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Gary,
This time of year clearly distinguishes the climate of the Midwest from the Plains. The average high temperatures in the Midwest are about 10F cooler than us.  Also, low temperatures in areas of northern and central MN were colder than -25F last night. Winter temperatures there have been below average for the first time in quite a few winters.

Snow Please!

Ready for spring now, please.

I'm ready for spring.

Gary,

It appears that we are going to fall short of today's predicted high temperature ahead of the arctic front. I am presently reading 31 degrees. I will be curious to hear more detail about these upcoming storm events as the models become more definitive. One difference that I have noticed about arctic front arrival here in Kansas City is that these fronts typically come through this area "dry" with only a passing flurry or two. When I lived in Wisconsin, the arrival of arctic fronts was usually accompanied by a band of snow just behind the front. These arctic front snow bands could drop anywhere from a dusting to 1 - 3". I am sure there is a reason for this. Please keep us posted. Thanks!

Bob

SPRING!!!!  Bring on SPRING!!!

Just a couple more snows then I'll be ready.

Our records for this period are still in the teens below zero with 2-3 inches of crusty snow and piles all over we will tumble to 0 maybe -2 tonite....Th into Fri still too early to tell only 25.1 now at 1320 hrs.  I do not thonk we will see the mid30s.

I'm done with the cold weather...I want to hear "Play Ball!!!"

I've had like 8 snow storms and none measured over 2 inches.  If I can get a nice decent snow in the next couple weeks, than I say winter.  If not, bring on Spring.

SPRING!!

SPRING!

We are supposed to be in the 'Spring Transitional Season' now. I'd settle for just a couple days of transitional weather.

I have enjoyed winter, but I'm starting to get cabin fever.  Bring on spring!!

It has actually been a pleasant winter with the frequent snows and lack of a slew of "cold" days in a row.  Although I am NOT a winter lover, I say A LITTLE MORE WINTER PLEASE!!!

Spring, please!

*S*P*R*I*N*G*   Love snow and would like to see a really dumper this Thursday yet, all in all, I am READY for SPRING!!!

The gas bill is killing me!

Gary,
 I know this is from the NWS about the next storm but I'm curious as to whether this would finally be a storm we miss out on up here in Saint Joseph... ???

"AT THIS TIME...TEMPERATURES APPEAR COLD ENOUGH
TO SUPPORT SNOW OVER MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA...WITH THE POTENTIAL
FOR SLEET TO MIX IN WITH THE SNOW OVER AREAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50
THURSDAY MORNING. DUE TO THE QUICK PROGRESSION OF THIS STORM SYSTEM
THROUGH THE AREA...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIMITED. HOWEVER AT
THIS TIME 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW MAY BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS ALONG AND TO
THE SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR."

i love the snow but i am more than ready for SPRING!

I was ready for spring back in January, so bring it on please!  

The question being bantered around here is like your 100 degrees or 0 question from a few weeks ago.  However, it's what's worse in Kansas August or February.  In my opinion it is February.  There is absolutely no point in the day that I can go outside and be comfortable.  At lease in August I can go out at Midnight or 1:00am and be comfortable.

To answer your question...considering the snow we have had here in southern OP has been puney at best I saw bring on the Spring!!!!

I want spring. I have wanted spring ever since November!

Since we have not had a winter like this for some time.....  I say let it continue and enjoy it!!!!    In 6 months we will be complaining its too hot.  

I say bring on another month of winter.

I am ready for Spring. Tired of not being able to let my kids play outside much.

Look, if we continue getting snow I am going to need a boyfriend to shovel because I don't like doing it. So let's get on with warmer weather :)

bring on Spring!

I am ready for opening day against the New York Spankees!

ya know.. i'm a snow/cold weather lover, and i've been preaching for snow all winter.. but i'm done.. bring on the 70s-80s and thunderstorms!

i agree dougbce, i agree.

Spring - so ready to see green!!  Tired of dirty snow and brown grass!!  This is my first time posting, have been reading for a while...

