Very Early 2/21 Weather Thread

chuckd4735

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Yes I know this is very early, but looking at the Meteogram Generator at snow totals for tonight, I noticed next Thursday is starting to look a tad interesting...

http://www.meteor.iastate.edu/~ckarsten/bufkit/image_loader.phtml?site=p#a

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cyfanatic

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Weather person on the radio today was saying "while it is a bit early"...all the models are consistent in their predictions of a significant weather event for late next week. Ugh...
 

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Weather person on the radio today was saying "while it is a bit early"...all the models are consistent in their predictions of a significant weather event for late next week. Ugh...

Heading to Steamboat next Thursday, looks like it may be an interesting trip...
 

cytech

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Man this winter has been tearing up the gravel drives at one of my places. If this happens it will only be worse. Why can't the ground freeze before it snows!!!
 

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Better next week than the week after....gotta fly out on the 2nd.
 

Trice

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Interpret for us laymen. Are the lines on that graph different models predicting different amounts of snowfall?

And do we know yet if it's just going to be snow or the full on blizzard type of treatment?
 

chuckd4735

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Interpret for us laymen. Are the lines on that graph different models predicting different amounts of snowfall?

And do we know yet if it's just going to be snow or the full on blizzard type of treatment?

Each line is a different model I believe. As far as wind, if you scroll down on the link, you will see wind speeds being predicted anywhere from 20-45 MPH during the day on Thursday.

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Trice

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Whoops, I overlooked the link entirely. Thanks for the knowledge, and please keep us informed. You weather folks do the rest of us a huge service here and I appreciate it.
 

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I'm not overly concerned about this one. But does anybody have any info on the April 13/14 event? Or October 4/5? :jimlad:
 

Iastfan112

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Do I think there's going to be a significant storm, yes. This far out the track could vary widely though. The snowstorm that went through NE-SD-ND-MN last weekend was showing a solution that would've taken it through Iowa at about 7 days out, for instance.