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I'd say more like 10 in west Ames, wanna fight about it !!
Hopefully I-35 between DSM and Ames improves in the next couple hours... still 'travel not advised'.
I generally say to check the cams to see what they actually look like. In my experience the DOT is quick to downgrade roads and slow to improve them on the website compared to actual conditions.
They had a blockage around the boondocks at 7. Now the blockage is gone but still travel not advised coming from 20 south.
30 was fine until Benton county which is not unusual. Hard packed in both lanes. Need salt/sand and sun.
According to the webcams, I35 looks fine.
I can see 35 in WDM from my window and traffic is moving pretty good. I don't think quite speed limit. Side streets are going to be the problem as well as random areas on the interstate that have ice due to blowing snow.
The National Weather service was pretty spot on with the forecast.
The interesting thing was that two weeks out there were those predictions of a big Thanksgiving storm and everyone (correctly) said that you can't really count on those things so far out. This was one time that they were right!
KidSilverhair
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Like I said earlier, I laughed at my phone weather app when it was showing 8-10 inches for Saturday about a week ago. Turns out they were really close.
KidSilverhair
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“I don’t see any 18 inches on there! Bust! These guys never get it right!”
We cancelled a baby shower that was scheduled for yesterday on Monday. At that point, I still thought the whole thing would fizzle out, but it was going to be in the country and no one wanted to risk anything.
Amazing what a few hours of sun will do vastly improved conditions on 30 on the way home. Barely dropped below 70 the whole way.
Well i know what 10 inches looks like and jt was deeper than that.
