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Possible huge snow storm next week?

So the short version is I'm going 3.5 to 5.5 in DSM right now, with a 5 to 9 for Ames, potentially in two waves in Ames.

Carroll to Mason City give or take a few miles either way (NW/SE) will likely be 7 to 10, iso higher.
 
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So, MNCYWX just told me 8-12" for North Central Iowa, and FDWxMan says 10 inches for Mason City. At least I don't need to get up early tomorrow to find out work is cancelled.
 
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Final thoughts for up in my area. 8-12" as we're right on the heavy snow axis. Wind ramps up Tuesday afternoon quickly slowing travel to a crawl. Wouldn't be surprised if secondary roads close up.

Stay safe everyone!

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MNCYWX said:
Final thoughts for up in my area. 8-12" as we're right on the heavy snow axis. Wind ramps up Tuesday afternoon quickly slowing travel to a crawl. Wouldn't be surprised if secondary roads close up.

Stay safe everyone!

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Lucky. Well be playing in the rain and mud down here in tropical southern Iowa.
 
MNCYWX said:
Final thoughts for up in my area. 8-12" as we're right on the heavy snow axis. Wind ramps up Tuesday afternoon quickly slowing travel to a crawl. Wouldn't be surprised if secondary roads close up.

Stay safe everyone!

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This blows.
 
FDWxMan said:
So the short version is I'm going 3.5 to 5.5 in DSM right now, with a 5 to 9 for Ames, potentially in two waves in Ames.

Carroll to Mason City give or take a few miles either way (NW/SE) will likely be 7 to 10, iso higher.
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What are your thoughts on a switch over to rain/ice in DSM for the midday per the latest warning product from the NWS?
 
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What are your thoughts on a switch over to rain/ice in DSM for the midday per the latest warning product from the NWS?
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Would not shock me to see a period of rain/sleet on the front end of the snow very early morning, and I do think as the snow winds down mid-morning toward lunch, we could go back to light rain.

I don't anticipate much of a freezing rain threat, as temps in Des Moines may not drop below freezing at all overnight, and I think will certainly climb back up as the snow winds down and changes back.

Precip type along with afternoon dry air has already been baked into our forecast, big reason we've been on lower end of Des Moines forecast totals, so I don't anticipate changing anything at the moment.

Does look like we could possibly add ~1" after midnight Tuesday PM/Wednesday AM on top of the ~4" from early Tuesday AM.
 
Sure glad all these schools have canceled and not a single snowflake has hit the concrete in the metro area.

I hate going all "back in my day" old man (I'm only 36) in situations like this, but seriously, school cancellations 20 years ago were so rare we would go some school years without any cancellations at all. And trudging through 6-10" of snow to get to school wasn't out of the norm. Not only that, but they would wait until the last possible minute to cancel school, when we had cancellations coming in early evening last night when nothing had even happened in the entire state.

Silliness.
 
Woke up around five and there was a light dusting in sw Omaha. Now it's really coming down, thunder and strong wind gusts.
 
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