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1/23 - 1/26 Two Wave Major Winter Storm


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6 minutes ago, BMT said:

Surprised to see a 3” report here in Marion a moment ago.  Best snow flake size of the day coming down right now.  

That report may be from KGAN.  Their met just said he measured 3".

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season snowfall: 34.8"

'22-23: 30.2"      '21-22: 27.1"      '20-21: 52.5"      '19-20: 36.2"      '18-19: 50.2"      '17-18: 39.5"

Average snowfall: ~30"

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I'm curious to know how much I've received, but I hate going out to measure when it's dark, windy, and cold, and my snow boards may have experienced too much blowing to do any good.  I much prefer light wind events.

Regarding flake size, the only good size I've seen came from the very first two bands this afternoon.  It's pretty small now.

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season snowfall: 34.8"

'22-23: 30.2"      '21-22: 27.1"      '20-21: 52.5"      '19-20: 36.2"      '18-19: 50.2"      '17-18: 39.5"

Average snowfall: ~30"

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1 minute ago, Hawkeye said:

I'm curious to know how much I've received, but I hate going out to measure when it's dark, windy, and cold, and my snow boards may have experienced too much blowing to do any good.  I much prefer light wind events.

Same here.  In looking out other windows around the house perhaps I’ve been checking a bad spot with the wind.  Seems there has been more accumulation that what I originally thought.  I’m on the far north side of town and the wind has been humming all night.  Some deeper spots for sure.  

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I have a backyard that is mostly enclosed by a fence, which should provide some decent protection from blowing/drifting, but I've still always had trouble getting a good measurement when there is strong wind.  I remember back on the day after the big Groundhog Day blizzard in 2011, my measurement areas in my yard only had a few inches, which was obvious nonsense for a total.  I ended up going into my neighbor's yard with a yard stick, taking a measurement every few feet over the entire yard, including 3 ft drifts and bare ground, and averaging them.  i came up with 10" doing that, which is close to what others in the area received.

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season snowfall: 34.8"

'22-23: 30.2"      '21-22: 27.1"      '20-21: 52.5"      '19-20: 36.2"      '18-19: 50.2"      '17-18: 39.5"

Average snowfall: ~30"

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Snow has stopped completely in IC. The spotty nature of the snow to our southwest makes me think accumulation the rest of the night will be slow. Really only expecting 3" of additional accumulation through the remainder of the event, even though the HRRR is suggesting as much as 5" more.

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2021-22 Snowfall: (Hiawatha)

TOTAL: 10.2"

(12/28: 3.0") (12/29: 0.8") 

(1/1: 6.4")

 

 

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3 minutes ago, hlcater said:

Snow has stopped completely in IC. The spotty nature of the snow to our southwest makes me think accumulation the rest of the night will be slow. Really only expecting 3" of additional accumulation through the remainder of the event, even though the HRRR is suggesting as much as 5" more.

Yep, the hw20 is experiencing totally solid snow, but farther south the snow breaks up.  At least IC got a decent head start on CR.

season snowfall: 34.8"

'22-23: 30.2"      '21-22: 27.1"      '20-21: 52.5"      '19-20: 36.2"      '18-19: 50.2"      '17-18: 39.5"

Average snowfall: ~30"

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5 minutes ago, hlcater said:

Snow has stopped completely in IC. The spotty nature of the snow to our southwest makes me think accumulation the rest of the night will be slow. Really only expecting 3" of additional accumulation through the remainder of the event, even though the HRRR is suggesting as much as 5" more.

That's crazy. I really thought you were going to be in the jackpot zone. 😭

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It appears Omaha will remain in the good snow area for a while longer, according to radar.  The wind being out of the north should help, too.

Radar here is deceiving.  Overall it's still good, but the problem is every tiny sliver of lesser green that passes over us translates to a collapse of the snow rate and dramatic rise in visibility.

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season snowfall: 34.8"

'22-23: 30.2"      '21-22: 27.1"      '20-21: 52.5"      '19-20: 36.2"      '18-19: 50.2"      '17-18: 39.5"

Average snowfall: ~30"

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There is a new 6" report from Waterloo.  LOL  A couple days ago Waterloo was getting nothing.

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season snowfall: 34.8"

'22-23: 30.2"      '21-22: 27.1"      '20-21: 52.5"      '19-20: 36.2"      '18-19: 50.2"      '17-18: 39.5"

Average snowfall: ~30"

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The HRRR is crazy good for Waterloo.  With as much as 6" down already, Waterloo could actually get a foot out of this while CR struggles to 5 or 6".

