%#$@!!!!!!! (Part XXIV)

UPDATE - 02/17/08

I'm putting this at the top, just to let you know: this is not the forecast for today. It was from the 4th and 5th. Yes, I know it's, like, exactly the same out there AGAIN today. Just thought I'd better be clear.
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
940 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008

.SHORT TERM.../TONIGHT/
HAVE LET DENSE FOG ADVISORY GO WITH VSBY NOW ABOVE 1/4 MILE
EVERYWHERE. HOWEVER THE NIGHT WILL STILL BE MURKY IN PLACES WITH LOW
CEILINGS AND VSBY NEAR 1/2 MILE...ESPECIALLY EASTERN AREAS. AS FOR
THE WINTER STORM WATCH...CURRENTLY PLAN TO LET THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT
DECIDE WHERE TO UPGRADE TO A WARNING. 00Z NAM RUN HAS COME IN WITH
QPF VALUES WHICH ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THE 18Z GFS...AND ALSO HAS A
NORTHWESTWARD SHIFT OF THE HEAVIER QPF. BUT THE NAM MAINTAINS A
SLOWER ONSET. THE SCARY THING IS THAT IF THE 00Z NAM AND 18Z GFS ARE
RIGHT...THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANT OF CENTRAL IOWA WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO SEE 15 INCHES OF SNOW...OR MORE...AGAIN MAINLY LATE
TUES AFTN THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. ALL PARAMETERS FOR HEAVY BANDED
SNOW ARE SHOWING UP. HOISTING A WARNING 6 TO 7 HOURS FROM NOW WILL
STILL GIVE FOLKS PLENTY OF LEAD TIME. WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE
WHAT THE NEW GFS SHOWS.

UPDATE:

BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-
HENRY IA-DES MOINES-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-
ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...
DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...
MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...
STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...
PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH

353 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST
WEDNESDAY.

SNOW MAY DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY FOR A WHILE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HOWEVER...THE SNOW IS EXPECTED
TO BECOME HEAVY AND WIDESPREAD LATER THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT...CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH
WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES BY THE
TIME IT TAPERS OFF TO FLURRIES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE LATEST
INFORMATION SUGGESTS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR NEAR RECORD SNOWFALL
TOTALS OF 15 INCHES TO LOCALLY NEAR 18 INCHES ALONG AN AXIS
ROUGHLY FROM FAIRFIELD IOWA TO STERLING ILLINOIS WITH THUNDERSNOW
POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY LATER
TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF THE SNOWFALL RATES AND THE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE SNOW
REMOVAL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IF
NOT IMPOSSIBLE FOR A TIME LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW
FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...COMBINED
WITH STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY...SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN IS
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT.

For this, the winding roads through the mountains, and that Brazillian steak house, I miss the south.