Lacking in any big snowfall - for now

I don't know about you, but it seems as though we've been lacking in the snow department and that got me curious to see when we typically have seen meaurable snowfall in December.  Looking back at the past several years and it looks as though a good amount of snow fell usually within the first week of December.  November typically isn't a big snow month and this year was no exception, but it's the 6th of December and we haven't seen any accumulating snow, let alone snow that has stuck around. 

As Chief Meteorologist Ty Shesky pointed out in the previous post, the jet stream has been positioned from the southwest to the northeast and while we've be dealt a few cold blasts, the big storms have bypassed the area.  Now having said that, a weak disturbance moving northeast out of Kansas this morning has created some headaches for residents in Iowa.  Freezing drizzle earlier this morning fell across Iowa and now light snow has fallen on top of it.  There have been several reports of accidents due to the slick roads so if travel takes you out that way today be careful.  That disturbance will move into northern Illinois keeping the light snow chance going through the afternoon.  The one limiting factor will be our dew points near the surface.  Dew points near the Quad Cities are in the 20s and 30s but we've got a northeast wind which will keep a fetch of drier air moving into the area (our dew points are in the teens).  This drier air may limit any good bursts of snow but I expect at least a little snow or maybe even a mix to fall later today.