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Des Moines likely to set all-time snow record

Des Moines likely to set all-time snow record
WEBVTT >> TO EXACT, 37.8. THERE’S A LOT OF IT BEHIND ME. THAT IS A RECORD THAT WE BROKE FROM 1886. IT HAS BEEN 133 YEARS SINCE WE HAVE THIS MONTH SNOW SO FAR IN THE YEAR. >> ARE YOU GUYS READY? REPORTER: HANNAH WEIS AND HER SON BLAKE ARE MAKING THE BEST OF A SNOWY SITUATIO >> YOU GET TO GO DOWNHILL. >> FAST? REPORTER SLEDDING AT WAVELAND >> I HAVEN’T DONE THIS IN 20 YEARS SINCE I WAS A KID SO IT’S NICE TO GET BACK OUT THERE. REPORTER: 38 INCHES OF SNOW IS GREAT FOR SLEDDING. NOT SO GREAT FOR DRIVING, SHOVELING AND SNOW BLOWING. MORE THAN 3 FEET OF SNOW SO FAR IN 2019 HAS NOW OFFICIALLY BROKEN A RECORD SET BACK IN 1888. -- 1886. >> RECORDS ARE PRETTY RARE, SO ESPECIALLY FOR US TO BREAK ONE THAT OLD, IT PUTS US IN PRETTY RARIFIED TERRITORY. REPORTER: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST ALLAN CURTIS HAS HAD A BUSY WINTER. HE AND HIS FELLOW WEATHER EXPERTS ARE KEEPING A CLOSE EY ON THE JET STREAM, THE CAUSE, HE SAYS OF OUR GROWING SHOW PILES. >> USUALLY WHEN WE GET REALLY ACTIVE JET STREAM WE GET PRETTY ACTIVE WEATHER, AND IN THE WINTER THAT MEANS LOTS OF SNOW. REPORTER: AND CURTIS SAYS WE ON THE VERGE OF BREAKING ANOTHER RECORD. SO FAR 19.1 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN IN FEBRUARY. THE RECORD FEBRUARY SNOW IS 22.7 INCHES BACK IN 2008. IT IS ALMOST CERTAIN WE WILL BREAK THAT RECORD ON WEDNESDAY WHEN ANOTHER 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. BAD NEWS FOR MANY PEOPLE, UNLESS THEY’RE ON A SLED. >> THE SNOW IS GREAT FOR SLEDDING. NOT SO GREAT FOR SHOVELING, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. REPORTER: THE QUESTION IS, WHERE DO WE PUT ALL THIS RECORD-BREAKING SNOW? YOU CAN BET THIS
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Des Moines likely to set all-time snow record
If you think it's been an awfully snowy first part of the year, you're right.KCCI's Todd Magel talked to National Weather Service meteorologists about a dubious record for snowfall.

If you think it's been an awfully snowy first part of the year, you're right.

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KCCI's Todd Magel talked to National Weather Service meteorologists about a dubious record for snowfall.