This weeks weather....
- Thread starter wxman1
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I see FSD just issued their new forecast and they have NW Iowa in an Ice Storm Warning. I Suspect DMX and OAX will do the same thing with most of West Central and Central Iowa when their forecast comes out...
20mph wind with some higher gusts too.. G-r-r-e-a-t.
Des Moines has went with an Ice Storm Warning as well....
SAC-CALHOUN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-
AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-
MAHASKA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...DENISON...
CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...
AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...
GRINNELL...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA
358 PM CST TUE JAN 19 2010
...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST
THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED AN ICE
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM
CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS THE AREA
MAINLY AROUND 6 AM AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO POSSIBLY MIX WITH RAIN WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING BUT AS
TEMPERATURES FALL BACK BELOW FREEZING WEDNESDAY EVENING FREEZING
DRIZZLE WILL BECOME THE MAIN THREAT.
* STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN A QUARTER
AND A HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE BULK OF THE ICE ACCRUAL
COMING WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN LEAD TO SLICK
ROADWAYS...BROKEN TREE LIMBS...DOWNED POWER LINES...AND POWER
OUTAGES.
SAC-CALHOUN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-
AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-
MAHASKA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...DENISON...
CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...
AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...
GRINNELL...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA
358 PM CST TUE JAN 19 2010
...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST
THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED AN ICE
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM
CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS THE AREA
MAINLY AROUND 6 AM AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO POSSIBLY MIX WITH RAIN WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING BUT AS
TEMPERATURES FALL BACK BELOW FREEZING WEDNESDAY EVENING FREEZING
DRIZZLE WILL BECOME THE MAIN THREAT.
* STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN A QUARTER
AND A HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE BULK OF THE ICE ACCRUAL
COMING WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN LEAD TO SLICK
ROADWAYS...BROKEN TREE LIMBS...DOWNED POWER LINES...AND POWER
OUTAGES.
The west coast is getting hammered with rain (5-8 inches of rain in CA), the Rockies are suppose to get snow that is measured by the foot. Any chance those systems make it up here and dump more snow on the midwest? I know there are people out there predicting another monster storm by the end of the month and a ton more snow in Feb. Shaping up to be an epic winter.
Depends, whats hitting California is going to track across the Rockies and phase with the system that will hit us tomorrow causing issues in the Ohio valley and Mid atlantic. Another major system then moves into California and it ejects from the Rockies and the model trend towards it being a more of a rainmaker with some light backside snows than a big winterstorm. On model shows a considerably more southern route which would make another big time winter storm likely for our area.....if it turned out to be correct.
I'm glad at least some of it melted before the next round hits...
My biggest concern at this point is what the storm will do to Saturday's attendance.
Pretty horrible if the surface temperature stays below 30F.
As for Saturday's attendance... the way things are looking now, it seems that it will just be rain, so it shouldn't hurt anything. Temperatures are forecast to hover around freezing Friday and rise above freezing Saturday, so the main roads and most other roads should be alright.
