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  1. hawkeye_wx
    The 06z guidance so far continues the gradual qpf increase and northward drift of the snow band over here. Much of the guidance is in the 0.30"-0.40" range for us. The HRRR is a dry outlier, but I'm guessing it will juice up as we get closer.
  2. hawkeye_wx
    Our white Halloween has become green November 1st. Halloween snow is like April snow... insta-melt.
  3. hawkeye_wx
    I'm going with 3.9" total. The snowboard, out in the yard, has 3.7" while the deck and car, close to the house, have 4.5". My total for the week will be lower than many other spotters in the CR area, but we ended up doing as well as we could have. The two systems dropped their best snow right through this area. Farther north and west in Iowa, very little snow fell this week. I'm sure those areas will surge past us once winter arrives.
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    Last hour I had 4-4.5" on the car, but only 3.5" on the snowboard and grass. The final band of decent snow is about to move off to our east, so we are near the end.
  5. hawkeye_wx
    Our temp has fallen to 29º, so the snow is now accumulating on the pavement. 1.5-2.0" has fallen in the CR area. This morning, it had looked like 1.5-2.0" would be our total, but some decent bands got going early. The snow should continue to pivot through the area all night.
  6. hawkeye_wx
    I wonder how many times Cedar Rapids has received two 2+" snow events in October(or even two 1" events). From 2007-2018 (the duration of my personal records) I only recorded measurable snow in October one time, and that was only 0.2".
  7. hawkeye_wx
    12z UK has beefed up the nw edge a bit.
  8. hawkeye_wx
    I finished with 2.5" on my snowboard. The metal car has 2.8", but I'm recording 2.5".
  9. hawkeye_wx
    My neighbor had a "Fall Fiesta" sugar maple planted in her front yard this year. It has been a nice orange with some yellow and red. It should be spectacular when it gains some size. She has a large red maple in her backyard that turns red.
  10. hawkeye_wx
    My total has jumped to 1.5" (assuming the car hood is an accurate measurement) just in the last 25 minutes. That makes the rate over an inch per hour.
  11. hawkeye_wx
    Getting some very robust snowfall here. A solid bright green band, with a few spots of yellow, is producing a moderate to heavy rate with large flakes. I'm sure I'm over an inch now. We have a real shot at 2".
  12. hawkeye_wx
    The first flakes of the season just began to fall here.
  13. hawkeye_wx
    The precip total (rain and snow) across the region is very dry on this run... much less than any other model. It has only 0.05" in Cedar Rapids. The Euro has 0.40" and other models are 0.20 - 0.30".
  14. hawkeye_wx
    Water temp is in the upper 60s where Pablo is.
  15. hawkeye_wx
    Tonight's euro is much weaker with the Halloween storm. The energy just doesn't wrap up like the last several runs.
  16. hawkeye_wx
    GFS farther nw again with widespread heavy snow. The hopes for a big early snow are beginning to fade for the southeast third of Iowa.
  17. hawkeye_wx
    12z Euro - Snow precip Wave #1 Total after major Halloween storm
  18. hawkeye_wx
    We had our first dip into the upper 20s with heavy frost this morning. The leaves of my small maple tree and my neighbor's large maple tree are pouring down pretty good this morning.
  19. hawkeye_wx
    This system is interesting. It's a solid tropical cyclone with deep convection at the center, but there is a strong cold front crashing in from the west, approaching the core.
  20. hawkeye_wx
    The system out by the Azores seems to be a pretty clear tropical cyclone.
  21. hawkeye_wx
    Typhoon Bualoi is about to move over/near Anatahan island in the Mariana Islands. This is the second strong typhoon to directly hit the tiny island this month. That's difficult to do.
  22. hawkeye_wx
    0.75" in my gauge this morning. It was nice to see/hear some heavy downpours again after a needed ten days off.
  23. hawkeye_wx
    Mason City, IA has been in the mid 30s with light snow for much of the day.
  24. hawkeye_wx
    The temp has fallen to 31º in my yard.
  25. hawkeye_wx
    I did not bother covering any plants tonight. It's too windy. I don't really like to do all that work this late in the season, anyway. I still have several flower pots in the garage for the hummers. They all appear to know how to use feeders, too.
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