• After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.

    I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.

    For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.

    From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.

    Sincerely, Jeff D.

FCST: 12/07/09 Winter Storm IA/MN/WI/NE

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Two winter storms will affect much of Iowa over the next few days. The first will begin by early evening today and bring one to three inches of “light fluffyâ€￾ snow to much of Iowa before ending Monday morning, with heaviest amounts generally occurring north of a line bisecting the state from Southwest to Northeast. Blowing snow will not be an issue given light winds. After a quiet day Monday, the “main eventâ€￾ arrives during the day Tuesday. Some areas may see a foot of snow, in addition to gusty winds resulting in blowing and drifting of the snow. Updates for that system will be forthcoming. Below is time of arrival and total snow accumulation for tonight’s event for specific locations in central and eastern IA:

Cedar Rapids, IA (Eastern IA Airport):
Snow will start after 5:30 PM and accumulate to 1.7 inches.

Iowa City, IA:
Snow will start after 6:20 PM and accumulate to 1.0 inches.

North Linn Co., IA (Paris and Coggon):
Snow will start after 5 PM and accumulate to 2.0 inches.

Marengo, IA:
Snow will start after 5 PM and accumulate to 2.0 inches.

Union, IA:
Snow will start after 4 PM and accumulate to 2.5 inches.

Discussion:
A surface boundary has been slowly sliding through central IA from the NW, and has pushed through all but the southeast corner of the state as of 16Z. This feature will slow as a wave approaches from KS. Isentropic lift will increase throughout the day as moisture pushes northward ahead of the developing system. The column saturates from top down by late afternoon, and by Sunday evening snow will be widespread across the area with strongest Q-vector convergence and isentropic lift persisting between 00 and 09 Z. A zone of H7 UVM in excess of -10ub/s travels across the southern half of the state between 21Z and 03Z. During the same period, a zone of mid-level frontogenesis develops along and N of US-30. Snow ratios should range from 12 to 15/1 given SREF guidance and surface temperatures in the mid-20’s.

Models have come into decent agreement with the 12Z runs. Earlier output, especially the NAM, had suffered from latent heat feedback issues which appears to be resolved. The H7 shortwave will travel across the area fairly quickly, which may impact the width of heaviest snowfall axis. One or more bands of enhanced snowfall may result, most likely between US-20 and US-30 across eastern IA.

- bill s
11:05 AM CST, 12/06/09
 
Lincoln started seeing snow around 12:45pm CST. Really hard to estimate how much has fallen since it has been blowing around a lot. I would say around 1/4" to 1/2" in the 2 hours since it started. Snow is forecasted to get heavier as the after noon proceeds. OAX upped amounts to 3 - 5" in a swath from Norfolk to Beatrice, NE. Ill put up some photos I'm taking from Pawnee Lake later on today.
 
Got to test my Rebel T1i and played around with the controls to see which would look best at catching it snow. Looked to me without the wind whipping the snow around Landscape worked pretty good. Though i had to use Sports to and try 100 times to catch the flakes in mid air while those 20mph winds kicked up. I also noticed its pretty hard to keep snow off the lens of the camera. haha.

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Final measure. 2.5" in Lincoln.

Edit: small band of moderate snow just develop southwest of Lincoln moving towards the are, may see another 1/2".
 
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