Quiet weather continued through the weekend, with clear skies dominating the forecast. These clear skies allowed temperatures to moderate well over the weekend, with high temperatures into the 40s across the areas with little to no snow-pack and into the upper 20s and near 30 for those that do. The...
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Cold Air...
Just a short update tonight as the weather is extremely quiet for a majority of the Plains through the remainder of the week. Cold temperatures was the story this morning, with a record low set at St....
Monday, February 22, 2010
Feb. 21/22 Recap & A Look Ahead
The storm system this past weekend brought a mix of precipitation types to parts of the central Plains. Areas of flooding occurred and are ongoing due to substantial rainfall amounts across central Missouri this past weekend. An area from south-central Kansas into the Kansas City Metro saw ice accumulations...
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Potential Winter Storm(s)
I decided on one more update before I head back to Iowa for the remainder of the week, seeing as with such nice weather today there was only the upcoming two storm systems to look forward too. Models are beginning to show some agreement, or at least a few models are coming to the same agreement with...
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Which System?!?
I decided to get one more post in before I head away on a trip back to Iowa for the Iowa State High School Wrestling Tournament. The reason for the update is mainly as a initial thoughts on what could be an interesting weather weekend for the central Plains states. Two waves are likely to travel across...
Monday, February 15, 2010
Winter Storm: Feb. 14 Recap
Snowfall over the weekend held a few surprises, the biggest coming with a 'snow squall' in the Kansas City area that led to multiple pileups on interstates within the metro. These snow squalls were caused by strong lapse rates and elevated instability that was collocated with the best dendritic growth...
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Winter Weather - Feb. 13/14
Snow ongoing over parts of northern Iowa, western Minnesota and the eastern Dakotas with some heavy snow reports even coming in at times. A few reports that have came in already include 4" in Sioux Falls,...
Friday, February 12, 2010
Weekend Snowfall
The weekend rounds of winter weather continue to be fairly well handled by forecast models. No significant changes have occurred since my update yesterday, with two rounds of winter precipitation likely across the Central Plains. The first of which will occur Saturday with accumulations ranging from...
Thursday, February 11, 2010
A Few Disturbances...
A few different blobs of information today, the first of which will be about a weak disturbance that is making its' way through the Plains tonight and tomorrow. The next about a disturbance currently over the southern Plains, giving areas of northern Texas over a half-foot of snow and still going. And...
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Winter Storm: Feb. 7/8 Recap
Snowfall was heaviest over parts of eastern Minnesota and central/eastern Iowa where as much as 12" fell over the span of 48 hours. You can push back the span even further and see values increase to nearly 18" as the snow began over parts of the Plains well before the upper low became nearly stationary...
Winter Storm: Feb. 7/8 Update #5
Although the vast majority of moderate and heavy snowfall is out of the Plains region, lingering flurries and light snow are continuing across a large portion of the Plains due to the cold arctic air that is plunging in. This cold air is featured in the layer of the atmosphere that is favorable...
Monday, February 8, 2010
Winter Storm: Feb. 7/8 Update #4
A quick update with a look at a surface chart with contoured and color-filled gradient of surface temperatures, as well as 10-meter wind speeds overlayed. Can you tell me where the upper-low, cold...
Winter Storm: Feb. 7/8 Update #3
Our winter storm continues across the Plains states, however, with decreasing forecasted snow totals for many regions. Nearly all locals have seen a decrease in their forecasted snow totals as the two...
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Winter Storm: Feb. 7/8 Update #2
Several NWS offices have begun to issue their latest forecasted snow totals for portions of the Plains states. The Topeka NWS office has decreased their amounts compared to their first forecast,...
Winter Storm: Feb. 7/8 Update #1
A truly complex situation has resulted in many questions regarding the amounts and placements of snowfall totals across the Plains states. An initial shortwave that is rounding the northern low pressure system is creating some light snow across parts of the central Plains this morning, with accumulations...
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Winter Storm: Feb. 7/8
Another winter storm featuring two waves of energy will impact the Plains states beginning Sunday afternoon and continuing through the day on Monday into Monday night. A trough coming onshore that has just came ashore in the Pacific coast will continue eastward overnight and begin to deepen, pulling...
Winter Storm: Feb. 5 Recap
A storm that featured two different waves of energy, the first of which was unorganized and allowed for very little snowfall across the central Plains states. The second wave of energy provided a unique situation across parts of KS/MO where a mesoscale snow-band allowed for accumulations at rates...
Friday, February 5, 2010
Winter Storm: Feb. 5 Update #1
Light to moderate snow has fallen over the Kansas City area this morning, with nearly an inch of accumulation thus far. Snow is expected to continue here through the next couple of hours with at least another inch of accumulation likely. All but the northeast portion of Kansas has seen the...
Winter Storm: Feb. 5
Conditions and forecast remain on track for a minor winter storm to occur across portions of Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri and other adjacent areas. A band of snowfall will continue to work east through the overnight hours across central and eastern Kansas, and continuing through the state of Missouri...
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Upcoming Winter Storms!!
A multitude of storm systems will impact the central and northern Plains states within the next week, providing ample snowfall to areas as far north of the Dakotas and as far south as northern Oklahoma and Arkansas. The first system will result from a trough in the southwest moving onto the Plains state...
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Two Upcoming Storm Systems...
The forecast remains dry for Tuesday and Wednesday, but a low pressure system coming off of the Gulf of Mexico will bring precipitation chances to much of the central Plains by Thursday and Friday. The low pressure system will come onshore and remain along the Gulf Coast through the end of the week,...
