Lack of snow/futility starting to show up in the data now. Dubuque only at 0.6" for the season, and is now over 7 inches below average to date. DVN at 0.8", no official average there yet but probably down 5.5-6 inches to date.
Bone dry here as the precip has stalled about 5 miles to the west. Should remain dry here for another few hours while the QC gets hammered with ice. Still looks like 1/3" or so of mostly plain rain this afternoon.
DVN with an ice storm warning for Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas tomorrow. Isolated area there will get precip early enough before it warms above freezing, and may amount to some decent glazing.
Looks like about 1/3" of 34 degree rain for this area tomorrow.
Had virga overhead all day as top-down saturation slowly evolved. Managed a few flurries mid-afternoon.
Ice potential here looks null for Sat, as precip will hold off until after we reach above freezing on Sat.
Picked up 0.3" of snow this morning, up to 0.7" for the season.
MLI did better inside the main swath and picked up 0.9", 1.3" for season. DVN just 0.4" today.
The little rainer on Saturday will wash some of the salt and grime off the roads and neglected vehicles, so that's nice.
Hopefully we can dust the ground tomorrow with a quick hitting snow shower or squall.
Getting close to wind warning criteria, with gusts pushing 55mph.
Had a few sprinkles earlier with frontal passage.
EDIT: DVN just gusted to 56mph.
EDIT2: Chicago Midway apt just gusted to 58mph.
There are many of us on the outside of this clipper pattern though.
It's early and of course our time will eventually come, but this feels like a giant waste of cold for some of us in the sub.
The clipper next Wednesday could be decent from WI down to MI/OH. Looks like that's the only clipper we have to work with in this northwest flow regime.