As expected winter storm warnings have now been raised for the majority of my area from noon Monday through noon Tuesday. Widespread snows of 5-10" are anticipated with enough wind (gusts 20-30) to produce some areas of blowing and drifting. The official NWS snowfall forecast for my region looks pretty good to start with but something that needs to be addressed is the wide range in amounts across the north. The reason for this is an intrusion of dry air on the north edge of t

The latest data from Sunday's morning's models continue to point at a major winter storm for the majority of my area, especially for the area near and south of HWY 20. The storm is expected to materialize mid-day Monday and last into much of Tuesday. As I pointed out in my last post Saturday afternoon , I felt winter storm watches should be out all the way north to Dubuque and east to Chicago and the NWS has now come around to that conclusion. At some point today the NWS will

A powerful, high impact winter storm will be impacting the Midwest starting Monday. There will likely be an area of 8-12" of snow somewhere in the Midwest with some locally higher amounts possible. There has been more agreement among the models on the track, but any shifts north or south will change where the heaviest snow falls. Right now it appears travel will be greatly impacted late Monday through the Tuesday morning commute. A low pressure system -- currently located aro

Three winter weather systems will impact the region tonight into Wednesday. The first produces light snow, especially north of I-80 overnight where 1-2" totals are possible. Most of the 2" amounts (perhaps a couple 3" totals) will occur near and north of HWY 30, especially closer to HWY 20. Further south minor snow amounts are expected with some concern for freezing drizzle, which could even get into my central counties after the snow tapers off. This system won't be around

After several days of speculation, the bell is set to toll on a snowy period around the central Midwest. Three separate snow producers are in the pipeline and on the way. Get your shovels ready, things are looking flaky. Details below on the coming trifecta. A SECOND PRINTING OF MY NEW BOOK IS ON THE WAY... 250 NEW COPIES OF DERECHO 911, IOWA'S INLAND HURRICANE ARE AVAILABLE. Around Christmas we sold the last of the 1500 copies of our book on this historic thunderstorm, the m