just as I head back to work after two weeks
take it slow out there today!
take it slow out there today!
first real snowfall of the year
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We got about 3 inches before Christmas, so it was nice having a white Christmas but it was all gone a couple days later. Unfortunately I don’t see any snow in my forecast.
It’s snowing in Iowa in January. At least it is 28 degrees and not a polar vortex which is coming in a week or so. I look at it this way…less than 60 days to March 1. F January and February.
I don’t miss Iowa winters. March is usually not great weather in Iowa either. Hell, April is pretty sketch most years.
January and February suck. By the time March rolls around even with bad weather it feels like there's a light at the end of the tunnel with a sprinkling of warmer days to let me know spring is not far off.
That is what OP's wife said.
November and March can go either way. Get through December, January and February and we should be good.
They are so calm the last few years it's nothing like it used to be. I'm in the Cedar Rapids area and have barely had any snow to clear the last 3 years. Kind of crazy.
We got 27” of snow last January in the DM metro with cold weather then it became unseasonably warm the rest of the winter with February being a precursor to spring that was warm and wet. I’ll take that again this year!
In the Chicago area. Haven't had to shovel yet this year and it doesn't look like the forecast shows enough to shovel over the next 2 weeks. It's a no snow winter so far.
Yeah your right we got about 9 inches last year to start January and then that was pretty much it.
I’m in far NE Iowa, and we had dandelions blooming into February. Even had a volunteer pea plant start to sprout in February. Last winter was very unusual.
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I think we had 2' of snow over three days during the middle of January last year, and then nothing for the rest of the year.
Measurable snow here in IC, but not enough to gas up the blower IMO. Looks like it will be out of the area within the next hour or so. Close to two inches I’m guessing.
'Till I hear it from Frankie MacDonald, this is all pure speculation.
Twins and north over to GB, Wi last year had zero snow and were opening golf course in mid to late February. 2022 they had record snows and then that stupid April warmup that melted it all in a day. We were lucky we didn't lose everything in the flooding that occurred after.
In the slot for this one, we'll end up with 2-3" when its done in an hour.
Just got the shovels out, ground the edges, and gave them a good coat of wax. Weekend looks a little rough.
Used this as a trial run for the blower, fired it up. Let it run a bit, guessing it was 2-3 inches.
Meh...Burlington, Ottumwa, etc? Yeah, gonna get some snow. Unless the models miss big time to the south, I doubt anybody above I80 is going to get much if anything.
The models could be wrong, but I doubt if wrong they'll be off by all that much. I70 north to the Missouri border though? there's some truth to the fear porn they're no doubt getting pummeled with.
The models could be wrong, but I doubt if wrong they'll be off by all that much. I70 north to the Missouri border though? there's some truth to the fear porn they're no doubt getting pummeled with.
That’s why stretching is so important!
Getting slick here in KC. Light freezing rain for the last couple hours. Lots of snow coming. Been salting properties all day.
I'm supposed to fly to Raleigh on Monday. They're predicting rain at RDU, but not so far to the north they're predicting several inches of snow and ice. It wouldn't take much of a model wobble to change that outlook.
what really sucks is the snow will stick around for a while, temperatures predicted well below freezing until later in January
