Trying to make the decision to go back to NEIA Wednesday after work or waiting til Saturday at noon to leave, it’s like throwing a dart blindfolded
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As of now, no, though if it's as bad as they say it might be I can imagine roads still being in rough shape by then.
I don’t like kcci either. I like the mix Channel 5 has between radar and personalities.
One of my favorite things about CF is that I come here and only here for weather forecasts outside of general temps/conditions on my phone weather app. Now, if people would start catering to me and providing up to the hour snow and wind forecasts for Waukee, it’d be even better
Honestly, this. Personnel they have the best, but their radar stuff sucks.
One of my favorite things about CF is that I come here and only here for weather forecasts outside of general temps/conditions on my phone weather app. Now, if people would start catering to me and providing up to the hour snow and wind forecasts for Waukee, it’d be even better
Back in the day there was a guy on Rivals that would give forecasts that seemed to be tailored to a person's street. He'd tell you when it was going to start snowing and when travel would be OK and when it would get dicey.
His forecasts were the only reason I stuck with Rivals as long as I did and the only thing I miss about it.
One of my favorite things about CF is that I come here and only here for weather forecasts outside of general temps/conditions on my phone weather app. Now, if people would start catering to me and providing up to the hour snow and wind forecasts for Waukee, it’d be even better
He really was. He wouldn't overhype anything, but he'd be very realistic. He was always more accurate than just about any TV station. And he'd answer inane questions like "I'm leaving from Ankeny at 4:35 pm and will be traveling to Cedar Rapids on 30, will there be snow on the road during my drive?".
Because I think it is a damn near guarantee many of us will be in one on Thursday night/Friday here is the criteria for a blizzard warning. Big note-it has nothing to do with amount of snow fallen, it is wind speed and visibility based.
"The NWS issues a Blizzard Warning when falling and/or blowing snow combines with strong winds to create dangerously low visibility over at least a three hour period. The threshold for wind is frequent gusts over 30 knots and visibility is frequently less than a quarter mile."
And a great recent article from the GOAT of weather data Daryl Herzman.
mesonet.agron.iastate.edu
"The NWS issues a Blizzard Warning when falling and/or blowing snow combines with strong winds to create dangerously low visibility over at least a three hour period. The threshold for wind is frequent gusts over 30 knots and visibility is frequently less than a quarter mile."
And a great recent article from the GOAT of weather data Daryl Herzman.
IEM :: Features Tagged: blizzard
Iowa Environmental Mesonet of Iowa State University
Because I think it is a damn near guarantee many of us will be in one on Thursday night/Friday here is the criteria for a blizzard warning. Big note-it has nothing to do with amount of snow fallen, it is wind speed and visibility based.
"The NWS issues a Blizzard Warning when falling and/or blowing snow combines with strong winds to create dangerously low visibility over at least a three hour period. The threshold for wind is frequent gusts over 30 knots and visibility is frequently less than a quarter mile."
And a great recent article from the GOAT of weather data Daryl Herzman.
IEM :: Features Tagged: blizzard
Iowa Environmental Mesonet of Iowa State University
Knots are an underutilized unit of measurement