My question for Gary: when does he sleep?!  I think he must get home late after the 10 pm news and then up early on 980 in the mornings... maybe he is one of those who doesn't require much sleep... or could he be napping now?  :)    

As Eliot pointed out, "April is the cruellest month, breeding / Lilacs out of the dead land".

Bring it on.  I want spring

Hard to type with my teeth chattering so hard but here goes--S*P*R*I*N*G.  Please

Let this be the last week of winter weather, then bring on spring.

Since I have lost hope for a good sledding snow this winter...my vote is for
 S*P*R*I*N*G.........ahhhhhh, I can smell the flowers now!! :o)

St. Joe Attorney:  Have you all seen the ground/dirt since winter got going back in December? Or have you had snow on the ground this whole time?
Monica
Pleasanton, KS

I am still missing winter here in the southland! I am looking forward to starting track season next week, but I LOVE winter. My sisters live in South Dakota and many days I think about moving up there too!

Well, im waiting for my new laptop to come in to do some storm chasing, so until then I will choose winter.

I work outside construction, this winter has been brutal, bring on spring!!! PLEASE!!

I'm a transplant from northern Iowa, so I'm still waiting for winter to show up.  All I need is a good 6 - 10 inch snowfall, then spring can show up.

I think Fire Dog should take us chasing!

Gary, while i will continue to go round and round with you regarding the finer features of the LRC, I think we both still agree strongly that there is a cycle or a pattern of some sort.  That said, as you talk about the polar push and the warm up coming later next week, here is something that I had put out from JANUARY 13th!

[click my name for details]

"...look for something on the 20/22nd. This could bring more of a mix to snow with amounts of liquid precipitation being up to a quarter inch. This storm will bring another push of Canadian air dropping us again under average temperatures.

...We will experience cooler than normal temperatures until around the 24th where we begin to warm up again."

Unless I have a crystal ball..which I don't, then without some sort of cycle - this kind of DETAIL would be impossible.

All that said, I don't follow upper level maps at all, so maybe there is some crazy chance that the surface analysis method works afterall.

LOL - this concludes my daily pot stirring.  

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Scott,

LMOL!  I know this will drive you nuts, but of course the surface maps will work.  The surface is cycling, but as defined by the upper levels.  As I have said all along you are using a variation of the LRC to make your forecasts.  Doesn't this make sense to you?  The big debate we have is when the cycle begins.  You say August, I say October or November.

Gary

Firedog, do you use your phone as a modem?

SPRING!!

I am ready for spring!

Kristi

Bring on Spring!  I am ready to get outside!

Fire Dog,
Are you a storm chaser?  I would love to go on a chase sometime.  

Kristi

Let's keep winter around as long as possible.  I don't look forward to spring because then allergies start soon followed by heat and humidity and bugs and the like.  If I were a bear I'd hibernate from May through September or something.  The only bright spot to spring for me is thunderstorms but I'll gladly give that up for the comfort of colder weather and more winter storms.

I definitely want more winter!!!

No spring till late april!! my birthday.....

Gary, Thursdays snow looks impressive on the 7 day, but at this time you are not thinking it will be a big deal?....I heard another station at noon say that the people south of the river may see some snow this time.

I will look forward to Monday I guess.....it should be good...lol
brent

Spring!!!!

I'm seriously DONE with this darn COLD crap.  I'm ready to thaw out.  Yes I love winter, but the cold.. well it can go back north where it belongs.  I'm tired of defrosting my pillow before bed

TIME FOR SPRING.. or at least 40 degree weather for more than one day

Stacy N The Gang

It is allowed to warm up a little after I get my first real snowfall..... no more of these 1 to 3 inch snows

I love snow but I am needing to get outside and work in my garden.  It brings me so much joy, that and hearing the birds sing.  Gardening is my "antidepressant!!!"  I guess I suffer from S.A.D. just a tiny bit...lol.

Shelly

I will say spring because I am ready to go out and take my daughter for walks and to the park.

