy! Congrats on the snow!

[bud2380]

Big flakes now coming down hard. Heaviest it has snowed the entire storm. Temp is 25. Easily an inch an hour type snow right now. We’ll see how long it lasts.

[jaster220]

Atta boy buddy! Congrats on the snow!

 

Thx. Quite a surprise really. Been tuned out a bit since my NWS local had 0.5" for today when I checked last night. Can count on them to fail in both directions it seems. 

 

IWX prolly wishes they had headlines up too per radar

 

[Hawkeye]

I'm up to 7.1".  I'm not sure I'll be able to get to 8".  The rate is already below a half inch per hour and it could taper off at any time.

[Minny_Weather]

Back to light snow here. If we're lucky we may at least be able to make up for the compaction that happened earlier. Patchy areas on roofs are already clear. Some of that is due to blowing & some is due to compaction. 26.1*F.

[jaster220]

This storm was supposed to dry up in Michigan. Currently moderate snow with a WWA issued. Sunday surprise.

 

Gotta love it. Everything sneaks up on our office it seems. They should participate in here to get it right. 

 

Nice event for MBY is looking likely. Currently expecting a swath of 2-4". Earlier, just a few days ago, this was supposed to be a non-event. Wow, what a turn around.

 

Can hardly see the Middle School building 200 ft from my window. Looking like the heavy swath shown on some models to be east of here (NAM) is actually hitting Calhoun. Going to be a nice surprise storm to make up for some this winter. Good luck to my (fellow) Mitt peeps!

[Hawkeye]

The latest HRRR actually has another 2" falling on Cedar Rapids after 4pm.

[Iowawx]

I measured 7.5" in Cedar Rapids at 3:30PM. Snowfall rate has decreased, but still getting light snow with good flake size. If the HRRR is right, we will get another 2 inches here. That's possible, but not sure I believe it yet. 

[hlcater]

I measured 7.5" in Cedar Rapids at 3:30PM. Snowfall rate has decreased, but still getting light snow with good flake size. If the HRRR is right, we will get another 2 inches here. That's possible, but not sure I believe it yet. 

I wouldn't. The HRRR tends to do wonky things when trying to predict snowfall after the system has already started. I think the CR area sees another inch at most.

[bud2380]

Snow is still coming down hard here. Just saw a report of 7.2” in solon. We didn’t get to that but I’m pretty sure this will put us over 6” which will be the biggest storm of the year. Very picturesque. Winter wonderland out there.

[james1976]

Amazing storm. Gotta be over 7 for sure here. I've been busy so haven't been able to get official measurement. Waterloo had 8 earlier. They really could have gone with warnings for a lot of counties since there are a lot of 8" in 24hr reports and even prolly 6" in 12 hours for some areas. But hard call to make before event kicked in.

[ToastedRavs]

This stuff just won't stop. Now up to 9.3" for this event. Some spots may be near a foot somewhere around the metro at this point!

[bud2380]

Just measured 6" or even slightly over.  And there is definitely compaction to account for.  The snow is actually slightly wet down here.  

[Niko]

Severe Weather Alerts - Macomb , MI This just In.......   Special Weather Statement

Special Weather Statement in effect until 7:30 PM EST. Source: U.S. National Weather Service

...Brief Intervals of Heavy Snow...

Widespread snow will continue its expansion across Southeast
Michigan this evening. Brief yet intense periods of heavy snow can
be expected this evening.

[Niko]

Gotta love it. Everything sneaks up on our office it seems. They should participate in here to get it right. 

 

 

Can hardly see the Middle School building 200 ft from my window. Looking like the heavy swath shown on some models to be east of here (NAM) is actually hitting Calhoun. Going to be a nice surprise storm to make up for some this winter. Good luck to my Mitt peeps!

Good luck buddy..hope you score big w this one!