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Hi Jeremy,  It looks like Raytown got roughly 1.5 to 2 inches of snow last night.  

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Okay...thank you for the total.  Enjoy!

Jeremy

We live in W. Shawnee and had 4". This is definitely our biggest snowfall yet this winter.

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Great news...I think:)

Jeremy

Good Freshly fallen snow morning to you Jeremy and the Weather Team!! Posted this in the previous as well-sorry for the repeat!!

Quick check in as wouldn't you know that this would be the morning that I massively over slept!!! Lost of scrambling this morning LOL

This is not an official measurement but based on shoveling the drive this morning (waking up at 6:15 and still having to clear the drive makes for some great vidoe!!! LOL) SW Lawrence recieved between 2.5-3 inches all told!!

Oh, there's my first signal that students will be in my room shortly-am I ready-nope!!! Have a great day and I hope Gary that you Bret, Jeremy, and Jeff will get a chance to enjoy the snow-it is just gorgeous outside this morning!!!

Bill in Lawrence

P.S.: Can't wait to track the cold this weekend and see how the Monday event plays out-I think if my score card is correct, this is related to the warm front on sterioids event of 12-1??

January 17, 2008 7:34 AM

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Repeat posts are okay...especially since you overslept:)

Jeremy

Whoops! New blog! lol
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Snowfall reports from CoCoRaHS. Choose your state than click on a county to zoom in. http://cocorahs.org/Maps/ViewMap.aspx?type=snow

Not many reports yet, but they should start trickling in after 8:00.

David

Glad to see that KCI is reporting a reasonable amount of snow for once! It seems like the rest of the season it has been below the other reports that come in from just miles around.

David

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Early on the happened a time or two. But overall the totals seem very accurate of late.

Jeremy

Anyone happen to know how the roads are on 291 and 152 up north near Liberty? My husband has a Mustang and has to drive from 291 and Stark to I29 and Barry Road and wants me to take him.  I kind of hope he can just go himself...  The hill here at Stark can be an issue, so I'm hoping someone knows how that is??? : )

Anyone been on 169 and down through the Broadway Bridge?  I HATE driving in this stuff...any help would be appreciated (I drive a Hyundai Elantra, so its not a great snow driving care, either)

I recieved 1/10 of an inch. Oh joy!! ;0)
Monica
Pleasanton

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Monica,

How much have you had for the season?  1, 2, 3 inches?

Gary

FOR st joe that sounds correct the official number will be likely 2.5 we are a city of 50 sq miles i measured 4.75 inches at home and work. six times but i live 1.4 miles from work.

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Thanks for the total.  I don't think this snow is going anywhere soon.

Jeremy

0.0 here in Clinton. It was rather exciting last night seeing all the invisible snow coming down.  I know it was hard to sleep.........hee hee.  Jim in Clinton

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Jim,

Wow, it is amazing how hard it has been to get it to snow in Clinton this season.  How much are you up to for the season?  It doesn't sound like much.

Gary

My wife sent my son to school this morning.  He called asking me why no one was there.  : )   IMO the road crews should have left the snow on the roads.  I think with the temps falling like a rock most of the wetness is refreezing causing quite a bit of havoc.  

I think you can see lakes on this infrared image. Pretty cool! The visible satellite should be cool too, once the sun is all the way up.
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/satellite/g12.2008017.1345_ICT_irbw.jpg

WeatherTeam,

I know you are fully involved with this storm, but I just noticed on the television, that you have increased our likelihood of snow to 60% on Monday...can you give me and my fellow bloggers some information on our next round of snow?  

Also, great job, the LRC is simply amazing, and I know everyone on the weatherteam has to be giddy at the fact that it was almost dead-on!

Fred!

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Fred,

I think Gary will address this later this morning or this afternoon.

Jeremy

In western KCK, I measured 3.5 inches.

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Thanks for the report!

Jeremy

For the winter...with all the other storms, I would say I have recieved around 2.0 inches. It is not exact but a pretty good ball park. I guess I should be happy to have white on the ground here...poor Jim in Clinton recieved nothing. Ugh!! Great job with this forecast by the way...I would say you pretty much nailed it. Yeah!!! :o)
Monica
Pleasanton

We have 4" in Smithville this morning.  Hoping for more snow on Monday......

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Thanks for the update!

Jeremy

NW Lawrence received 3.7".

2.6 inches of snow at 151st and Mur-Len in SE Olathe.

In my yard in Kingsville we had approximately .50 inches, bringing the seasonal total to a whopping 6.0 inches!!! Not really surprised we were missed.

