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Here are some of the latest snowfall totals from the National Weather Service in Iowa. How much snow did Ames get on Friday? In Ames, snowfall accumulated to 4 inches as of 11 a.m.
A report from KCCI near Iowa Methodist Center reported 1.3 inches of snow at 7:30 a.m. Monday and the Des Moines International Airport reported 1 inch of snow as of 6 a.m., according to the ...
A special weather statement was issued by NWS Friday morning for some eastern Iowa cities to expect bands of light snow, which will lead to minor snow accumulations across the area Friday morning.
Weather radar in Norman, Oklahoma with rainshaft Weather (WF44) radar dish University of Oklahoma OU-PRIME C-band, polarimetric, weather radar during construction. Weather radar, also called weather surveillance radar (WSR) and Doppler weather radar, is a type of radar used to locate precipitation, calculate its motion, and estimate its type (rain, snow, hail etc.).
NEXRAD or Nexrad (Next-Generation Radar) is a network of 159 high-resolution S-band Doppler weather radars operated by the National Weather Service (NWS), an agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) within the United States Department of Commerce, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) within the Department of Transportation, and the U.S. Air Force within the ...
The radar reflectivity factor (Z) of precipitation is dependent on the number (N 0) and size (D) of reflectors (hydrometeors), which includes rain, snow, graupel, and hail. Very sensitive radars can also measure the reflectivity of cloud drops and ice.
Iowa City and much of Johnson County woke up to the season's first measurable snowfall, but how much snow is there?
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