Quad Cities Snow Forecast

9:45 pm update: - Snow forecasts update for Ten at 10 - Snow forecasts will be slightly lower for the Quad Cities...check out Ten at 10 in a couple minutes for an update!



CBS4 Forecast



 

In the Quad Cities we're looking at 5-8" of snow later tonight and Tuesday!  That's enough snow to warrant a Winter Storm Warning for the Quad Cities metro area.  If you've been following the forecast over the last few days you might have noticed a slight uptick in the snow amounts for the Quad Cities...the reason for the adjustment today is most of the models are coming into agreement now on the path of the storm.  An area of low pressure will be tracking just South of the QC and that places us closer to the heavy snow band for this storm!  Here are a few different model solutions, and after you look at these you'll notice a few things:

1.  Sharp cutoff from NE to SW across the CBS4 viewing area.
2.  A slight shift in either direction could greatly affect the Quad Cities snow totals.
3.  Decent agreement on how much snow will fall in the Quad Cities, a consensus forecast is anywhere from 4-9 inches on most model solutions.

GFS
 

NAM
 

Canadian model