Winter can continue until we get a really decent snow in Overland Park.  The last one had potential, but it was too warm to be all snow, and what we did get melted too quickly.  So let's do this until we get it right.

Spring

It pains me to say that, because I love the snow, but I've had enough for this year.

I am ready for some good Thunderstorms.....

Spring definately!  Ready to get out on my bike, and anything to turn the darn furnace off (and not the a/c on for at least 3 months).

I can hardly stand another day of this -- it seems like we've had an endless winter.  Spring, spring, spring. . . summer, summer, summer.  Please!!

I'm tired of all this snow/slush/sleet/freezing rain in southern LS.  I'm with Heavy...once we get our "SNOW" for this winter, I'll be fine.

I am normally a fan of winter because I love snow, but since this year we have been left out (8.40 seasonal total) I am sooo ready for SPRING!!!!

Brent, why do you always bring up the other station?  If you want to watch the other station, then stay there.

Once the Royals start Spring Training I'm ready for winter to be over.

I am enjoying this exciting winter!!! I am usually not a huge winter fan but this has been a fun one. I think we are overdue for a really big snowstorm though, but its been interesting anyhow.

momaofthreegirls I have seen bare ground three times for about three or four days before more snow fell since T-Giving.

As to NWS Hazard outlook keep in mind 22 Dec and 5 Feb were to be south of I-70 and or Hwy 50 three days out and where did the end up????  

Spring, spring, and more spring with a large side order of deck weather, please.

I'll have an order of spring with a side order of outdoor activities, please.

SPRING, the sooner the better.

Scott said:
Firedog, do you use your phone as a modem?
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Yes, I do.  Why do you ask?

Hi all - Stormdog votes for Spring - a no-brainer for those of you who have endured my anti-winter posts this winter.  While we haven't had a lot of snow here, we've had a severe winter in terms of cold and Arctic airmasses - bad on the gas bill, altho my highest so far has been $97.00 (the trick was that we had insulation blown into the attic - we had an R value of 15 sloping down to 2 above the kitchen - we had the equivalent of R49 (R35 is the Fed recommendation, but for an addl 60.00 dollars we got the premium)  This has already paid for itself over the last 2-3 years, for what it does is break the convective cycle in the house - warm air rises, unless there is insulation above, and when it does, cold air from the outside is drawn inside, and so the heater works more.  I am not owner or have interest in insulation companies, but this is so important for all to realize, that with an $860 or so dollar investment, the bills can be thirded!!!  I kid you not ( my square footage overall is perhaps 1500 sq ft.)

I too would like thunderstorms, but I am not sure we are ready for the Spring the Dog thinks is about to happen.  Already, many tornado outbreaks in the SE, multiple deaths, and not a few long track twisters, including one in SW MO in January already... But...this pattern IS suggestive of a violent Spring, I fear.  I hope I am wrong, wrong, wrong, and we see only a lot of nice heavy storms, no hail, tornadoes.

Still, get ready all, in case The Dog is right (I've chased and observed severe weather in Oklahoma for 20 years, so I think I know of what I speak)

Cheers,
The Dog

SPRING PLEASE have wanted spring since late October. hate being shut in he house . can't wait to see my little hummingbirds again .

New NAM has moved their heavier precip for Thursday more north.  

I say one more decent snow fall of more then 3 inches then we can bring on spring...

Stormdog, I must agree with you statement about this spring.  With all these LOWS so close to the area it will be an active spring.

heavysnow, that is what I figured would happen, it's a given! I am thinking for south KC, we will see a sleet event with a mixture of snow towards the end. Does that seem right to you?

Spring , PLEASE.  Sick, sick, sick of this winter anyway.

I am almost ready for spring, but not quite.  I just want one good snow fall of 6+ inches please.  I am definitely tired of the temps jumping all over the place though.

I like the snow, but even I am ready for Spring now.  I am getting anxious to hit the golf course!

