The NWS in Des Moines has now issued a Blizzard warning for all of their counties in the state. The blizzard conditions will not develop until later this evening into the overnight hours. More warnings will likely be issued this afternoon. Currently snow covers nearly the entire state with only a few locations in eastern …
Blizzard of 2009:The Beginning
Snow has overspread the state this morning. Most of it is remaining light with a few moderate bursts at times. Winter Storm Warnings will go into effect this morning across most of the state. Snow will remain light to moderate throughout the daylight hours with intensity increasing toward sunset. Tonight into Wednesday morning will be …
Blizzard of 2009: Snow Moving In
NOTE: The last post just got published, but due to an internal error (internet crashing), it was actually written this afternoon. The snow is moving into the state tonight. The Winter Storm Warning in SW Iowa has begun early and is in effect now. The snow is light at this time, but road conditions are …
Blizzard of 2009:Warnings Out
Winter Storm Warnings are now out for nearly the entire state except NE Iowa where the NWS in La Crosse has issued a Blizzard Warning for Lyon County in NW which is under a Winter Weather Advisory. A number of counties are now under a Blizzard Watch. The blizzard watch is in effect from Tuesday …
Major Sigificant Winter Storm about to impact the area- Updated 2
Regional View. All attention is turned to a Singificant Major Winter Storm which is likely to impact our area starting Tuesday morning. A strong low pressure will move Northeast from Northwest Oklahoma area, That low pressure will pass somewhere near Chicago, This will spread heavy snow everywhere Northeast of the low, Significant accumulations are likely …
Blizzard of 2009: Set Up
This is likely to happen now and could be one of the most major high impact snowstorms to hit the state in a while. From the Morning Area Forecast Discussion of the Quad Cities NWS Office: OVERVIEW…MINOR CHANGES TO CURRENT PACKAGE EXCEPT UPGRADED WNW 1/2 TO 2/3 ARE FOR BLIZZARD WATCH AS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL …
Nearly Entire State under Winter Storm Watch
The entire state except for Lyon and Osceola counties in NW Iowa are under a Winter Storm Watch for the storm set to move in early Tuesday morning and lasting through Wednesday. Accumulations will range with the second storm from 4 inches in the NW to as much as a foot or more. A Blizzard …
From NWS Quad Cities
…HIGH IMPACT…POTENTIALLY CRIPPLING WINTER STORM TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY… THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS…NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…EAST CENTRAL IOWA…NORTHEAST IOWA…SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE AREA TONIGHT. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE THE FIRST WIDESPREAD SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF …
Interesting Forecast Discussion
This came from the NWS in Des Moines. It’s very techinical, but really shows how big the second storm Tuesday into Wednesday could be. AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 347 AM CST SUN DEC 6 2009 …MAJOR WINTER STORM SET TO AFFECT IOWA ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY… .SHORT TERM /TODAY AND …
Advisories Issued
Winter Weather Advisories have been issued from the NWS offices in Sioux Falls, Omaha and Des Moines. A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued from Noon today until 3am Monday morning for the following counties, Adair, Audubon, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Crawford, Greene, Guthrie, Pocahontas and Sac. The following counties are under a Winter Weather Advisory …