Eyeballing from the window it looks to be pushing 3" so far. Still 15+ hours to go of more snow.
Best rates and flake size should be with the grand finale wave later this afternoon. Should hopefully stack up pretty good with that. 8-12 still looks doable.
DVN going all in with amounts generally 13 inches or more in the point forecast at locations near the QC. I would probably play it a bit more conservative with 8-12 with isolated higher amounts. Kind of splitting hairs though really as once you get over 8 inches it's a lot of snow regardless.
Starting to look like 10+ is looking pretty likely now for the QC. Models that seemed to be backing down to reality a few days ago miraculously reversed course. It's always nice to see CAMs and global models both agreeing on big dog totals on every model cycle.
Those were some warning criteria winds today. Several locations well over 55mph multiple times. Cedar Rapids hit 64mph, Iowa City hit 63mph. MLI/DVN hit 57/56mph.
50-55mph wind gusts have arrived. DVN/MLI have gusted to 56/53mph. Cedar Rapids has hit 60mph. A stark contrast to the calm/dense fog environment we had at this time yesterday morning.
We had about a foot of snow a few days after Turkey Day back in 2018. Picked up a half inch of rain in the morning and switched over to very heavy wet snow. Best November event for snow I've ever seen here hands down.