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season snowfall: 34.8"

'22-23: 30.2"      '21-22: 27.1"      '20-21: 52.5"      '19-20: 36.2"      '18-19: 50.2"      '17-18: 39.5"

Average snowfall: ~30"

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It would be nice to get some additional spotter reports from the hw20 area between Waterloo and Dubuque.  I'd like to know how widespread/accurate that 6" report from Waterloo is.

season snowfall: 34.8"

'22-23: 30.2"      '21-22: 27.1"      '20-21: 52.5"      '19-20: 36.2"      '18-19: 50.2"      '17-18: 39.5"

Average snowfall: ~30"

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This is easily going to go down as largest snowfall for Polk,Dallas Cty area of C.IA since the Draggin' Wagon (my mini van in that storm literally was covered with drifts) of Dec 09'. 16". This will have similar totals but without 60 mph winds and 20 mB pressure gradient across IA. Best storm I've ever gone through- in Iowa.

Nothing comes close to the 28.6" and the Great Halloween Blizzard in the Twin Cities in 1991. Riding sleds down 694 to I-35 and past Metrodome = priceless.

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For the last hour I've been stuck in a relative dry pocket again.  It would take hours to get an inch from this poor rate.  It should pick up over the next 30 minutes, but I'm concerned about the large breaks approaching from the sw.

season snowfall: 34.8"

'22-23: 30.2"      '21-22: 27.1"      '20-21: 52.5"      '19-20: 36.2"      '18-19: 50.2"      '17-18: 39.5"

Average snowfall: ~30"

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I just went out to see if I could get a decent measurement.  My three snow boards had roughly 2.8, 2.5, 1.8".  That's it.  The problem is the snow was blowing across the yard as I was measuring.  The shoveled path to get to the snow boards is totally filled in, too, which probably now contains some of the snow that should be on the boards.

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season snowfall: 34.8"

'22-23: 30.2"      '21-22: 27.1"      '20-21: 52.5"      '19-20: 36.2"      '18-19: 50.2"      '17-18: 39.5"

Average snowfall: ~30"

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Live downtown Des Moines.  Just under 10 inches at midnight. Hard to find good place to measure though. Drifts 2 to 3 feet, which my little sports car didn't take kindly to as I drove to work. Luckily Iowa nice and had 3 folks shovel me out, myself included. Roads are not bad once you get to main ones. Snow covered and packed down, just those interchanges that are a b!tch. Still snowing so could get to the magic 12 inches downtown 

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Radar continues to be deceiving over here.  Even with the brighter green returns moving through over the last hour, the snow rate is garbage, not even moderate.

season snowfall: 34.8"

'22-23: 30.2"      '21-22: 27.1"      '20-21: 52.5"      '19-20: 36.2"      '18-19: 50.2"      '17-18: 39.5"

Average snowfall: ~30"

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18 minutes ago, whatitdo said:

havent had anything here yet @jaster220

Solid dusting here! Feels like an 80's storm. 5 hours into a headline and wondering when it's going to snow?? That was the era of mega-busts. You think this is bad? Believe it or not, the NWS has come a long ways with forecast accuracy. It's actually a rarity to see a storm FAIL like what happened last January 12th.

Winter 2023-24 Snow Total = 52.8" (89% Normal Season)  Largest Storm: 12" (1/12-13)   Oct: 0.1 Nov: 2.9 Dec: 7.5 Jan: 31.7 Feb: 6.0 Mar: 4.1 Apr: 0.0

Avg = 59.2"  (Harrison): 2023-24 = xx.x" 

Avg = 45.0"  (KDTW): 2022-23 = 33.5"   2021-22 = 35.6"    

Avg = 49.7"  (KRMY): 2020-21 = 36.2"   2019-20 = 48.0"   2018-19 = 56.1"   2017-18 = 68.3"    2016-17 = 52"    2015-16 = 57.4"    2014-15 = 55.3"    2013-14 = 100.6" (coldest & snowiest in the modern record!)  2012-13 = 47.2"    2011-12 = 43.7"

Legit Blizzards (high winds and dbl digit snows): Feb 2011, Dec 2009, Jan 2005, Dec 2000, Jan 1999, Mar 1998, Nov 1989, Jan 1982, Jan 1978, Jan 1977, Apr 1975, Mar 1973, Jan 1967, Feb 1965, Jan 1918

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