dm is in an area that just says 'wintry mix'.....i assume that between the 14" area and the 8" area will have something other than a 'wintry mix'?
Official Winter Storm Thread for 12/21 - 12/26
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dm is in an area that just says 'wintry mix'.....i assume that between the 14" area and the 8" area will have something other than a 'wintry mix'?
The NWS DSM office is calling for 9-12 inches of snow tomorrow night-Saturday for the Des Moines metro. From listening to my scanner, it sounds like there are power outages in the Boone area.
They are just using an all encompassing phrase there, it means Des Moines will deal with all different types of winter precip, by late Thursday it should be all snow though
Sound advice. As long as the idiots who are driving fast don't take you with them. That's always my biggest fear when driving in really bad weather.
Looks like Cedar Rapids isn't going to get much for snow (at least compared to the western part of the state). If I have to miss Christmas Eve at my grandparents in Atlantic for the first time in my life, I'd at least like to have something to show for it.
Is it bad that I'm getting jealous of the areas that are going to have several feet of snow?
Is it bad that I'm getting jealous of the areas that are going to have several feet of snow?
That's the thing, you can crawl along at 5mph from here to wherever your going and it'll be all well and good, but it just takes one numbnuts to screw everything up.
Too true. A bunch of us went down to florida right after graduation in dec 07. Unfortunately for us, we hit a major snowstorm starting when we hit eastern iowa and all the way as we drove straight south through illinois. We started our drive at around 5pm (we all had spent the previous summer working a job that had us driving nights, so we were used to it) and it took forever and ever to get through illinois going very, very slowly the entire time. At some point we ended up with this same car for a good stretch of the road... and all of a sudden at one point, they hit the side wall on a bridge. Scary stuff.
Two EPIC storms for Iowa... in the same month. They might as well go ahead and call this an EPIC winter.
It's a December to remember for sure.
It's a December to remember for sure.
I see they now have Des Moines in the Winter Storm Warning now. We were under a Watch last night the last time I looked.
IAZ059>061-070>073-081>083-092>094-241815-
/O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0007.091224T1800Z-091226T0600Z/
/O.EXB.KDMX.WS.W.0008.091224T1800Z-091226T1200Z/
DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-
TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...ATLANTIC...
GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...CORNING...CRESTON...
OSCEOLA...BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR...LEON
411 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON
TODAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
* SHORT TERM TRENDS...TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN TO ABOVE FREEZING AT
MOST LOCATIONS THEREFORE ANY PRECIPITATION THAT FALLS WILL BE
MAINLY IN THE FORM OF RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING. ISOLATED POCKETS
OF FREEZING RAIN MAY OCCUR.
* LONG TERM TRENDS...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION
BACK TO A WINTRY MIX AND EVENTUALLY TO ALL SNOW BY THIS
AFTERNOON WITH THE INTENSITY INCREASING LATE.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SIX TO TEN INCHES OF SNOW IS
EXPECTED BY SATURDAY.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...EXPECT WINDS TO BECOME NORTHWEST AT 25 TO
35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THE WINDS
COMBINED WITH THE FALLING SNOW WILL RESULT IN NEAR WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS AT TIMES.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.
&&
IAZ059>061-070>073-081>083-092>094-241815-
/O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0007.091224T1800Z-091226T0600Z/
/O.EXB.KDMX.WS.W.0008.091224T1800Z-091226T1200Z/
DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-
TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...ATLANTIC...
GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...CORNING...CRESTON...
OSCEOLA...BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR...LEON
411 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON
TODAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
* SHORT TERM TRENDS...TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN TO ABOVE FREEZING AT
MOST LOCATIONS THEREFORE ANY PRECIPITATION THAT FALLS WILL BE
MAINLY IN THE FORM OF RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING. ISOLATED POCKETS
OF FREEZING RAIN MAY OCCUR.
* LONG TERM TRENDS...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION
BACK TO A WINTRY MIX AND EVENTUALLY TO ALL SNOW BY THIS
AFTERNOON WITH THE INTENSITY INCREASING LATE.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SIX TO TEN INCHES OF SNOW IS
EXPECTED BY SATURDAY.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...EXPECT WINDS TO BECOME NORTHWEST AT 25 TO
35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THE WINDS
COMBINED WITH THE FALLING SNOW WILL RESULT IN NEAR WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS AT TIMES.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.
&&
As soon as I finish my coffee I'm going to start up my dad's snowblower and clear their driveway. If you live in West Lake Estates I suppose I can roll it over to your house and clear your driveway.
Guy at work came down to Urbandale from Ames and said it was good the whole way. Bit slippery in spots up in Ames.
Heading to Dubuque around noonish, from DSM. Probably safest route is I80 to Ia City, 380 to CR and 151 up to Dubuque. (sounds like Waterloo got hit pretty good yesterday? Not sure of the hihwy 96/US 63 route through Gladbrook and Traer)
Anyone got some reports for that route? Current and/or what's expected early afternoon?
TIA
Heading to Dubuque around noonish, from DSM. Probably safest route is I80 to Ia City, 380 to CR and 151 up to Dubuque. (sounds like Waterloo got hit pretty good yesterday? Not sure of the hihwy 96/US 63 route through Gladbrook and Traer)
Anyone got some reports for that route? Current and/or what's expected early afternoon?
TIA
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