Saturday Snow in the Quad Cities - Winter Storm Warning

9:30 pm Update:

After looking at tonight's data I'm lowering the snow forecast for the Quad Cities slightly.  Quite honestly I don't like to change the forecast right before a storm arrives but I can't just ignore what I've seen so far this evening.  It will still be a decent snow in the metro area, but instead of 5-7 inches it's now looking more like 4-6".  Heavier totals are still on for areas South of the Quad cities, where there's already been 2 or 3 inches of snow today.  As of right now the Winter Storm Warning continues until 6pm Saturday...


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As expected meteorologists at the Quad Cities National Weather Service office upgraded the Winter Storm Watch to a Winter Storm Warning for parts of the area, including the Quad Cities.  Counties North of the Quad Cities are under a Winter Weather Advisory. 

Warning/Advisory

Things will go downhill quickly after midnight as snow starts up and becomes heavy at times.  Winds won't be terribly strong while it's snowing but could gust up to about 25 mph later Saturday evening as temperatures fall to near 0° by Sunday morning.

Now for the all-important question - how much snow?  In the Quad Cities everything is coming together for a total of 5-7" and there could be some higher amounts just down to the SE.  Conversely, slightly lower totals are likely NW of the metro area...

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