Winter Storm Now Underway

9:45 PM UPDATE:

There are no significant changes to the forecast tonight but I have made a slight adjustment.  Even though it's looked like it was snowing pretty good well South of the Quad Cities tonight a lot of the snow has not been adding up according to multiple weather watchers down around Galesburg.  So I have removed the 5-7: zone and created a larger area of 3-6" totals, including the Quad cities metro area...

Updated forecast

Previous Post:

The winter storm Anthony blogged about this morning is now here, and so far unfolding as expected!  Snow began this afternoon in the Quad Cities and won't let up 'til well after midnight.  The Quad Cities NWS issued a Winter Weather Advisory for the Quad Cities through Noon Wednesday.  south of the metro snow will be heavier, so it's a Winter Storm Warning down there...

Advisory/Warning

The reason for the difference?  Snow totals will be heavier South of the Quad Cities, falling the range of 5-7 inches with a few isolated heavier totals possible.  In the metro area we're looking at 3-5 inches.  Winds will pick up a bit, so blowing and drifting snow could cause even more problems!

Official CBS4 forecast

Computer model forecast

 If you're wondering why sometimes we have a winter Weather Advisory and sometimes a Winter Storm Warning check out this webcast from me and Anthony and Kyle - Click Here Scroll ahead to the 2:50 mark and you can skip right ahead to the explanation!