Near College and Pflumm I would say we have approx. 3" of powdery snow with a nice coating of sleet/ice underneath.  Can't wait for all these road crews to come through that just scrap off the coating of snow without applying salt, then have a little melting from the sun today, and finally a nice thick sheet of ice tonight.  I love winter!

I'm curious by next weekend how much of a snow pack we'll have, considering it doesn't appear it will rise above freezing anytime soon and the start of the really good snow storms kick into high gear, according to the LRC.  More snow please!

4.5 inches in Kearney

I haven't measured yet, but it sure looks like its less than 2 inches here at my house in Blue Springs and that is a surprise.  It was snowing pretty hard when I went to bed and again at 2 am when I woke up.  

I will measure in a bit.  

It'd be great to get hammered on Monday:) Maybe work would let out and I'd get paid to spend the day with my kids :)

5.25 inches just south of St. Joseph.  Right in line with the forecast.  27.75 inches so far this season.

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Kurt,

Thanks for the update!

Jeremy

The storm on Monday is related to the one which produced some ice and then quite a bit of rain the first time around, correct?

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54 days ago would be around December 1. 

Jeremy

Thanks Jeremy!  I look forward to hearing from Gary later!

Fred

about 1.75 inches on my deck. SE Lee's Summit

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Thanks for the report!

Jeremy

NW Ray County just north of Lawson...measured 4.6 inches.  Drifts near the house of 7.5".

Great call on the forecast guys.  I really enjoy watching the totals come in from different parts of the viewing area!

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Thanks for the report.  I think areas not too far from you in southern Ray County had an inch or less!

Jeremy

I forgot to say great job on forecasting this, other than being a smidge off on the timing of the rain/snow line and were the snow would fall, you guys nailed this forecast way ahead of anyone else in the KC Metro.  Also, you predicted this Arctic Air way ahead of the competition.  Keep up the excellent work!

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Thanks for the post.  The arctic air will put a huge chill in the air by late tomorrow.

Jeremy

Bill in Lawrence, do you teach at the university and if so, what department?

The car took awhile to de-thaw this morning. I was out last night so there was ice on the windshield. The roads in Lawrence are actually ok. Still covered but there is sand down. To my amazement, the parking lots have been plowed on campus.

Well I should probably get off my phone and get ready for class!

Brian

3.5"-4" in Shawnee this morning.  The dogs are loving it!

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Thanks for the report!  I'm guessing the dogs don't love the cold though.

Jeremy

2-3" in Olathe, it's hard to get a good count when you can't find your ruler!! I love the Arctic Air that going to come in!!! No Melting, Highs in the teens,lows just above or below zero. The party is about to begin!! :)

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This weather is for you Andrew!  Enjoy!

Jeremy

Only bad thing about the LRC is it comes back to remind a person how disappointed they were with the lacking snowfall the first time around. Let's start all over with a new LRC and one that actually snows worth something in SE Jackson county.
Although after seeing the massive school closings, anything over 1.5 inches would shut the mtro down for a week at least, our senior community must be having a good laugh at us that with all the latest techno everything we cannot keep a school open with this measly amount of snow, and it is not that doggone cold!. They deserve medals or gold shovels for walking those 2 miles in drifts over the fence post for school. My hats off to them!

We have about 1.5" here in SW Lee's Summit. We were hoping for more but I just new the way things were set up last night that the snow would be minimal.

Stay safe everyone!

4 inches in parkville. It is so cold outside!

I love it!! If I could only find my ruler!! B/C I would Like a Accurate Measurement.

I think Brent is asleep dreaming that He has alot of snow.

Brent,

How much? 1"? 2"? Nothing?

The snowfall total for us in Sedalia is close to nothing but more than I expected, basically a good dusting. We still have a few flakes falling and adding to the dusting. So the official total I'm going with is a dusting plus a flake or two more. Driving home from work early this morning was interesting. I drove from Warrensburg to Sedalia and it was snowing moderately all the way to Lamonte which is about 10 miles west of Sedalia. As soon as I hit Lamonte everything changed to rain and by the time I got out of my car at home it was fairly warm out  with a nice gentle rain falling...amazing how the weather changes over a few miles.  Steve

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Steve,

Thank you for the update!  The front was pretty amazing yesterday.  We would love to have more bloggers form your area.

Jeremy

The Johnson County dome was broken, hooray!

