Wednesday, February 2, 2011

2 Feb 2011 Extended Forecast

CLICK HERE FOR STATEWIDE STORM TOTALS - MAP UPDATES AS REPORTS COME IN

Area Storm Totals as of 8am:
Marshalltown 6.6 Des Moines 7.7 Montezuma 8.7 Newton 9.3 Cedar Rapids 9.5 Oskaloosa 10 Ottumwa 10.5 Grinnell 10.9 Iowa City 11.5 Sigourney 14.....

THE SNOW WILL END THIS AFTERNOON, BUT BLOWING AND MINOR DRIFTING WILL CONTINUE THRU THE DAY.......THE NEXT SHOT AT SNOW WILL ARRIVE OVER THE WEEKEND - RIGHT NOW IT'S LOOKING LIKE AN INCH OR SO AS A FAST MOVING SYSTEM MOVES FROM NW TO SE SPARKING ONLY SHOWERY TYPE PRECIP....AFTER THAT?  A SYSTEM (HAS NOT DEVELOPED YET) SHOULD DEVELOP AROUND THE TEXAS PANHANDLE BY TUE/WED OF NEXT WEEK AND TAKE A SIMILAR TRACK OF WHAT WE JUST SAW.  ONCE AGAIN, A 50 MILES DEVIATION IN THE TRACK WILL MAKE A DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE IN PRECIP TYPES AND STORM TOTALS.  BEST GUESS RIGHT NOW IS THE CENTRAL AND SRN PLAINS IS IN FOR YET ANOTHER STORM.

Today 2nd - Lt Snow/Blowing/Drifting Snow lasting thru midday - then Dry/Breezy - High Temp 12 dropping to near 5 by 4pm.

Thurs thru Sun 3rd thru 6th - Dry and COLD Thursday (Low Temp -10 Thurs Morn)!!!!! Dry Friday - then Mostly Cloudy/Breezy with Snowshowers Sat and Sun - Highs 10 Thurs increasing to High 20's by Sat.

Mon thru Wed 7th thru 9th - Snowshowers Mon/Tue - then Dry/Cold.

Thurs/Fri 10th and 11th - Winter Mix/Lt Snow.

After the 11th?  Unsettled - Looking at another Plains and Mid-west Storm after Valentines Day.

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