recommendations
37
2 Feb
Snow event continues in
FSL model data
Darin
early morning.
unavailable
Meyers
Darin
38
3 Feb
Clear and cold.
FSL model data partially
Meyers
back with temporary
reconfiguration
FSL model data back on-
Darin
39
4 Feb
Cloudy and cold. Temps in
line...all systems normal.
Meyers
the 20s. Storm approaching
from southwest. Snow
predicted to start around
midnight. Snow started near
midnight in DSM and later
in Ames.
40
5 Feb
Snow all day. MDSS
Actual treatments entered.
Darin
showed 5" for Ames and 4"
Good agreement early in
Meyers
for DSM. Actuals were ~5
event.
for Ames and 7" for DSM.
41
6 Feb
Light snow fell in morning.
MDSS missed light event
Display (Version
Darin
Not shown on MDSS, but
even though models showed
3.1.1): Fixed bug
Meyers
shown in FSL models.
light snow.
that sometimes
caused routes not
to change when
selected.
42
7 Feb
No significant Weather
43
8 Feb
No Significant Weather
Arnaud
Dumont
44
9 Feb
Scattered snow flurries for
MDSS showed some very
Geonor snow
Arnaud
short time at some locations
light snow early in the
gauge voltage
Dumont
followed by wind causing
forecast cycle, but dropped
regulator replaced.
some blowing snow. Snow
snow as time progressed.
Data normal
accumulation of ~0.3 inches
in some places. Plowing of
drifts occurred for some
northern routes.
Arnaud
RWFS: Added new
MDSS not showing any
45
10 Feb
Clear. No significant
Dumont
code to fix the
weather. Weak front to
weights given to
move through in evening
predicted
in central Iowa.
with NWS calling for
precipitation
chance of light scattered
(QPF). Also added
flurries.
code to remove all
bias corrections on
the final
precipitation
forecasts.
Arnaud
At noon, MDSS not
46
11 Feb
Partly cloudy. No snow fell
Dumont
showing any accumulating
overnight, but winds did
precipitation today or
kick up and blow older
tonight.
snow around. Light snow
flurries and blowing snow
predicted by NWS.
47
12 Feb
Brief period of snow
MDSS missed weak event
Arnaud
flurries, not predicted by
(~0.3 inches)
Dumont
MDSS models. One
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