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I will say, it's kind of fun having them be our office. I appreciate their excitement in interesting weather. I'd rather have that then an office that low-balls everything, and writes unmotivateed/lazy AFDs.

Latest 12z CSU-MLP forecast for Monday

National Weather Service Des Moines IA 1134 AM CDT Sat Mar 14 2026 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING... WHAT...Blizzard conditions expected. Total snow accumulations between 2 and 4 inches. Winds gusting as high as 55 to 65 mph.

Feb 7, 2020.

Step aside PhiEagleguy, I got this one... Ain't no way, no how, not ever, nope, nada, zero chance this gonna happen, not in 10 quadrillion, billion, zillion, google to the millionth power years. But hey, it's fun to look at

That office has some real moments over the years.

looking forward to dusting #13

Des Moines office went with a blizzard warning, so pretty much guarantee DVN will excitedly join the party. Keep in mind they were the office who issued a widespread blizzard warning for scattered brief snow squalls earlier this winter where 90% of the warning didn't even see a flake.

Thought I'dpost this off the 12z Gfs before Cape does. Lol

As much as I loathe social media, it can be very useful. With the surge in phones with cams, and webcams, we can see everything going on in the world. Most of my life, never had this kind of stuff, but the last 15 yrs has been a big change. When my net went out for over 3 days, I had to regress back. I actually still have sat tv, and I even pulled out my N64, and played Super Mario, and Mario Golf.

Nuke

Mid Atlantic Snowstorm in long range on GFS

Who gives a crap. We have seen snow many times past the Equinox. I know its harder but there is still alot of cold air around.

Mid Atlantic Snowstorm in long range on GFS

Should we use RST’s “River Surface Temperatures” for rivers, instead of SST…??? lol.

Surprised that I'm around 40 percent for more than 1 inch of snow for Monday.

It could depend on your yard too this time of year. There’s a house at the bottom of our hill that has full pack right now on almost all sides except one. It’s deep too. At least 6-8”. Almost everyone else is bare ground with just piles. It’s tucked into the hillside just a bit so it prob catches all the cold dense drainage and maybe a little extra shade…but I think the former is the better explanation. Plenty of other shaded areas have less or just patches.

The soot from Lawrence reflects the sun's rays?

More water in the snow at Ray’s?

Got some pretty good gusts down here could be some sneaky

March 14 1943: Snow, sleet and ice cripple parts of Minnesota south of a line from Duluth through St. Cloud and Ortonville. The heaviest ice was in the vicinities of Lake Benton, Springfield and Windom. Ice thickness was 1/2 to 3/4 inch around St. Cloud to 3/4 to 2 inches in the Pipestone, Ruthton, Lake Wilson, Slayton and Tracy. A good description of the ice was submitted in one report: '…ice was 2 inches across and 1 3/4 inch deep on wire. A little frost ice near the wire with the outside solid ice. The ice was irregular in shape.' Duluth had 6 inches of snowfall at the city office with 13 inches at the airport. The ice was confined to Moose Lake and south. 1870: A severe snow and wind storm moves across Minnesota and Iowa. The 'Northern Vindicator' of Estherville, Iowa becomes the first newspaper to use the term 'blizzard' on this date. For Saturday, March 14, 2026 1870 - The term blizzard was first applied to a storm which produced heavy snow and high winds in Minnesota and Iowa. (David Ludlum) 1944 - A single storm brought a record 21.6 inches of snow to Salt Lake City UT. (The Weather Channel) 1960 - Northern Georgia was between snowstorms. Gainesville GA received 17 inches of snow during the month, and reported at least a trace of snow on the ground 22 days in March. Snow was on roofs in Hartwell GA from the 2nd to the 29th. (The Weather Channel) 1987 - A powerful storm in the western U.S. produced 15 inches of snow in the Lake Tahoe Basin of Nevada, and wind gusts to 50 mph at Las Vegas NV. Thunderstorms in the Sacramento Valley of California spawned a tornado which hit a turkey farm near Corning. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1988 - Squalls in the Great Lakes Region continued to produce heavy snow in northwest Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, and produced up to 14 inches of snow in northeast Ohio. Poplar WI reported 27 inches of snow in two days. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1989 - High winds in Colorado and Wyoming gusted above 120 mph at Horsetooth Heights CO. High winds in the Central Plains sharply reduced visibilities in blowing dust as far east as Kansas City MO. Winds gusting to 72 mph at Hill City KS reduced the visibility to a city block in blowing dust. Soil erosion in northwest Kansas damaged nearly five million acres of wheat. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1990 - Fifty-three cities reported record high temperatures for the date as readings warmed into the 70s and 80s from the Gulf coast to the Great Lakes Region. Charleston WV was the hot spot in the nation with a record high of 89 degrees. It was the fourth of five consecutive days with record warm temperatures for many cities in the eastern U.S. There were 283 daily record highs reported in the central and eastern U.S. during between the 11th and the 15th of March. (The National Weather Summary) 2007 - The temperature in Concord, NH, reaches a record high of 74 degrees less than one week after a record low temperature of 7 degrees below zero on March 8, an 81 degree temperature swing in six days.

Two years in a row of below normal Dec, Jan and Feb. Followed by above normal March.

It was called a 100 year storm so unlikely to see again in our lifetime if they are correct. The arctic cold was extreme for March even back then. As long as we keep seeing snow in April we sill still get snowy March months.