Late Model Update, Amounts So Far, Radar Lies

NOTE: This list has been superceded by a newer one which contains updated information.

First tonight, a video blog regarding consistency of the Forecast Models [JessePedia] over the last 24 hours in regards to what will happen tomorrow in Pennsylvania and New York. I also address issues of why the radar is exaggerating the snow right now from PA east and south.

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10 PM SATURDAY:NWS reports... widespread ice and sleet across Illinois, Iowa and southern Wisconsin, over 3 inches of sleet and up to 1 inch of freezing rain reported. Widespread power and travel problems. Up to 3 feet of snow in Colorado, a foot in Michigan and around 8 inches from the highest amounts in Wisconsin, Utah, South Dakota and Minnesota.

NEWS reports... Widespread travel problems, Des Moines airport closed after plane slid off runway (see video below), 400 cancellations at Chicago's O'Hare airport. Thousands are without power from the central Plains through the midwest, the largest outages affecting 20,000 customers in Illinois and 14,000 in Iowa.

*Highest by state, allowing for NWS and SnowMatrix. Snow amounts under 3 inches not reported until final report.

VIDEO CAPTION: Snow and ice covered a wide area of the Midwest on Saturday, disrupting presidential campaigns, making highways hazardous and closing the airport in Des Moines, Iowa. The National Weather Service posted winter storm and ice warnings across parts of Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, the eastern Dakotas, Illinois and northern Michigan, although some warnings were lifted by midday. ABC's Jeremy Hubbard reports. A UNITED REGIONAL JET BOUND FOR CHICAGO SLID OFF AN AIRPORT RUNWAY IN DES MOINES, IOWA AMID A FIERCE WINTER STORM.