1/8-1/10 Panhandle Hook

[KCSmokey]

Beautiful here in KC!

[Clinton]

Daylight showing the beautiful sticky snow.  Deformation and wind on the way shortly. 

 

[Tom]

3 minutes ago, Clinton said:

Daylight showing the beautiful sticky snow.  Deformation and wind on the way shortly. 

 

That is just gorgeous...lovely winter wonderland!

[Clinton]

At 5am there were reports of 6 inch amounts in Lees Summit and Blue Springs (eastern suburbs of KC) I would say those amount have gone up since given a heavy band has sitting over that are for a few hours.  Snow starting to pick up again here.

[Bumblin Bman09]

Basically nothing up in Gurnee, IL.  Rain mixed in, roads are clear, and nothing on the ground.  I see additional mixing and rain later today.  

[Hawkeye]

The Des Moines/Ames area appears to be the overnight winner, with reports of 8-10".

[bud2380]

Just over 4" here.  Range was 3.5-4.5" on my measurements.  Most common were 4-4.3".  It's snowing lightly now, but heavier bands are finally moving back in.  Davenport is going to be the big winner in Iowa.  Already over 5" as of 6am and they are getting rocked right now and have been for awhile with no end in sight.  They will push well over a foot.  I think 8" is our ceiling in my backyard unless some strong bands park overtop of us here.  

[The Snowman]

Blizzard conditions here just west of downtown Omaha. Wind absolutely screaming

[Grizzcoat]

4 minutes ago, bud2380 said:

Just over 4" here.  Range was 3.5-4.5" on my measurements.  Most common were 4-4.3".  It's snowing lightly now, but heavier bands are finally moving back in.  Davenport is going to be the big winner in Iowa.  Already over 5" as of 6am and they are getting rocked right now and have been for awhile with no end in sight.  They will push well over a foot.  I think 8" is our ceiling in my backyard unless some strong bands park overtop of us here.  

Maybe- but that band I mentioned earlier and posted a radar pic did this-- and still snowing. Some these places will be near 1' also-

[gimmesnow]

Hope this can fill in Cascade, currently a hole around it.

[Black Hole]

Nothing like you all, but I did get a little. 0.2" is what I measured. At least you can tell it happened. 29F now with a brisk NW wind. It'll all be gone by noon or so. 

[bud2380]

4 minutes ago, Grizzcoat said:

Maybe- but that band I mentioned earlier and posted a radar pic did this-- and still snowing. Some these places will be near 1' also-

I didn't realize there was nearly a 10" report when i posted that.  Last I looked the report was 7" in central Iowa.  Certainly they could end up with the highest total, but it wouldn't surprise me if someone in the Davenport area finishes with 12-15".

[Grizzcoat]

[Stacsh]

Snow day for some reason.  First snow of the year probably.  On our way to 2-3” today.  Patiently waiting for the next one.   

[hawkstwelve]

Looking at overnight radar the band that formed overhead around 5pm last night stuck around until roughly 6am this morning, occasionally strengthening to fairly decent returns. We ended up with additional 3.5-4 inches during that time. That should put us somewhere around 14 inches total, which was near the high end of guidance. I'll go out and measure in a bit to be sure but I have to drink my coffee and warm up first. Currently 15 with a wind chill of 8. In a few days, that would feel downright warm.

[hawkstwelve]

Only one state in the entire CONUS doesn't have some sort of hazard currently posted - North Dakota. That's pretty amazing. 

[East Dubzz]

Man that stuff we had on the ground this morning was thiccccc.

Looking forward to a lighter snow that falls today. 

[bud2380]

5” on the ground 

[KCSmokey]

Very heavy sticky snow...power outages here

[Bryan1117]

Overnight snow really boosted our totals here in the Omaha metro as I measured right around 6" total in my backyard.

Thankfully this storm didn't end up being a bust (even though we ended up on the "lighter" side of forecasted amounts), we unfortunately got caught in the middle with the wacky thermals and low level warm air that caused lots of melting yesterday... however it still worked out okay. Now it's on to the end of week "refresher" system incoming. 

[winterfreak]

Reports around the metro range anywhere from 4-7”. I’d say I ended up closer to the higher end of that range around 5-6”. WSW seems to have verified!

[bud2380]

I'm right in the heart of that.  A heavy band is moving through Iowa City right now and heading right towards me.  Fingers crossed we see 1"+/hour rates here.  

[Clinton]

Just measured 4 inches with moderate snow falling.  Seems to be accumulating more efficiently today.

[East Dubzz]

2 minutes ago, bud2380 said:

I'm right in the heart of that.  A heavy band is moving through Iowa City right now and heading right towards me.  Fingers crossed we see 1"+/hour rates here.  

