Tuesday, February 8, 2011

8 Feb 2011 Extended Forecast

IOWA SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR FEB 2011 SO FAR:  OTTUMWA 10.8 - DES MOINES 9.0 - CEDAR RAPIDS 11.1 - NEWTON 9.9 - MARSHALLTOWN 6.9 - OSKALOOSA 10.6 - WATERLOO 7.1 - GRINNELL 11.4 - DAVENPORT 15.4.

TEMPERATURES HAVE GENERALLY RANGED FROM 4 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL IN THE SOUTH, TO 6-8 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL NORTH OF I-80.......

THERE'S A HUGE FLIP COMING OVER THE NEXT WEEK IN DAYTIME HIGH TEMPS.  THIS TIME NEXT WEEK, TEMPS WILL BE 40-50F WARMER THAN TEMPS TODAY THRUOUT THE PLAINS - CAUSING MAJOR SNOWMELT HERE IN IOWA.  ONE SNOW DEPTH MODEL I USE IS SHOWING VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE SNOW MELTED THRUOUT IOWA BY 17TH/18TH - WHAT A MESS THAT WILL BE......DON'T LET NEXT WEEKS TEMPS LULL YOU INTO SPRING - WINTER IS NOT OVER AND WE'LL GET A FIRST HAND LOOK AT THAT AFTER THE 20TH...

Today 8th - Dry - High 5 - Wind Chill near -25 Lt Snowshower overnite.

Wed thru Fri 9th thru 11th - Dry Wed/Thurs - Lt Snowshower early morning Fri - Then Dry - Highs near 10 Wed/15 Thurs/28 Fri - Lows near 5 Below.


Sat/Sun 12th/13th - Warmer (Low/Mid 30's) - Dry Sat - Then Drizzle/Fog.

Mon/Tues 14th/15th - Lt Snowshowers early Mon - then Dry - Temps Low 40's.

Wed thru Fri 16th thru 18th - Dry Wed - then Rainshowers/Isolated Thunder Thurs/Fri - Temps nearing 50.

After the 19th - 22nd?  Ice to Snow.

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