I agree with whomever said that this winter is so rare.  I doubt we see another winter like this for quite a few years...both up north and down south.  Beacuse it is so rare, I say let it continue a little longer.  My favorite season is spring for the storms, so I have been loving this thundersnow!

Team-can't wait to find out what the snow fall totals will be for Thursday's storm!  I know St. Joeians (LOL-just made that one up) want a break, but I enjoy watching it fall and having a day to myself (when school is called as I am a teacher).

Normally I would ask for a big snow, but. . . outdoor soccer is about to begin and I can't stand the cold!!   SPRING, Please!!

I love the winter and snow as much as anyone, but I am about ready for Sprint.  So put me down as a "ready for Spring" vote.

I'm loving the snow, but I'm tired of the cold.  So one vote for Spring, one for winter...can I do that?? :)

Mark M - - -

LOL, was that subliminal advertising???  J/K

Gary, your blog entry was music to my ears about the warm-up.  I am soooo ready for spring though not ready for the severe weather.  kristy

Yeah, Mark, what's up with throwing Sprint in there? I'm happy with my service, just not the snow. LOL Cute typo, or freudian slip..whichever :)

I will always choose the warmer weather.  Bring on spring!

The way the NAM is going we would be in the precip for 24-42 hrs.

I am ready for some warmer weather and some good old fashion ThunderStorms!

I'll take Spring thanks.

Keri

I am so ready for Spring now!

St Joseghites please!  I live in a 115 year old house 17 yearold furnace, good insulation new roof last gas bill was only $238.00  5 bedrooms upstairs, one downstairs, ten foot ceiling downstairs, large kitchen, dinningroon 18 X 13 large livingroom 15 X13 recroom 15 X 15 two baths main floor. Only $167,987.00 or best offer.

Hey Scott, are you planning on doing some chasing this spring/summer?

Spring please! =]

I  definitely have spring fever!!

Marlina, you stole the Dragon's line. But I'll repeat it for the vote and yes in all caps:

I AM SO READY FOR SPRING NOW!

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spring and the storms!

More winter... I want a big snow storm for my birthday March 28th :) I hear there is a chance!

Oh, and I'd like to change my vote from last year. I forgot about the ice and snow and crap when I said I'd take zero over 100. I'd kindly like to change that to 100, please. Dragons are already pretty warm what with all that breathing fire and such.

;-)

Spring. I want to play some golf.

Dave

Spring.  I am done with winter.

SPRING! SPRING! Tired of cold hands and feet and scooping horse stalls!!

SPRING

I love winter... but I am SO READY for Spring!!  

I don't mind winter (prefer spring) but since the recurring theme is for the metro area to continually miss the real snow I have to vote for spring.  I love the severe thunderstorms of spring and hope the numerous predictions of an active spring prove true although, given the inability of anything really exciting to hit the metro, I must hold back my enthusiam so I'm not as disappointed.  ~  Dave

SPRING PLEASE!  Cabin fever has sunk in...and my 3 year old longingly looks at the playground everytime we go by......

I want winter to continue until we can go out with a big dumping of snow on Lee's Summit!  Then I'll be ready for spring.  

Bring on spring!!!

I'm sick of winter and am so tired of the cold, I vote for skipping spring and going to straight to summer!  and the sooner the better.

GFS rolling out..

More Winter here please.  At least one good snow for Independence.

The real maddening thing about the last storm......I got my usually 2 inches or less since it melted about as fast as it fell.....My dad's house by the stadiums got a good 3-4 and that is what I saw around 11:00 that morning, he probably had a little more than that and he is only a 5-6 miles as the crow flies from my house.

The only thought that keeps me going through this winter is the thought (I know that no forecast has been spoken of yet but...) that this summer will not be as hot due to a lot of cooler air funneling in from Canada so we will get a nice break on our A/C bills.  I wonder what Gary and the weather team as well as other bloggers think about that.

While I prefer the cold to the hot, I'm ready for spring.  We have severe cabin fever at my house.  If we can't have a 6" snow, then it might as well be 70 and sunny.

