FWIW (And admittedly I have no idea what its worth) the Euro has the DSM area getting 9.5 inches
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Got a kick out of this and all the news nonsense that goes with these storms.
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Some light rain possible Saturday afternoon switching over to snow around sunset on Saturday and continuing through the day on Sunday.
What the what? I think we're all very confused as to where this thing is tracking.
Not supposed to start until evening last I heard. Depending on which channel you are watching, we are going to get 0-8" sometime before the end of the weekend.
Not supposed to start until evening last I heard. Depending on which channel you are watching, we are going to get 0-8" sometime before the end of the weekend.
TWSS
This does not include Ames, but does include pretty much everything south of US 30.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1048 AM CST FRI JAN 30 2015
...INCREASING THREAT OF HEAVY SNOWFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN IOWA...
.A STORM ACROSS THE WESTERN UNITED STATES WILL PASS INTO THE
REGION THIS WEEKEND. PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD INTO THE STATE ON
SATURDAY WITH A TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY SATURDAY NIGHT WITH THE
SNOW CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY BEFORE THE STORM PASSES.
IAZ059>062-071>075-081>086-092>097-310100-
/O.NEW.KDMX.WS.A.0002.150201T0000Z-150202T0000Z/
DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-
ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-
WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PERRY...WAUKEE...ADEL...DES MOINES...
NEWTON...GRINNELL...GREENFIELD...STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...
WINTERSET...EARLHAM...INDIANOLA...NORWALK...CARLISLE...PELLA...
KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...
ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD...LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR...
LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON...SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...HUMESTON...
CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD
1048 AM CST FRI JAN 30 2015
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL PICK UP IN INTENSITY SATURDAY EVENING AND
CONTINUE AT LIGHT TO MODERATE RATES INTO SUNDAY.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW...ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. HIGHEST AMOUNTS APPEAR TO BE MOST
LIKELY IN THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE WATCH AREA.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE SATURDAY NIGHT AND
PERSIST INTO SUNDAY AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH.
* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. DRIFTING SNOW
WILL CREATE LOW VISIBILITIES SUNDAY AND MAY MAKE IT DIFFICULT
FOR ROAD CREWS TO KEEP ROADS CLEAR...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
The Boxstercy Iowa Road Trip Model [SUP]TM [/SUP](aka BIRTM) predicts a high probably of ****** weather and ****** roads. The BIRTM is a probabilistic model based on decades of Boxstercy trips to and from Iowa that inevitably produce ****** weather and ****** driving conditions. It is a time proven predictive model and very simple. The only input needed is "yes" or "no" to "Will Boxster be driving in Iowa?".
BIRTM is fully applicable to both winter and summer. Boxster on the road in the summer = hail, high winds and maybe tornadoes (did u-turn in 2008 and retreated 20 miles north to avoid the cell that had gone through Parkersburg). Boxster on the road in Iowa in winter = high winds, freezing rain, terrible road conditions, deep snow and high probability of I-35 closure.
Expect the worse, I am coming to Iowa!
BIRTM is fully applicable to both winter and summer. Boxster on the road in the summer = hail, high winds and maybe tornadoes (did u-turn in 2008 and retreated 20 miles north to avoid the cell that had gone through Parkersburg). Boxster on the road in Iowa in winter = high winds, freezing rain, terrible road conditions, deep snow and high probability of I-35 closure.
Expect the worse, I am coming to Iowa!
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I am the Joe Btfspk of road trips. :smile:
obscure Lil'Abner reference that no one under 50 will get.
