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December 29th - 30th Snowstorm


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Sounds like North of Highway 30 we may miss most of the ice. DVN with a nice write up:

1. Winter storm conditions will arrive early this afternoon with
heavy snow in eastern Iowa, then spread over the rest of our area by
3 PM or so. Heavy snow will continue through the evening along and
north of Highway 30.

2. A transition from heavy snow to sleet and freezing rain will
arrive in southern counties toward the 4 to 5 pm window, with little
snow accumulation after that, but that will begin a period of icing,
with one to two tenths of an inch possible.

3. The mix of sleet and freezing rain will likely reach the
Interstate 80 corridor by 6 to 8 PM, which will begin to limit snow
accumulation, but may offer serious travel problems as precipitation
may be quite heavy, and temperatures still in the mid to upper 20s.
Travel along Interstate 80 in Iowa is expected to be dangerous this
evening!

4. Towards Midnight, the precipitation intensity should shift east
and decrease. As it does so, snow rates in the north will become
lighter, as all areas potentially lose ice aloft, we could switch
over to a freezing drizzle/drizzle scenario in the overnight after 2
AM or so.

 

Dubuque 2007-2008 Winter


 


78.1"  Total snowfall


February Snowfall 32.5"


City salt usage  : 12,211 tons


Days of measurable snow  : 40

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12 minutes ago, james1976 said:

Local met (KWWL) has widened their 8-12" band from last night's newscast. I'm just barely in it now and it goes almost as far south as Iowa City. Cedar Rapids, Dubuque and Waterloo are all in it.

This storm overall seems to have more moisture to work with than initially expected.

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1 minute ago, bud2380 said:

Lots of precip breaking out over central Missouri like the Canadian has been showing for days. Other models were not as robust in that area. Good sign as the WAA band moves northeast. The NAM appears to still be out to lunch on this storm. 

I was just getting ready to post that the GFS was to quick with the warm up today.  Currently getting snow and sleet, roads are slick and my temp is 30 with a e/ne wind.

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Don't get many systems , but when you do it reminds you that all but the Euro and maybe a wildcard (this time the Canadian) guidance is mostly trash outside 30 hours , and in this case both the GFS and NAM are a total joke. 

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Snow develops here in SEMI late tanite and continues till morning b4 going over to ice and then to light rain b4 tapering off back to snow w possibly additional accumulations. Couple of inches of snow is likely for mby w this system.

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Snowfall for Winter 2023 -24 for Metro Detroit Area 

Oct 2023: 0.2" AN

Nov 2023: 2.2" AN

Dec 2023: 0.5" BN Insane!

Jan 2024: 17.0" AN

Feb 2024: 1.9"  BN

Mar 2024: 4.9" BN

April 2024:

Season So Far: 26.7"

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