Weather Thread - Jan 10 & Jan 11

[ArgentCy]

There was so much warm air in the system. Just imagine having tornados yesterday and snow today. This happened along i70 in Missouri. But we had pretty heavy rain at 31-32 deg and it wasnt even freezing.

 

[isuno1fan]

Weather dudes fail again

 

[Rabbuk]

Crapids has less than an inch of snow I'd guess

 

[Trice]

NWS post this earlier today if people didn't see it. Another round tomorrow for much of the state.

 

[ISUAgronomist]

NWS post this earlier today if people didn't see it. Another round tomorrow for much of the state.

And a few decent chances throughout next week.

Let it snow!!

 

[wxman1]

And a few decent chances throughout next week.

Let it snow!!

Just like last year (about the same weekend IIRC) the pattern has just flipped.

 

[ISUAgronomist]

Just like last year (about the same weekend IIRC) the pattern has just flipped.

Last year it was next week and the week after next as I was out of town the 2nd week and we got a crap ton of snow. My wife had to enlist some teenagers to clear the snow while I was gone.

 

[BigJCy]

 

[Mtowncyclone13]

Weather dudes fail again

I don't know why people disliked your post. I honestly don't know why people try to predict the weather so often . No one can change it and it's usually not half as bad as they make it out to be. So why even worry about it?

 

[Gunnerclone]

I don't know why people disliked your post. I honestly don't know why people try to predict the weather so often . No one can change it and it's usually not half as bad as they make it out to be. So why even worry about it?

I wonder if went back 20 years and looked at winter storms how many they get “right” vs “wrong”. Idk what the criteria would be maybe within .1 inches of ice and like 2 inches for snow.

 

[awd4cy]

I don't know why people disliked your post. I honestly don't know why people try to predict the weather so often . No one can change it and it's usually not half as bad as they make it out to be. So why even worry about it?

I agree, let’s get rid of all weather people and we can go back to the days of having no idea what the weather 2 hours from now will bring.

 

[cmjh10]

I would much rather the meteorologists predict 8" and we get 3" than the other way around.

 

[Cig 'em]

I would much rather the meteorologists predict 8" and we get 3" than the other way around.

she said she would rather have it the other way.

 

[JP4CY]

I don't know why people disliked your post. I honestly don't know why people try to predict the weather so often . No one can change it and it's usually not half as bad as they make it out to be. So why even worry about it?

No one in our neighborhood hand shoveled, everyone snowblower. That's why I disagreed.

 

[Urbandale2013]

I don't know why people disliked your post. I honestly don't know why people try to predict the weather so often . No one can change it and it's usually not half as bad as they make it out to be. So why even worry about it?

In the metro it seemed like they hit it pretty well. I never saw snow totals but my commute home matched what they were saying.

 

[NorthCyd]

I'm amazed at how well they can predict weather, but I guess that's because I'm not completely ignorant on how hard it is to model natural systems.

 

[Mtowncyclone13]

I would much rather the meteorologists predict 8" and we get 3" than the other way around.

That didn't go well with the girls at Paddy's.

 

[NWICY]

Roads are pretty marginal in north central Iowa right now for driving 50 pretty much catches it. anything other than 4 lane is 100% snow covered couple of inches maybe.