Weather Thread - 1/16 to 1/18

[Clonefan32]

This time of year I can only imagine this was the case for dozens of schools.

I would question whether Saturday should have been cancelled even if the forecast for that day had held up. In central Iowa they were only forecasting 1-3" for Saturday afternoon. That's an inconvenience, but that's winter in the Midwest.

I don't get why they just don't leave it up to the individual teams. If you decide not to come they refund you your entrance fee and just forfeit out your games. I would imagine the majority would have been able to make it. With a tournament pulling teams from different parts of the state alot of it can come down to where you're coming from as well.

 

[Trice]

"Moderate to heavy wintry precipitation...through much of the day Friday and into the night"

 

[BigJCy]

"Moderate to heavy wintry precipitation...through much of the day Friday and into the night"

I see Weather Underground is currently projecting 8 to 9 inches of snow for Des Moines/Ames on Thursday Night/Friday

 

[cyfan92]

https://darksky.net/forecast/41.5704,-93.8046/us12/en

Jordan Creek area on dark sky

 

[mynameisjonas]

F***

 

[scyclonekid]

Lowered expectations

 

[im4cyclones]

I don't get why they just don't leave it up to the individual teams. If you decide not to come they refund you your entrance fee and just forfeit out your games. I would imagine the majority would have been able to make it. With a tournament pulling teams from different parts of the state alot of it can come down to where you're coming from as well.

I have a friend who was involved with a youth tournament and ran into a weather event similar to this weekend’s. It’s more complicated than you think to just have several teams not show up.

 

[Shawker]

"Moderate to heavy wintry precipitation...through much of the day Friday and into the night"

Yes please. Just bought a new snow blower and need a reason to use it.

 

[BigJCy]

I see Weather Underground is currently projecting 8 to 9 inches of snow for Des Moines/Ames on Thursday Night/Friday

Have now dropped it down a bit to 5-6 inches so see how it plays out the next couple days.

Looks like total projections could be tricky based on the temperature.

 

[BigJCy]

 

[barryb4384]

The latest reports show that temperature models are colder for Friday, so the large amount of moisture, the wind, and the cold temps are now pretty well known. Just a matter of where the storm hits. Tracking towards NE Iowa and Wisconsin currently which is why the totals were probably lowered. But no real amounts can be trusted as solid predictions until about Thursday morning/Thursday evening.

 

[ClonesTwenty1]

KCCI saying 40 mph wind gust too

 

[motorcy90]

I see Weather Underground is currently projecting 8 to 9 inches of snow for Des Moines/Ames on Thursday Night/Friday

so in reality will be getting 1-2"

 

[motorcy90]

after the last few let downs I'm definitely in a need to see it to believe it approach anymore.......

 

[BigJCy]

KCCI saying 40 mph wind gust too

Yikes

 

[Cyched]

KCCI saying 40 mph wind gust too

Blizzard potential?

 

[nfrine]

so in reality will be getting 1-2"

Or 12"+....

 

[JM4CY]

so in reality will be getting 1-2"

 

[enisthemenace]

I don't get why they just don't leave it up to the individual teams. If you decide not to come they refund you your entrance fee and just forfeit out your games. I would imagine the majority would have been able to make it. With a tournament pulling teams from different parts of the state alot of it can come down to where you're coming from as well.

We had two tournaments...1 in Urbandale and 1 in Indianola...that were cancelled last weekend. UDale is about a 40 min drive for us on a normal day, 40 minutes from UDale to Indianola then about 35 minutes back home from Indianola. We were planning on taking 2 cars so that I (or my wife) could watch the majority of one kid’s UDale tournament (while the other stayed the whole time), while being able to get the other kid to the Indianola tournament on time.

We would have made it all work had the tournaments not cancelled the night before, but I’m telling you...I would have been piiiiiiiiiiiissed if we had shown up and had to sit there with my thumb in my ass because a bunch of teams didn’t show up.

Not to mention referees who may show up, expecting to be paid, but not have games to ref. If refunding entry fees, where does that come from? Etc Etc Etc

Just saying.

 

[ISUTex]

Don’t forget the eggs. You need those too for weather emergency French Toast preparation.

Also, don't forget to order Casey's pick up an hour or two into the storm. That way you have to go on an adventure.