Who would want this wild ride to stop? Keep it going, more winter please!

PoofDragon: Your Springs look like snowflakes...perhaps your subconscious wants winter to stay after all! Hee hee. =)

I think I will join the few and say......I LOVE winter!

Fire Dog----Are you using the NWS for the model runs??

Yes I am.

definitly in the minority here....I dislike summer so much, that it depresses me to even think about spring.  I could never get tired of snow.  If spring went straight into fall, that would be just perfect!!  I'm a nester, so bring on more WINTER!!

I only enjoy winter when we get a winter storm. I enjoy the warmer weather otherwise, especially come severe weather season...

winter baby

More snow

winter winter winter!

I must say that I am happy with this years winter. Its been a while, I am really glad that the cold air is actually dominating for once.

But yes, I am ready for spring, gotta chase those storms. : )

cant wait for the "active" pattern to star! this is not even the active part and look at it!!!

Fair weather fan here says, BRING ON SPRING!  Body shops, snow plow contractors, and hardware stores have prospered enough. The news crews must be sick of reporting from the interstate and the salt and sand piles, not to mention starting their show at 4 a.m so they can tell us "It's snowing!".  Someone please buy these reporters some rulers or yardsticks.  Tired of seeing them measure with scrapers, boots, etc. Let the snow lovers pout till next year!

Ready for spring.  Big time.

its all relative so to speak no matter what is going on in the weather people always want the reverse eventually, if its cold for awhile then they want warm if it snows they want sun if its hot then they want cold....in Aug everyone will say bring on winter and snow I am sick of all this heat and my a\c bill is killing me...welcome to the climate of a place like ours.....just like in January when it gets to 55 for a high then everyone is like wow how warm it is just beautiful, then in July if it gets down to 65 for a high everyone puts a jacket back on....love it I say since we hardly ever get to experience a real winter then bring it on, you heat lovers will be complaining of the sweltering temps soon enough...lol have a great day everyone.

Winter Storm Watch issued to our south and east..interesting to see if that shifts north  

new models look poor for us...

Stormdog here ) I must confess, I don't like August, I don't like January - extremes of this sort make the Dog wish to go into a corner and hurl.....!!!!:)

Later, Dog

This is amusing.  Winter storm watch to the south of kc, winter weather advisory to the north, and we're in the middle stripe / no man's land with nothing?

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It is a wind chill advisory to the north.  This has the potential to be a significant storm, but it is just a little bit too weak.  We will be monitoring this closely.

Gary

Since 5 out of 6 of us are home with flu, I say SPRING!  We need some fresh air!!

Oops, sorry, I mis-read the warnings for north of us, never mind :o)

Well, the NAM is still showing a good precip, but the GFS does show as much until day 5.  The NAM HAS BEEN CORRECT LATELY so we will see.  Do not forget these runs are the off hr. runs.

Definitely Spring!

I HATE downslope winds.
The REAL Midwest never warms up this fast during February into March and that is why the averages there are MUCH colder.
Bring on some more SNOW!!!

Firedog, yes I am.

The entire year in KC is extreme.  When its not the temps of winter or summer, it is the storms of spring and fall.

Fun place to be a weather enthusiast.

ready for spring!!! my kids want to go outside and play!!!

Stormdog: Hee hee hee! The Dragon is in synch with ya, buddy. Here is an ordered list of months, from the Dragon's favorite to least favorite:

1. October
2. April
3 - 10. Doesn't really matter.
11. January
12. February

;-)

> This has the potential to be a significant storm, but it is just a little bit too weak.

I could be rich but I'm just so poor.

