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RECOVERY. WELL, THE FORECAST IN IOWA IS PERKING UP SOME EARS AS IT DOES. IT HAPPENS ANYTIME THE WORD SNOW IS MENTIONED. I’M DOING THIS WHEN I HEAR THE WORD SNOW. I DON’T WANT TO HEAR IT. THERE’S A LOT THAT GOES INTO PREDICTING WHEN WE COULD SEE SNOWFALL. WE WANT TO BRING IN CHIEF METEOROLOGIST JASON SYDEJKO AND JASON. YOU SEE A LOT OF MODELS WHEN WORKING ON THE FORECAST. SOME COULD SHOW A LOT OF SNOW, BUT THOSE MODELS CAN CHANGE QUICKLY. THEY CAN THEY CAN ABSOLUTELY CHANGE ON A DIME. YOU CAN HAVE ONE MODEL RUN SHOW A LOT OF SNOW, EVEN A COUPLE FEET OF SNOW IN THE NEXT MODEL RUN JUST DOESN’T SHOW THAT, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU’RE GETTING YOUR INFORMATION FROM, BECAUSE THERE ARE A HOST OF SOCIAL MEDIA SITES THAT WILL JUST TRY AND SHARE SOME OF THIS INFORMATION TO GET NOTORIETY AND TO GET SHARES AND LIKES AND EXPOSURE AND SOME COMMON THINGS YOU SHOULD LOOK FOR ARE JUST REALLY EXTREME LANGUAGE. ANYBODY SAYING WE’RE GETTING A FOOT OR TWO DEADLY FLURRIES? I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE. THEY USE WORDS LIKE KILLER BLIZZARD. THAT TYPE OF THING. SO THIS IS ONE MODEL RUN THAT WAS WIDELY SHARED ONLINE AND YOU CAN SEE IT PAINTS A BULL’S EYE OVER IOWA, ESPECIALLY NORTHEASTERN IOWA. THE PROBLEM IS THAT WAS ONE MODEL RUN. ALL OF THESE MODEL RUNS THAT HAVE UPDATED SINCE THEN AND JUST DON’T SHOW THAT HUGE AMOUNT OF SNOW THAT WAS SHARED ONLINE. SO KEEP IN MIND YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW WHERE YOU’RE GETTING YOUR INFORMATION FROM. A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT METEOROLOGISTS AND WHAT WE LOOK FOR ARE THINGS LIKE THIS. THIS IS A CROSS SECTION OF THE ATMOSPHERE. YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PINK REGION. THAT’S WHERE THE SNOW GROWTH REGION IS. YOU LOOK FOR AREAS IN RED HERE THAT PROVIDE LIFT AND MOISTURE, AND THAT’S SOME OF THE THINGS WE LOOK FOR. IT’S KIND OF HARD TO DO THIS IN JUST A QUICK AMOUNT OF TIME, BUT ANOTHER THING WE LOOK FOR IS WHERE THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS HEADING. YOU CAN SHOW ONE MODEL RUN THAT SHOWS AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF SNOW, BUT A SMALL DEVIATION IN THAT TRACK CAN MEAN HUGE DIFFERENCES IN WHAT WE WILL ACTUALLY SEE. SO AS WE MOVE INTO WINTER AND BEYOND, KEEP SOME THINGS IN MIND. KNOW WHO YOU’RE DEALING WITH AND KNOW THEIR CREDENTIALS. A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT AREN’T EVEN METEOROLOGISTS DON’T HAVE THE THE EDUCATION OR THE INFORMATION TO KNOW WHAT THEY’RE EVEN LOOKING AT AND LOOK FOR THOSE DRAMATIC WORDS. A LOT OF TIMES IT’S JUST NOT AS BAD AS THEY’RE SAYING. AND MAKE SURE YOU COMPARE SOURCES AS WELL. SO GUYS, I KNOW A LOT TO DIGEST HERE, BUT WE’RE HEADING INTO WINTER AND I’M ASSUMING WE’RE GOIN