I was just going to say these snowfall rates are going to need to really start increasing here, or the NWS missed the mark by quite a bit. 

I know there was a good chance of rates increasing during the day, but it just needed to happen..

[Hawkeye]

11 minutes ago, bud2380 said:

I'm right in the heart of that.  A heavy band is moving through Iowa City right now and heading right towards me.  Fingers crossed we see 1"+/hour rates here.  

Yeah, a yellow band is about to move over Homestead.

I am up to 6 inches.  The snow has been a bit lighter than expected so far this morning, with too many breaks, but it's dumping now.

[hawkstwelve]

Looks like I ended up with about 13.5 inches here. Sioux Falls officially recorded 10.5" yesterday which was a daily record. Storm total was 10.9" which puts this in the #9 spot for highest two-day storm total in January. My 13.5" recording would actually be good enough for the #1 spot.

 

[bud2380]

27 minutes ago, Hawkeye said:

Yeah, a yellow band is about to move over Homestead.

I am up to 6 inches.  The snow has been a bit lighter than expected so far this morning, with too many breaks, but it's dumping now.

Yellow is parked overtop my house now, but the snow has only picked up a little bit.  Flake size is just medium sized, no big flakes and not dumping down hard.  I'd still call this moderate snow.  Kind of disappointing.  

[Clinton]

Heavy snow band about to move in.  I could easily get another inch over the next 2 hrs.

[MKEstorm]

Currently @ 10:10 a.m….light rain & snow mix.

[shakjen]

Had 3” overnight. A lot of mixing early. Had a pause around 6:00am, then a mix again until about 9:00. Puking snow now. But no wind as of now. 

[bud2380]

Took several measurements, all between 5.5 and 6.5".  Very consistent measurements given the wet nature of the snow.  The top layer is getting more fluffy though.  I'll average those and call it 6" here and coming down moderately still.  Looks like another 6 hours or more to go.  I'm thinking we get to 9" here.  

[Iowawx]

I measured 7.0" at 10:30am in CR. I think somewhere between 9-10" is a good bet here. 

Radar shows bands of yellow moving across the area, but as of now, the snow is not as heavy as I would think it would be based on the radar. Hopefully the rate picks up around here a bit. 
 

[mlgamer]

Looks like I finished with 5-6". Not too bad after getting off to a slow start.

[bud2380]

Liking the looks of radar right now.  There is a major band of dark green and yellow NW of the Quad Cities that is rotating this way, if it holds together or even strengthens, that band is definitely dropping 1-2" per hour rates.  Overall everything seems to be strengthening right now.  8" is a minimum now, 10" is on the table still.  

[Grizzcoat]

KDSM with legit +SN (rarity)

10" on the ground as of 9:54AM

Probably push 1'

KDSM 091554Z 35013G22KT 1/2SM R31/2400V3500FT SN FZFG OVC008 M01/M02 A2941 RMK AO2 PK WND 01026/1509 TWR VIS 3/4 SLP967 SNINCR 1/10 P0002 T10111017
KDSM 091523Z 01013G26KT 3/4SM R31/3500V4500FT -SN BR OVC007 M01/M02 A2941 RMK AO2 PK WND 01026/1509 CIG 005V012 P0001 T10111022
KDSM 091507Z COR 01015G26KT 1/2SM R31/3500V4500FT SN FZFG OVC006 M01/M02 A2941 RMK AO2 PK WND 01026/1455 TWR VIS 3/4 P0001 T10111022
KDSM 091454Z 36012G26KT 1/4SM R31/2800V3500FT +SN FZFG OVC006 M01/M02 A2941 RMK AO2 PK WND 01028/1444 TWR VIS 3/4 SLP968 SNINCR 1/9 P0003 60015 T10111017 56014 $

[Stacsh]

Second round moving through with temps at 33. Moderate snow.   Melting some though.  Grass is almost covered.  Roads are slushy.   Looks like a few hours of this could add up to a few inches.  

[Bryan1117]

30 minutes ago, mlgamer said:

Looks like I finished with 5-6". Not too bad after getting off to a slow start.

Love it, what a true "spread the wealth" type system for the central plains... this storm definitely had some twists and turns for us all - however it turned out decent overall for Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri. Building that Midwestern snow glacier! 

[FV-Mike]

Heaviest snow coming down atm. huge flakes

[CentralNebWeather]

3 minutes ago, Bryan1117 said:

Love it, what a true "spread the wealth" type system for the central plains... this storm definitely had some twists and turns for us all - however it turned out decent overall for Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri. Building that Midwestern snow glacier! 

Saw a report of 8-9 in the Kearney area. Probably pretty close to what I have. Nice. 

[CentralNebWeather]

A few pictures from around town. Our snow was drier, so lots of drifting.