Been snowing fairly nicely the past 25 mins, with decent flake size. However, despite the temp dropping a few degrees it's not sticking at all even on the grass. If it were January even at these temps we'd have a nice coating by now.
Pixie dust has commenced, with a temp at 36.
There have been several reports of 1/2 mile or less vis in snow in southern/southeast Iowa the past few hours, so it may rip for awhile. Looks like 1.5-2" on the grass on the way.
Looks like an inch on the grass type of an event tomorrow afternoon/evening. As expected the NAMs have slowly reduced QPF in the final hours leading up to the event per usual this season. An uptick in QPF on the guidance in the final 12hrs before the event would be more surprising than waking up tomorrow to see that covid 19 has vanished overnight across the globe.
Pretty lame event overall today. The DVN area getting decaying Iowa sloppy seconds per usual. Still waiting on first thunder since last fall or summer.
If I had all the time in the world I likely would have chased today. But as per usual work limited my chance. Hopefully some storms can manage to make it in here later this evening for a little lightning.
Looking forward to the 60+ dews late tomorrow/tomorrow eve. Will be the first time this year for that. Time to throw some brats on the grill and throw back a few frosties.
18z GFS has a nice 6-10" snowstorm all along the I-80 corridor from Iowa to northern Ohio about 300hrs out. One more model run and I say let's start a thread.
Yeah wish we could just skip to May or June. The fail of 19/20 winter is done. March is a dud. Prob gonna have another cold/wussy April like per usual. Let's just skip to May and June and hope the 2% tor prob days pay off in Iowa like they have in the past 3 yrs.
Closing in on a half inch of rain. Should make an inch the way it's looking. Steady light rain, with regular intervals of moderate rain. Grass is still brown. Need to get some thunder up here if we're going to get any greening up of that of any consequence.
Looking forward to a nice soaking rain tomorrow. Anywhere from 3/4-1" of rain looks likely. Would love some thunder, but looks like that's not in the cards this go around.