17 CANDLES AND A CAKE IN WOLFEBORO...
Greetings everybody. Tonight I am in the lakes region of New Hampshire near Wolfeboro where the family, (all 3 of us) are celebrating a big occasion. Eden, is turning 17. Man oh man, how the time flies. I've had many blessings in my time on earth but none greater than her. She is the compass and purpose of my life. Here are a few snap shots going back to the early days.
Time stops for no-one and now 17 years later maturity has brought me this. I am taken by her beauty but more important, I'm thrilled with the young woman that's emerged. She is far advanced from where I was at that age.
Since today is her day, my post will not be my usual high end effort and I thank you for allowing me that luxury.
WHAT ABOUT SNOW ON SUNDAY?
The big question on everyone's mind anyway is how much snow falls Sunday? In my last post I mentioned how the operational models such as the EURO, GFS, and Canadian GEM were further south with snow compared to the hi-res models such as the 3K and 12K NAM. My hope was today there would be more of a consensus in solutions and we have made some progress. To sum it up, there has been a compromise towards a middle ground solution.
The EURO has been the most consistent model the past 24 hours keeping the heaviest snows of 2-3" near and northwest of the Quad Cities.
The GFS has a similar look with some 4" amounts NW of Waterloo.
Even the Canadian GEM is showing good consistency with that idea.
This is the 3K NAM which is a bit lighter from EC Iowa into Illinois but not by more than an inch.
The official NWS forecast looks like this. That's not far off but I think the best chance for 2" amounts are found NW of a line from near Iowa City to Clinton and off to Sterling, Illinois. If trends hold I would imagine the NWS at some point puts out a winter weather advisory for that general area.
Outside of a few flurries or snow showers Saturday night, the main snow band does not arrive until Sunday morning before quickly lifting out Sunday night. By then, the damage will be done and most of the area should have seen 1-3" totals, with the lighter amounts south of I-80 (especially south of HWY 34) where an inch or less is likely.
Since we are still more than 24 hours away there is a chance amounts could shift slightly north or south but overall I think the system is showing its hand. Of course, there will be updates for fine tuning later Saturday but it sure looks like more shoveling is in the cards for most of us by Sunday night. Now I need to find 17 candles and a cake! Roll weather...TS
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