Snow Ending this Evening

Here's the latest ESP:Live Doppler Radar image and it shows the back edge of the snow closing in on the Quad Cities. Our snow will end late this afternoon/early this evening and it looks like a cold night is ahead! The Warnings/Advisories continue for a few more hours...as for snow totals, as expected the heaviest amounts are north of the QC with a sharp cutoff south of the metro area. Snow reports can be found on CBS4 News at 5 and 6 and later tonight here on the blog!

A Cold and Snowy Friday

Wind chills this morning are fairly cold into the negative teens. Plus we have some snow on the way as well. We can expect 2-4" here in the QCA with amounts close to 5-7" in the northern counties of our viewing area. The incoming snow is the cause of the Winter Weather Advisories and the Winter Storm Warnings. These advisories and warnings will be in effect through 9pm tonight, make sure you use some caution if you are on the roadways, especially if you're heading north. Stay warm Quad Cities!!

Quad Cities Snow Forecast

Update 7pm: Here's an updated product from the HPC showing the probability of more than 4 inches of snow. In the QC there's a slight chance while areas to the North are far still more likely to see heavier snows!


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As the storm closes in on the QCA it's time to put out the official forecast for Friday...the verdict is for a little less snow in the Quad Cities! A couple things that came into play with the forecast - it looks like some of the models might be overdoing the available moisture in the air. As evidenced by the very light snow that fell early Thurs morning there's just not much moisture to work with in the very cold air mass. On the other hand, with the cold air in place the storm will take advantage of what moisture it can, and we should see snow ratios averaging about 15/17:1

In the QC we're looking at 2-4" of snow, with higher amounts to the North and sharply lower amounts to the South!

Wind Chills

If you're running out to the store to pick up a few things before Friday's snow you should probably throw on the biggest jacket you've got in the closet! Gloves are a good idea too. Here are the wind chills as of Thurs 3pm...

Friday's Snow

Here's a little more evidence the heaviest snow will be falling just North of the Quad Cities on Friday. These 2 maps are from the NWS HPC and they show the probability of receiving at least 4 inches of snow and 8 inches of snow, respectively from Fri morning thru Sat morning.

Quad Cities Snow Update

Here's a quick update before lunch on Thursday...the latest model runs are suggesting anywhere from 2 inches of snow up to 10 inches of snow for the QC. While there is a big spread in the model output it looks most likely that the QC will see around 3-6" of snow, with heavier amounts falling slightly North/NE of the Quad Cities. Something to note with this storm, there will be a very sharp cutoff with the snow...some places south of the QC could see an inch or less, while places around Clinton, IA, could see 6-9"!

This should all begin Friday morning and wrap up by Friday late evening. On the bright side, winds should not be a big problem with this storm, as they'll be at a manageable 10-14 mph for most of the day!

As for today - if you haven't been outside yet brace yourself, it's very cold and blustery! The 11am temp is 9° with a wind chill of -7°!

Full details are coming up today on CBS4 News at 5 and 6!

Snow Update (Friday storm)

10 pm update: As things roll in tonight so far there's not much pointing to less snow on Friday, in fact some things are pointing to MORE snow on Friday...we could be in for a big one!

PREVIOUS POST: We have some very cold and blustery weather coming up with LIGHT snow late Wed night thru early Thursday...then we need to be ready for heavier snow late Thurs night thru Friday evening! An impressive storm will ride across the middle part of the country creating heavy snow for some folks around the QCA. The axis of heaviest snow will be fairly narrow, and should pass just North of the QC. Some folks could see 1-2" of light snow early Thursday, and then an additional 4-8" is possible NORTH OF THE QUAD CITIES. In the QC metro area, it's more likely we see an inch of snow Wed night/early Thurs and then another 3-6" during the day Friday!

Here's one weather model's forecast for snow thru Friday evening and a meteogram that shows a few different model outputs...

School Visit

I had a great time talking weather with Mrs. Lampe's 4th graders at Fulton elementary Wednesday afternoon! They had some great questions and some of them (surprisingly not ALL of them) are really hoping for a SNOW DAY on Friday!

Right now it looks like we're on track for 3-6 inches of snow Friday in the QCA. We'll have plenty more on that coming up over the next couple days...

Sunset Pictures from Tonight (Sun Dog Included!)

Check out some of these great pics! They were sent to me on FB and show a little bit of what's known as a "sun dog" (to the right of the sun on some pictures) To read more about sun dogs click on this link from wikipedia. Remember though, Wikipedia will be blacked out (temporarily) later tonight!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_dog

Local Snow Totals

As expected snow totals are all very light across the area...and now that the snow is winding down get ready for a cold and blustery Tuesday night! The Moline and Davenport totals are from the Noon hour, and will be updated 1 more time at 6pm!