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NWS STORM REPORTS BY COOP OBSERVERS AS OF 8:30 THIS MORNIG:
OSKY - 2.5 INCHES - JASPER COUNTY 3 INCHES - MONTEZUMA 2.5 INCHES....

A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE ROCKIES WILL BRING A SIGNIFICANT SNOW EVENT TO SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF
IOWA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ENTER THE SOUTHWEST LATE THIS EVENING AND SPREAD ACROSS ABOUT THE SOUTHERN HALF BY SUNDAY MORNING... THEN AFFECT MOST OF THE STATE SUNDAY/NITE BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST ON MONDAY. ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA...BUT HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHEAST WHERE SOME LOCATIONS
MAY RECEIVE UPWARDS OF A FOOT OF SNOW FROM THIS STORM SYSTEM. THE NORTHERLY WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN THE AFFECTED AREAS. WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR ABOUT THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. AFTER A BRIEF PERIOD OF QUIET WEATHER ON MONDAY NIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL TRAVERSE THE STATE ON TUESDAY...USHERING IN COOLER WEATHER FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

A COUPLE WEEKS AGO I BLOGGED ABOUT THE WEATHER PATTERN CHANGE TAKING PLACE IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN, AND HOW IT WOULD TAKE SOME TIME BEFORE WE SAW THE CHANGES IN THE MIDWEST. AT THAT TIME, I SET MY "TARGET DATE" AS THE 23RD OF FEB TO SEE THOSE CHANGES..........WELL, HERE THEY ARE.........

SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY - LT SNOW (1-3 INCHES)

SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY - SNOW - GUSTY NE WINDS (4-6 INCHES)

23RD/TUESDAY - LT SNOWSHOWERS (1 INCH)

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION FROM SATURDAY NIGHT TO TUESDAY MORNING (6-9 INCHES)

Following the Sunday/Monday storm, arctic air will push well south, into the Midwest. THIS PUSH OF COLD AIR MAY JUST VERY WELL PAVE THE WAY FOR MORE POTENT SNOWSTORMS WELL INTO MARCH. Temperatures are forecast to dip below zero in portions of the northern Plains and Upper Midwest in the coming week.
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THE NEXT STORM WILL DEVELOP IN OR AROUND THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND MOVE NE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON THE 28TH....

28TH/SUNDAY - LT SNOW OR MIXED WINTER PRECIP......

HERE WE GO AGAIN - MAR 1ST-5TH - MON THRU FRI - **SNOW**