1.75" in North Blue Springs

11" for the season

Belton MO...less than an inch, but it sure was pretty watching it fall last night..I think the weather team did a great job on this forecast...I still have my fingers crossed for one of the next few storms to hit a little further south, but i'll take what i can get !!!!   Good job guys

Jeremy--Gary- and the weather team.  I measured 3.8 inches at our house in Berryton.  Topeka officially at Billard Airport had 3.5  inches.  Interesting how this was almost like the one in late November.  Now the stronger storms are coming!  Michael/Berryton/Topeka

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Michael,

The next month should be fun!

Jeremy

I measured 2" at my home near College and Pflumm in Lenexa.

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Nice total.  Thanks.

Jeremy

South of Grandview near Belton, 2 inches!

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Thanks for checking in!

Jeremy

Great job again on pinning down another storm. I had about 4" here at 68th and leavenworth road in KcK. lets get ready for mondays event!!
Thank's Rodney

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Rodney,

Thanks for the total.  Enjoy your snow.

Jeremy

HELP!!    What kind of event are we talking about for Mon? Does this look like it could hit the south KC areas this time?

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Gary will have an update.  Let's check out the 12Z stuff first.

Jeremy

2" in downtown OP. Snow is a lot more fun at 28 than at 14. That's why the roads were so bad today.

Gary and Weather Team,

On my drive to work this morning to Topeka, I saw a semi truck overturned and in the ditch. About 30 yards further was another trailer. Closer to Topeka there was a car in the ditch.

Ryan

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Ryan,

On a stretch of K-10 this morning I saw 5 vechicles in the ditch.  Your report does not surprise me.

Jeremy

Good morning Jeremy.  It happened!  Perhaps you will have time to review today.

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Gary is doing the next blog.  Pretty amazing how things play out.  Looks like the GFS is starting to fit the LRC a little better next week:)  Here comes December 1.

Jeremy

For all those who've been begging for a "record setting" storm...looks like we got one. LOL, not such an impressive record though"Statement as of 7:00 am CST on January 17, 2008... Record daily snowfall tied at Kansas City...

2.5 inches of snow was measured at the Kansas City International
Airport yesterday... January 16th... which ties the previous record
set in 1978."

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Can't say we didn't have a record snow this winter:)

Jeremy

La Cygne got about 3/4 of an inch with some bigger drifts. I can still see the grass blades which is a good thing for me!

How strong are the winds suppose to be when the artic air pushes through tomorrow night and Sat?

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Probably 15-25 mph with the arctic front.

Jeremy

2 miles West of Smithville--3.5 inches on average--and some rather surprising drifiting--to 10 inches in a few places.

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Thanks for taking the time to measure!

Jeremy

Clinton and folks south of town......stop whining. You got yours and then some last season. Yeah I remember that 20" dump you guys got and north of the river got flurries. 4 inches with lots of driftage in Excelsior Springs so a accurate measurement is hard.

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Taunting the folks down south:)

Jeremy

Jeremy and/ or Gary is it safe to assume the Dec 1st storm that cycles back through to hit us later next week is going to be a lot stronger than what we just had last night?  Also, considering the storms in December cycled on a Saturday/Sunday track is it also safe to assume we're looking for these storms to track on a Wednesday/Thursday track this time?  Thanks

This upcoming Monday storm does not show up anywhere on my trends.  Not even a hint.  If it does happen, which I am not sure about [even though the GFS wants to show it], then this would be a bonus storm.  Likely not one I would expect to see next time around.

ShawnP, I live in south KC and I did not get much snow last year ( I lived near St Joe), thats why I was excited I moved over the summer, I was ready for the big snow that south KC got last year...It would seem that I am a jinx! lol

Oh..and I forgot to mention..the expected trough out west is showing up now on the progs...

That will be our weather maker through the 5th- as it moves vorticity our way and rebuilds.

Anyone heard from Notes lately?

What does the weather look like between here and Omaha over the weekend (including Monday)?  Heading up tomorrow afternoon and back Monday afternoon, so I'd like to know what to expect in advance.  I trust your forecast more than any of theirs!

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Snow showers/flurries may accompany the arctic front.  Keep in mind it will be windy and blowing snow in open areas is possible.  A few icy spots may develp along your way.  Monday right looks to be a chance of light snow.

Jeremy

Scott, Im anxious to see the info for Mon. Around the Dec 1 area, south KC had just rain and a little ice, so since the systems are stronger now with more colder air through-out, does that mean south KC will get the same type of precip, only all ice instead of the rain? no snow beings we didn't have it last time?

I live at 103rd and Mastin and I have 2.6" of snow on my deck. Called my brother who works in Hiawatha and he stuck a ruler in the snow there out in the open and told me 7.3". Nice forecast gentlemen.

