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***Official 2025 Weather Thread***

ackatch said:
Of course I went to use the snowblower yesterday to clear the sidewalk on an empty lot in our neighborhood and the drive belt fell off the drive pulley, and I can't get the damn thing back on without taking the blower housing off the frame. WHY ARIENS, WHY?!
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Drive belt? I think mine is a shift drive. I’m going to have to look. It is pretty old though.
 
zarnold56 said:
Wife is supposed to drive to Madison Wisconsin area from West Des Moines at around 2pm. That's probably not a great idea I think.
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Not snowing up here on the IA/MN border (just west of 35) and not a lot of snow. Depending where you live 35 to 90 and over might be the clearest route.
 
BCClone said:
Drive belt? I think mine is a shift drive. I’m going to have to look. It is pretty old though.
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Belt to pulley and then a friction disc engages when I tell it to "go baby go". Seemingly a horrible design, but what do I know?
 
awd4cy said:
Schools closing early. We get softer all the time.
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im4cyclones said:
Schools don’t need to toughen up, parents need to stop complaining to schools if/when they don’t adjust to weather. If a school starts on time while others delay or a school goes the entire day when neighbors dismiss early, you can bet that Supt will get tons of angry phone calls and emails.
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The Super should ignore the parents. There's nothing keeping a parent from going to pick their kid up early themselves is there? Or keeping them home for a day if they think it's too dangerous. Instead, the whole district has to placate the most paranoid parent.
 
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CyDawg23 said:
Is there an app you can recommend for us novices?
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There is a service (Storm Vista) which has all the metrological professional models but it costs money . That’s what I use.
I think there is a free service from the NWS but it’s not as good.
In any case, you will probably not understand what these models are saying.
 
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Letterkenny said:
The Super should ignore the parents. There's nothing keeping a parent from going to pick their kid up early themselves is there? Or keeping them home for a day if they think it's too dangerous. Instead, the whole district has to placate the most paranoid parent.
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Well now you can get charged if your kids miss too much school (think it's like 20% in a given quarter/semester?). I'm of the opinion they're way too conservative with canceling these days, but I can understand why they do. Most of the time, anyway..
 
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NEPatriotscy said:
Not a bust for me. These TV forecasters like to follow the American Model (GFS) instead of the much more accurate European Model. The European has been extremely consistent on each run since Wednesday evening.
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Remember that as I posted above somewhere, I’m talking about tomorrow and this afternoon. Ames will probably get an inch or so this afternoon before it ends. Tomorrow basically everywhere in central IA and all of the state will get an inch or less ending by about Noon.
 
NEPatriotscy said:
Not a bust for me. These TV forecasters like to follow the American Model (GFS) instead of the much more accurate European Model. The European has been extremely consistent on each run since Wednesday evening.
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So, how do we get school superintendents to use the European model? Is this a problem of them not understanding the metric system or something?
 
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