Winter is still going...

I was kind of amazed this morning at all of the comments regarding how winter just does not seem to want to end across the Plains, especially the northern Plains.  Even comments from students across Iowa indicate that they would rather just go to school than continue with their snow days, this comes as they realize they will have so many days to make up that their summer will likely be cut in half.  This is true today as light to moderate snow continues to fall across the northern Plains, areas of the Dakotas/Minnesota/Wisconsin continue to see snow fall, and northeast Nebraska into western and central Iowa are also seeing an additional 1-2" of snow today.  While these amounts are not challenging to most people, northwest winds continue at 30-40 mph with gusts up to 50 mph, creating blowing snow and hazardous wind chills and driving conditions.  This snow will thankfully come to an end later this afternoon and evening for most areas, with perhaps a few lingering flurries for the overnight for these areas and places a little south (northern MO).  We'll get a dry day on Tuesday, and for early Wednesday for most areas...

The next storm system will come into play late Wednesday through early Friday for areas of the central Plains.  Current forecasts indicate that this system will mainly impact areas of southeast Kansas, southern Missouri and areas of the Tennessee & Ohio Valley's.  Although areas farther north may still see precipitation, Kansas City may see a wintery mix on Wednesday and the same goes for areas of central Missouri (Columbia & Jefferson City).  A warm front will become situated over southern/central Missouri as a low develops over the high plains regions of Texas/Oklahoma.  This warm front will allow precipitation to begin across southern Missouri and adjacent areas by the evening hours on Wednesday.  The initial precipitation type will be the questionable one, as we could see either rain or freezing rain; and perhaps a mix of sleet before the precipitation should change over to snow by Thursday afternoon.  The changeover to snow will occur as the low slides to the south across Arkansas, allowing additional cold air to filter in.  Timing and exact locations are still difficult at the moment, but confidence is becoming fairly high that areas of southern Missouri will see a wintery mix of precipitation from Wednesday evening into early Friday.  Additional updates regarding the end of today's light snow and the midweek storm system tonight.