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 tomorrow.  Total snow accumulations will likely range from 2-4 inches, however, some areas may see higher amounts where snow growth can be maximized for short periods of time.  The best chance for these areas will be over portions of central and east-central Missouri during the afternoon hours tomorrow.  These areas of enhanced snow growth may be able to see 3-6 inches of a heavy wet snow...

Expect some travel delays tomorrow morning across the Kansas City metro, with delays and concerns for the St. Louis metro during the commute back home tomorrow evening.  Other parts of the state of Missouri will also have travel problems over all but the far southern region due to snowfall.

Further north in areas of Nebraska and extreme western Iowa a light to moderate snow will continue through much of the night, producing widespread 2-4 inch amounts across eastern Nebraska and western Iowa.  These amounts are also expected to be of a wet and heavy snow, which won't create any additional blowing or drifting snow problems like many of the storms previous have.

Sorry for the short update, but a long evening of work due to this storm and it is time to call it a night.  A brief recap of the storm may be posted this weekend, otherwise an additional update on Saturday will likely be posted to let you know about the upcoming Super Bowl storm for parts of the Plains!!