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November 20-21 Early Season Snowstorm Part 2


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Maybe caused by already marginal temps ticking up a degree or two due to warm lake influence, thus limiting accums?

 

 

I don't know, it's sort of a weird look for it to be lake influence.  It could be a relative min in qpf in that area, but would have to check.

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For whatever reason, a band of dry air is stuck over east-central Iowa and it's killing us.  Heavy snow had no problem spreading eastward to the north and northeast from Waterloo to Dubuque into northern Illinois, where widespread 2-3 inches has already fallen, but here in Cedar Rapids we got a quick burst a couple hours ago and then it just stopped and hasn't started up again.

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For whatever reason, a band of dry air is stuck over east-central Iowa and it's killing us.  Heavy snow had no problem spreading eastward to the north and northeast from Waterloo to Dubuque into northern Illinois, where widespread 2-3 inches has already fallen, but here in Cedar Rapids we got a quick burst a couple hours ago and then it just stopped and hasn't started up again.

That's because the main FGEN axis was to your north, leading to faster saturation. That was always supposed to be the case.

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Yes. Our issue is not sure much ptype...it's that wedge of drys lot on the nam. The initial round of snow may melt during dryslot before main storm hits

 

Well even then, if that main round comes roaring in with 1-2" per hour rates and muffin-sized flakes for 2-3 hours (very much plausible based on the progged Omega values in the DGZ and the increasing instability shown), that lull may ultimately be a non-factor.

 

This is all assuming we stay all snow and we do experience a lull of course.

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Top down sat underway.  Should be snowing in another hour or so.  Once it starts it's gonna pick up quickly.

 

Point has 8"/2" tonight/tomorrow for 10" total, with 8-12 in the zone for the county.  Sounds about right.

 

I gotta drive in this early tomorrow morning around 6am.  Should be an interesting drive lol.  

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Rap is ticking the heavy snow band slowly Southward for the Peoria area. It will be interesting to see if this trend continues. If it actually continues this trend and the 0z models are showing it, ILX may have to upgrade to a warning for their Northwest and far Northern counties.

not sure why they went with such low totals to begin with along 72 and north

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