bud2380 Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 I’m going skiing at Sundown today and we’re just about to Marion and it has been freezing drizzle since we got to highway 30. Hope it changes to snow soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 Someone in Mapleton, IA, southeast of Sioux City, has reported 10". Every winter a few locations in our region get a surprise storm like this. I am only able to get 10" from the biggest storm once a decade. Quote 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" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlcater Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 Rime City on this leading edge. Been acting like we’re saturating from the bottom up instead of the top down by starting as mixed precip even though column temps are cold. Quote 2021-22 Snowfall: (Hiawatha) TOTAL: 10.2" (12/28: 3.0") (12/29: 0.8") (1/1: 6.4") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzcoat Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 ^ yep- was the same here. It does change to good snow, but most of the good forcing / lift is done. OMA area did exceptionally well with this!!. Kudos to the weenies out W!! Quote The two loudest sounds known to man: a gun that goes bang when it is supposed to go click and a gun that goes click when it is supposed to go bang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 The precip is changing to snow here now. The flakes are tiny. Quote 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" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 23 minutes ago, Hawkeye said: The precip is changing to snow here now. The flakes are tiny. I was wrong. It's actually still graupel, maybe on the snow side of graupel. At this point I'm thinking 2" may be our max. Heck, the HRRR is down to only 1.5" now. Also, radar shows the good snow over central Iowa lifting northeast toward Waterloo (like the HRRR is now showing). This is turning into a dud here. Quote 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" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 FWIW, here's the final 12z Euro Quote 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" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstorm83 Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 Lol literally just woke up and have to work now so missed everything. No idea how much fell here, haven't read or looked at anything and don't have time to, just figure it was a good bit less than Omaha. 1 Quote Snowfall in Lincoln, NE: 2017-18: 21.4" 2018-19: 55.5" 2019-20: 17.6" 2020-21: 49.4" 2021-22: 5.1" Average: 26" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 Bah. We're almost two hours into this event and it's still not really snowing here. It's still pretty graupel'y. I spent days tracking this thing and this is what we get? Ugh. 2 Quote 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" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcwxguy Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 18 minutes ago, snowstorm83 said: Lol literally just woke up and have to work now so missed everything. No idea how much fell here, haven't read or looked at anything and don't have time to, just figure it was a good bit less than Omaha. Solid 2.5"-3" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttumwaSnomow Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 Total bust here. Some very light sleet and freezing rain. Dry slotted and barely any precip. Low must be further north than progged just 36 hours ago? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 Just now, OttumwaSnomow said: Total bust here. Some very light sleet and freezing rain. Dry slotted and barely any precip. Low must be further north than progged just 36 hours ago? Can easily see the mid-level low spinning over central Iowa... not a good track for either of us. 2 Quote 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" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 The precip is more flaky now, but the flakes are still heavily-rimed. Quote 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" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shakjen Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 Been snowing here for about a half hour. Steady moderate snow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 It has finally turned to real snow here. 1 Quote 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" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james1976 Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 Back edge keeps rebuilding by Ft Dodge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 It's snowing pretty good here, but the back edge is already approaching quickly. Quote 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" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstorm83 Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 1 hour ago, jcwxguy said: Solid 2.5"-3" A lot less than Omaha but still way more than I was expecting. Snowpack looks goofy with wet snow on top Quote Snowfall in Lincoln, NE: 2017-18: 21.4" 2018-19: 55.5" 2019-20: 17.6" 2020-21: 49.4" 2021-22: 5.1" Average: 26" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormy Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 2 hours ago, Hawkeye said: Bah. We're almost two hours into this event and it's still not really snowing here. It's still pretty graupel'y. I spent days tracking this thing and this is what we get? Ugh. I even had a few drops of rain mixed at the beginning. Very fine flakes or whatever for a long time, but finally really snowed for maybe 10 minutes, now back to light snow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmahaSnowFan Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 So sad and disgusting. Local Mets here posted these messages. I did an internship at a tv station years ago for a meteorologist and he played me some of the messages he had received from people so pissed off bc of a forecast that was wrong. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hawkeye Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 I just measured 1.9". If I spread some out on the pavement, it looks like a bunch of the little styrofoam pieces. 2 1 Quote 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" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bud2380 Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 I’m at Sundown Mtn ski lodge near Dubuque and it has been snowing lightly since we got here. Not much accumulation. An inch or less so far. But a picturesque scene 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaster220 Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 So, back to trash pattern. Oh well, was a nice 2 weeks. 98-99 analog did show up in the end. Quote 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted February 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 I wasn’t expecting much from this earlier on based on radar trends, but boy did this 1st wave develop into a nice intense band. It almost felt like it was a thunder shower but with snow and wind! Huge fat dendrites blowing sideways. I’m sure those up in lake county can say the same. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 The 8" band went all the way up to the Mason City area. The models that showed this (NAM, in particular) nailed it. 3 Quote 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" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 Beautiful, calm, fluffy snow under this final enhanced band moving through Cedar Rapids. 1 Quote 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" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianc400 Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Tom said: I wasn’t expecting much from this earlier on based on radar trends, but boy did this 1st wave develop into a nice intense band. It almost felt like it was a thunder shower but with snow and wind! Huge fat dendrites blowing sideways. I’m sure those up in lake county can say the same. Yes, it was really coming down nice up here. Visibility dropped to under half a mile for about 20 minutes. I did not measure anything, but it has gotten pretty wet since that heavy band passed through. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 My storm total is 2.5". The final band boosted us to a respectable result. 2 Quote 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" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 My 2.5" melted down to 0.35...... a 7:1 ratio. 2 Quote 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" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormy Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 I ended with at only 1.1” or so, but around 0.40” liquid! Was kinda hard to push the ruler down through the solid snow/sleet mix. Also a very thin layer of ice on things. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james1976 Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 Just got home. Solid 4" 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstorm83 Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 20 hours ago, OmahaSnowFan said: So sad and disgusting. Local Mets here posted these messages. I did an internship at a tv station years ago for a meteorologist and he played me some of the messages he had received from people so pissed off bc of a forecast that was wrong. Probably the same people that will comment "hurdur omadome it's not going to snow idiots" 1 Quote Snowfall in Lincoln, NE: 2017-18: 21.4" 2018-19: 55.5" 2019-20: 17.6" 2020-21: 49.4" 2021-22: 5.1" Average: 26" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormy Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 15 hours ago, Sparky said: I ended with at only 1.1” or so, but around 0.40” liquid! Was kinda hard to push the ruler down through the solid snow/sleet mix. Also a very thin layer of ice on things. My core samples from 1” melted to 0.30” but not sure on accuracy (wouldn’t be lower) from that as had quite a bit of sleet and a bit of zr at first. All reports around me are much lower than even my cores, but I’m sure it was at least 0.30”. Lots of erroneous reporting? My winter liquid equivalent precipitation is normally higher than even official reports and it’s been that way for many years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttumwaSnomow Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 3 hours ago, Sparky said: My core samples from 1” melted to 0.30” but not sure on accuracy (wouldn’t be lower) from that as had quite a bit of sleet and a bit of zr at first. All reports around me are much lower than even my cores, but I’m sure it was at least 0.30”. Lots of erroneous reporting? My winter liquid equivalent precipitation is normally higher than even official reports and it’s been that way for many years. Whats your Dec, Jan, Feb melted precip totals? At one point we melted ice and snow. And we also had way higher precip totals than the official Ottumwa numbers. I really dont believe the monthly and yearly precip amounts can be trusted from what ive seen in my part of rural Iowa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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