;-)

Well for me... this winter has been so active, I know once its gone... it gone.  I think this is the big snowy winter that I have been waiting for since I was a kid, it seemed like almost every year that I can remember the winter ended up above average temps. and below ave. snow and I have always thought to myself that one year we will see the other shoe drop, well this year seems like the year it has, so I will take this winter as long as it wants to stay.   As for the next few days, well one thing is the NWS has issued a wind chill advisory for us, the first time they have done so for St. Joe this winter!!  and the next set up look weird on the 500mbar progs. it is like there are two vorts playing "chicken" with each other as one from the northern branch swings down as a "clipper" and the other one swings up from the southern branch at about the same time  they also show the potential for snow to not be too heavy BUT they have the potential lingering on and off for quite a while.  The final solution I'm afraid is far from showing its self with the very precarious interaction between the northern and southern flows.

SPRING, please.

Voting for the continuation of Winter.

Spring brings...
 Allergies,
 Tornados
 Hail Storms
 Bugs and Mosquitos
 Tree & Plant pruning & worst of all
 Twice a week lawn mowing


While during the Winter although one may have to shovel upon occasion, it is great time to prop up the feet with a cup of Java in hand and just sit back and enjoy life.

Hey Scott, why did you want to know if I use my phone, do you?

Considering that on Sunday I was sitting outside enjoying sunshine and 85 degrees (we were in Florida!) I say BRING ON SPRING!

Driving to work this morning I was thinking about how 36 hours ago it was 70 degrees warmer where we were...sigh...

Spring please...I hate every second of winter.  No more coats, boots, warming up the car, dirty cars, rushing to get everywhere, taking 5 times as long to get to work when it snows,  you get the idea.  I HATE WINTER!!!

I wonder if Brent knows he is in a "watch" for 1-3 inches of snow and no one else is? LOL...that should get him going!

Jack votes spring.

Spring PLEASE!!!  My daffodils are coming up.

1-3 inchs possible

I wonder if we had a really cold weather in KC how many people would actually move further south. LOL
The bias toward warm air from some of you posters is EXTREME.
Do you not realize that the Midwest is MUCH colder than the Plains?
MN, WI, IA, and IL all had subzero cold this morning.
Temps in the 30s are quite mild for me.
You posters really need to stop complaining so much when the heat and humidty are 10X worse. (I am talking 95F+ temps with high humidity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

SPRING!!!

"Spring PLEASE!!!  My daffodils are coming up."

I don't see how that is possible. Our low this morning was 12F

SPRING SOON PLEASE!!!!!!!!!

I want this storm to move up so bad so that I can get my ice storm

Oh, the sun angle is also intense because we are so far south in latitude.
That is why I PREFER the shorter days of winter.
I will be so glad when I finally move back further north where I can enjoy winter sports again for several months out of the year if I choose.

I hope the models turn colder again.
The last thing we need is to have above normal temps in March followed by another big freeze in April. This happened last year. Be very careful what you wish for....

chfs327,
If you want some cold weather central MN had lows between -25 to -30F this morning. The MIDWEST core had lows that were mainly below zero, especially over portions of Iowa and Wisconsin.

I have to vote spring...it has been a fun (albeit sometimes dissapointing winter) but it is time to get on the lake and wet a line.

Spring and thunderstorms please! i love the snow.... at the beginning of winter but it grows old quick. im ready for plenty of thunderstorms overall though.

well we will get confirmed by 2200 hrs tonite and know for sure Wed am. . . when I wake up to 0 and -27 win chill. . . the snow i have won't melt....

we have not had winter in Blue Springs YET!

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Tomorrow is winter.

Gary

Gary---The windmill at our house is now turning to the southwest with a slight turn to the west occassionally---The front will be here for sure--I am ready for spring because we a hardcore gardeners but because of the LRC we also know what is coming in about three weeks.  So being a winter lover we must face the facts.  The LRC is the tell tale sign.  Take care---Michael/Berryton/Topeka

I cant wait for the first signs of grass sprouting. I enjoy mowing my lawn because I have one of the greenest lawns in the neighborhood. I keep it plush like carpet. Looking forward to warmer temps to get outdoors.

