Very Early 2/21 Weather Thread

[ISUAgronomist]

According to sources, ISU has cancelled all classes after 5 pm. Got a ******* test at 5:30! Postpone it! :jiggy:

Weather updates - News Service - Iowa State University

[h=1]Weather updates[/h]
Posted 21 hours ago
[h=3]Evening classes canceled at Iowa State tonight, Feb. 21[/h]Iowa State University classes that begin at 5 p.m. or later tonight, Thursday, Feb. 21, have been canceled, due to the winter storm. The cancellations apply to classes on the Ames campus as well as MBA classes in Capital Square in Des Moines. Afternoon classes will continue as scheduled. However, instructors are urged to accommodate students who cannot attend, due to travel difficulties. Watch the homepage for more weather-related information.
[h=3]MBA classes in Des Moines[/h]Iowa State's Feb. 21 evening MBA classes, held in Capital Square in Des Moines, have been canceled.
[h=3]Computer science distinguished lecture canceled[/h]The computer science distinguished lecture, "The Semantic Web, or There and Back Again," scheduled for 3:40 p.m., Feb. 21, is canceled.
[h=3]Feb. 21 Brunnier Art Museum program canceled[/h]The Feb. 21 Brunnier Art Museum program, "From Whale Bones to the White Cube," originally scheduled for 7 p.m., is canceled due to the approaching winter storm.
[h=3]Miranda Lambert/Dierks Bentley/Lee Brice concert will go on[/h]

Miranda Lambert's "Locked and Reloaded Tour," with special guests Dierks Bentley and Lee Brice, will be held as scheduled at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21 at Hilton Coliseum. The crew is set to arrive early, and Hilton officials indicate the show will go on if the crew and performers arrive. Ticket holders may check www.cyclones.com or call 515-294-5822 for weather-related updates. An email will be sent to ticket holders who purchased their seats via www.ticketmaster.com should the situation change.

 

[ChrisMWilliams]

I gave up my Dierks/Miranda tickets for tonight. It better snow a lot damnit.

 

[CtownCyclone]

I hate when the slot gets dry...

 

[AirWalke]

85%, no less... you happy now?

And add in the fact they over-hype any weather. It's beyond annoying.

I agree! From now on, no more weather forecasts. Let's abolish all forecast models and just take the weather as it comes. I'd rather be inconveniently surprised than conveniently prepared.

 

[SaraV]

Just started to snow in Ottumwa bout half an hour ago. Really tiny flakes, but a good amount of them.

 

[CycloneGB]

I gave up my Dierks/Miranda tickets for tonight. It better snow a lot damnit.

 

[FDWxMan]

I seriously wish I could have a job that i can be wrong almost 95% of the time, and still keep it.

I didn't realize the storm was over yet.

I could easily be wrong, but can we wait until it actually happens to bury the weather folk?

I don't mean to portray this as an exact science, or that I'm always right, but sheesh. And I appreciate the King of Hype Cantore writing the obit, but there's still a while to go.

 

[ChrisMWilliams]

I didn't realize the storm was over yet.

I could easily be wrong, but can we wait until it actually happens to bury the weather folk?

I don't mean to portray this as an exact science, or that I'm always right, but sheesh. And I appreciate the King of Hype Cantore writing the obit, but there's still a while to go.

You go boy.

But seriously, have things changed or is everybody just spazzing out to simply spazz out. I have no clue. Kinda just waiting.

 

[brentblum]

I didn't realize the storm was over yet.

I could easily be wrong, but can we wait until it actually happens to bury the weather folk?

I don't mean to portray this as an exact science, or that I'm always right, but sheesh. And I appreciate the King of Hype Cantore writing the obit, but there's still a while to go.

I would pay good money for a FDWxMan vs. Cantore cage match. I will pull a COLD FRONT ON YOUR A**!

 

[cyfanatic]

I didn't realize the storm was over yet.

I could easily be wrong, but can we wait until it actually happens to bury the weather folk?

I don't mean to portray this as an exact science, or that I'm always right, but sheesh. And I appreciate the King of Hype Cantore writing the obit, but there's still a while to go.

Why don't people check out what happened/is happening in KC? The storm hit hard...guess it is one of those "tree falls in the woods thing"...if I don't see a foot of snow in my driveway then there wasn't a snowstorm?

 

[CycloneGB]

Why don't people check out what happened/is happening in KC? The storm hit hard...guess it is one of those "trees falls in the woods thing"...if I don't see a foot of snow in my driveway then there wasn't a snowstorm?

Now you're catching on!!

 

[RING4CY]

Time to pray Ames public schools are closed tomorrow.

Closed schools = instructor stays home with kids = no class for me.

 

[Cy$]

Exam is cancelled!

**** yeah! Go State!

 

[VTXCyRyD]

I wish I was closer to nine than 5.

Now your just looking for a TWSS, and I'm not going to give it to you

 

[FDWxMan]

You go boy.

But seriously, have things changed or is everybody just spazzing out to simply spazz out. I have no clue. Kinda just waiting.

Probably both. The low end of the forecast definitely safer bet right now. Dry air is wrapping in so but the center of the low is still way back in Kansas.

 

[iahawkhunter]

Now your just looking for a TWSS, and I'm not going to give it to you

TWSS

 

[chuckd4735]

I gave up my Dierks/Miranda tickets for tonight. It better snow a lot damnit.

Dont you have a truck...My Ford Fusion and I are still going from Ankeny. Its just a little snow brah.

 

[carvers4math]

We have a couple inches on the ground here in southern Iowa. Started 1:20 ago.

 

[CykoAGR]

I didn't realize the storm was over yet.

I could easily be wrong, but can we wait until it actually happens to bury the weather folk?

I don't mean to portray this as an exact science, or that I'm always right, but sheesh. And I appreciate the King of Hype Cantore writing the obit, but there's still a while to go.

I could be way off here so forgive me if I am but I would compare weather forcasting to handicapping college sports.

All that you can do is look at data to predict the outcome. Certian things are easier to predict than others.

If Alabama football plays the school of the blind it is pretty easy to predict the winner in that game much like with a large system like we have hitting the midwest today it is pretty easy to predict that we will have some measureable snowfall or we have a 100% chance of precipitation.

Predicting the total precipitation is like trying to pick the spread in the Alabama game above. How long will Alabama play their starters? Did Musberger tick off McArron (sp) the QB and will he throw 3 INTS? Will they run up the score or will they play the 3rd stringers by halftime?

All of these questions would be similar (I can imagine) to predicting how a system develops and all of the factors of trying to accurately predict snowfall amounts.

As for the hype thing that is media driven. KCCI and WHO and local stations everywhere benefit when they hype storms like this because it draws viewers to their newscasts. Why wouldnt they mention a significant event whenever they can?

Its not like the weather guy is running around screaming that its the end of the world. Plus this thread has like 20 pages so its obvious that there is interest.

One thing that throws the average person like me for a loop is when people post maps from a model that show 20 inches 6 days out. Most of us average people are too dumb to actually see that these are models and not real weather people making predictions so we get all hot and bothered about a big storm. If we were smart enough to know that the models are not accurate and to wait for someone who knows what the hell they are looking at to interpret them we would be waaaay better off.

Also if you dont like the hype then dont listen or read about it and just let it happen.

/end rant

 

[isuno1fan]

First flakes now falling in Clive