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Thanks for the reports!  The visible satellite looks pretty cool.  Brett will show it during the midday show.

Jeremy

In Basehor I have 3 in and a drift of about 10 in...... Bring on Monday!!! I want more! Can't wait until Gary talks about this storm coming though I want to get ready!

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Gary will post a new blog soon...I'll let him address Monday.

Jeremy

They closed school for this? I live in Greenwood (Lee's Summit Schools) and there isn't much to worry about on the streets. I haven't measured, but my broom did just fine clearing the steps. Last year, my daughter had school when the neighborhood streets were a sheet of ice for what seemed like a week or longer.

Minnesotans would laugh at us for closing school for 1.5" of snow. That's just a dusting. I have resigned myself to not expect too much snow down south of KC this season.

KCK near N 18th and State (3 west of downtown airport):   3.0 inches on the deck this morning and 0.49 inches of precipitation from the entire event (both rain and melted snow in the gauge).  

Kellyann,

While temp is important, do not discount two factors in these storms..

One, the dominant longwave.  For this pattern, we are seeing exactly what has been the trend for the last two months for this part of the cycle.  [Thank you LRC]

That said, the pattern within the cycle is morphing a bit now as it is getting stronger and more amplified.  That has brought a slightly different track in the past - but maybe a bit later in the pattern near late Jan/early Feb.

Two, these storms we will see in the next two weeks are going to be a bit different - especially later in the period.  These are not so much the clippers that we have been seeing from the NW, but more of a SW origin.  Because of that, they will have a tendacy to have more WAA potential due to its path and warmer origin.  

Then, it will all depend on this cold air we have in place.  I contend as a trend this year, it will remain rather shallow.  But..since we are in the strongest part of the cycle at the heart of winter, I am projecting the cold air to be up to the 700mb layer deep.

Even with the WAA, I am thinking we will remain cold enough for snow generally and stronger later in the trend..but that is what I think based on the trends I see.  

Will we see some rain potential out of this specific storm?  Yeah..possible with the warm trend leading up to it.  That is a very strong trend in the cycle.  We will have to watch the temps, but the trend brings 10-15 degrees above mean just right before the storm.  So timing will be everything.

Remember how we got into the 60s in December leading up to this storm?  Go back a previous cycle to October.  Look at that warm trend on the 10th.  

Heck..I know this is blasphamy..but go one more cycle back to August 15th.

Oops..its there too.

I could be wrong...but I don't think so yet.

Scott, yes, you are right about the trends, very obvious for anyone to see I would think. I was thinking it would probably get nice and warm for a day or two and then get blasted ..that is within the next 2 weeks. Thanks!

Scott,
Thanks for the post.  But what is WAA?

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warm air advection.

Jeremy

In Olathe at 127th & Pflumm exactly 3" on my deck table, which has very level snow cover.

DUPLICATE POSTS - my guess is that after you post you hit back and then refresh and then post again, but that's just a guess.

LITTLENORTH - I assume Hamilton is closed?  Cameron is, so Hamilton 'bout has to be.  But it is never listed on KSHB. How much did you get up there? Did I see 6"?

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4-6" totals occurred around and north of St. Joe.  If we get a total from Cameron we will post it like the others.

Jeremy

I could be wrong, but from what I could gather on the maps, i don't see tomorrow night or Mon being much of anything for us south of KC, which is fine, we can let it build til the next week!

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Tomorrow is associated with the arctic front.  Flurries or some light snow.

Jeremy

Scott I was also wondering why we haven't heard from Notes in the Margin?  Notes usually has something to say about these things.  Anyway, we'll wait and see.

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I think Notes is a teacher.  Maybe out of town or busy with school.  I'm sure Notes will return now that the weather is a bit calmer.

Jeremy

guys, do you think the northland will get more snow again with the monday system or will the south of the river get hit harder this time?

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Gary's blog is almost ready:)  If that doesn't answer the question I'll address it for you...just check back.

Make sure to watch Brett Anthony...the midday show is on right now!

Jeremy

Put on your bikinis kids its 14 degrees in TOnganoxie.  We got just under 4".  Very beautiful.  I am glad its a snow day  didn't want to go outside anyway.

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Thanks for the report...

PatsSoxCelts, Im bettin that if anyone gets anything much out of Mon, it will be the same areas, thats just from what I see and what has happened back around the first of Dec.

thanks kellyann and jeremy

A new blog is up!

We ended up with an inch here in marceline...It was pretty consistant with your snowfall forcast