Allergies = Zyrtec
Thunderstorms = Good nights sleep
Hail = Ouch
Tornados = Usually not around here
SPRING = Green Thumb

Mike in LS

btw, i cant wait to go fishin either, just thought i would add that in.

spring,please

> You posters really need to stop complaining so much when the heat and humidty are 10X worse. (I am talking 95F+ temps with high humidity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Thing is, most of the over-posters are of the WINTER variety. I don't see nearly as many posts in the summer. True, as someone said, after a time of some extreme lots of folks wish for the other extreme. The Dragon wishes for a more SoCal kind of place. Or maybe Albuquerque. They get 300 days of sunshine a year, but they also have 4 nice distinct seasons, none of which is too extreme. Snow? Sure. Storms? Occasionally. Not too bad.

For those who are about to start writing something about "Why dontcha just move there, fire breather" I can say that a move is in the Dragon's future. Mrs. Dragon was just offered a position in a city not so far from here, albeit the wrong direction. But it is one that could be a stepping stone toward a future Westerly move. In any case, the Dragon's days on the blog are numbered. You snow haters will have to find another fire breather to keep those nasty flakes away. Hey DrySlot...you've got friends dontcha?  ;-)

Can't wait to hear how the LRC/P thing pans out.

Spring?  Heck, I'm ready for summer days at the pool!

SPRING PLEASE!

SPRING!!!!!!  However I will admit that I plan on lowering my deductible as low as possible for the next six months.  Thought process is my wifes car will not be garaged (we sold the house) and I do believe we are going to be in for an extremely wild ride.  

Spring, no doubt.  I am sick of the cold.

Spring :)

What did Gary say. I didnt want to watch due to the Fact im on an Online discussion

How much snow we suppose to get Gary

WIN to the T to the E to the R.  Winter.

"I have to vote spring...it has been a fun (albeit sometimes dissapointing winter) but it is time to get on the lake and wet a line."

This region only has reservoirs. You would need to go to the Midwest to find an actual LAKE and not a reservoir.

I could use a nice warm sunny day myself, but then I have to think about summer clothes and if I can fit into anything anymore. Time to start working out if Spring is around the corner. Wait, maybe I do like winter afterall...

SPRING SPRING SPRING

Although that will probably bring rain, and what I really want is for all this wet weather to end.  My backyard hasn't been dry since November, it looks like a war zone thanks to our Greyhound.  I just want my backyard to dry out.... ugh...

I am so sick of this winter I can't even begin to describe my frustration.

Plus, I'm a golfer, and this weather has been just bad enough to prevent me from playing, or even practicing.

PoofDragon,
Well you can enjoy the hot weather out there in So Cal along with the lovely Santa Ana winds that bring the threat of wildfires. That does not appeal to me in the least. I would take 20F over 90F anyday of the week.
CentralOP

If I could only have one decent snow fall, then I would be ready for spring...... So I guess I have to vote for winter.   Just one.... I'll be happy with one......

Keep winter coming...until grain valley get a single snow fall total of at least half a foot.  Sure we've had a lot of snow this year, but not everyone has seen the snow.

  Im ready for SPRING without a doubt, also will all these storms produce snow, I watched yesterday and only chances were Thur into Fri and Monday, now all these other chance, I hope all of them dont produce

6Z GFS looks poor for snow. Hopefully, the 0Z will turn colder with better snow opportunities.
Also, it is good that the ground is still wet because our soil moisture situation will be MUCH better this year when the warmer months come.

Hopefully Its ice then

I want what they've been getting in Madison,WI.  So, keep winter coming, one of these times Blue Springs just might get lucky. I want to get a challenge from one of these storms. I don't think they have what it takes to knock me down. I've been training a lifetime to take on a monster blizzard, go toe to toe with it, and say "go ahead, make my day!" I've gone for 10 mile walks in single digits, heavy snow, and strong winds. It was like a walk in the park. One of these days I want to see some fangs coming out of the clouds, growling like a hungry lion and snowing so hard it knocks me down. But I will rise and say, "you're not that bad, you're not that bad." