Very Early 2/21 Weather Thread

[cycloneworld]

I'll keep going 6-8" in Des Moines, some 9" totals possible in West/SW Iowa, right up to the metro.

Morning update courtesy of @ariellenixon

How dare you change your previous week-out forecast of 5-8 inches! Damn meteorologists can't get anything right!

 

[FDWxMan]

How dare you change your previous week-out forecast of 5-8 inches! Damn meteorologists can't get anything right!

Haha, well, we probably will make a significant change for SW/SE Iowa though.

Based on radar trends and latest models, I would expect those 10+" to flip flop from SW to SE Iowa by the noon show.

And Kansas City is absolutely getting crushed. Probably on their way to easily over a foot.

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[wartknight]

ANy chance you could get Arielle to take over your CF account for a while? Or have her set one up and join us here? Would love to ummm, get her input on the storm

 

[2020cy]

Why do people insist on driving in this stuff, are they just oblivious to the forecast over the last several days.

 

[MissouriCyclone]

Haha, well, we probably will make a significant change for SW/SE Iowa though.

Based on radar trends and latest models, I would expect those 10+" to flip flop from SW to SE Iowa by the noon show.

And Kansas City is absolutely getting crushed. On their way to easily over a foot.

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Glad I'm not home.... Looks awful.

 

[TedFlintKansas]

Haha, well, we probably will make a significant change for SW/SE Iowa though.

Based on radar trends and latest models, I would expect those 10+" to flip flop from SW to SE Iowa by the noon show.

And Kansas City is absolutely getting crushed. On their way to easily over a foot.

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I just made it to Ottumwa in Southeast Iowa, do you really think 10 or more inches is coming our way???

 

[wartknight]

Also any idea what Friday morning commute will look like?

 

[chuckd4735]

Haha, well, we probably will make a significant change for SW/SE Iowa though.

Based on radar trends and latest models, I would expect those 10+" to flip flop from SW to SE Iowa by the noon show.

And Kansas City is absolutely getting crushed. On their way to easily over a foot.

How were you unable to predict this shift?

 

[MissouriCyclone]

Why do people insist on driving in this stuff, are they just oblivious to the forecast over the last several days.

I know a lot of businesses back home were open. Also that picture is probably on I-70 or 35 which is a major freeway. My brother lives by Columbia and he had to drive to Jeff City today. Said I-70 was terrible.

 

[chuckd4735]

Also any idea what Friday morning commute will look like?

This is my guess...

 

[wxman1]

The city of Wichita just had a press conference in which they explained that they don't plow residential streets because "it would create snow piles at the end of driveways and around parked cars"...So?

 

[MissouriCyclone]

The city of Wichita just had a press conference in which they explained that they don't plow residential streets because "it would create snow piles at the end of driveways and around parked cars"...So?

Great job on their part....

 

[FDWxMan]

I just made it to Ottumwa in Southeast Iowa, do you really think 10 or more inches is coming our way???

I would plan on at least 8, and yeah 10 doesn't seem to be a stretch.

I would bet you'll end up with more than Des Moines.

It appears it is starting to snow in Lamoni now.

 

[wartknight]

The city of Wichita just had a press conference in which they explained that they don't plow residential streets because "it would create snow piles at the end of driveways and around parked cars"...So?

You mean what every one of us living up north have to deal with?

 

[cyfanatic]

I see Johnston schools are closing early...2 hour early dismissal.

 

[JP4CY]

The city of Wichita just had a press conference in which they explained that they don't plow residential streets because "it would create snow piles at the end of driveways and around parked cars"...So?

Extension cord + Hair dryer? I could see that in Nebraska but not Kansas.

 

[wartknight]

Ankeny just announced same thing. Think I will head home now so I can be there when kids get home...

 

[ianoconnor]

I see Johnston schools are closing early...2 hour early dismissal.

DSM Public is closing 1.5 hours early, too.

 

[Trice]

I see Johnston schools are closing early...2 hour early dismissal.

Judging by the news web sites, just about any school in the path of this storm is letting out early.

 

[wartknight]

I'm trying to figure out why Belmond Klemme is letting out at noon. Snow won't even hit there until around 5 will it?