Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Winter Storm: Dec. 7/8 Update #5

A great tool that the Iowa Environmental Mesonet has came up with and is now featuring on their front page.  This is a graphical representation of all the snowfall reports that have came in within the past 4 hours across the state of Iowa, and is updated approximately every 5 minutes.  Be sure to check it out:


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  • Winter Storm: Feb. 7/8 Update #2Several NWS offices have begun to issue their latest forecasted snow totals for portions of the Plains states.  The Topeka NWS office has decreased their amounts compared to their first forecast, with only 5-7" expected … Read More
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  • Winter Storm: Feb. 7/8 Update #3Our winter storm continues across the Plains states, however, with decreasing forecasted snow totals for many regions. Nearly all locals have seen a decrease in their forecasted snow totals as the two systems are struggling t… Read More

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow! This is a crazy winter for Iowa already! Measureable snow in October, almost none in November and a huge storm before Christmas!

December 9, 2009 at 10:17 PM

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