Winter Storm Jacob

Winter Storm Jacob arrived at this location in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, January 17, 2020 with the first snowflakes beginning to fall around 12:20 pm CST. Above, the camera looks north from Bowman Woods Park at 12:33 pm.

This image looks east along Boyson Road in Marion, Iowa between Timber Creek Drive and Newcastle Road amid heavier snowfall at 2:31 pm.

2:34 pm. Looking west from the same location. Temperature was 23 degrees F with 94% humidity, dew point at 22 degrees, wind SE at 10 mph and barometric pressure at 30.47.

2:38 pm. Looking east toward footbridge from Dry Run Creek at the border of Cedar Rapids and Marion, Iowa.

Same time and similar scene.

2:40 pm. Similar scene.

2:42 pm. Low angle view of Dry Run Creek, looking east.

2:44 pm. Looking south under heavy snowfall from Boyson Park at the Cedar Rapids/Marion border.

Looking south along Dry Run Creek at 2:45 pm.

Radar screen capture for 2:52 pm. White arrows indicate storm path, white target icon is my location. After Jacob finished into the evening, a little over 3 inches of snow had fallen here.

In the wake of Winter Storm Jacob, skies cleared and temperatures fell. Above, the sun sets in Bowman Woods Park the following day at 4:01 pm CST, Saturday, January 18, 2020. Air temperature had now dropped to 8 degrees F. Layers of ice coat the tops of the trees.

4:05 pm and similar scene. Ground snow swirls in the background from northwest winds gusting to 20-25 mph. Wind chills were around -13 F degrees. Nikon D7200 DSLR camera.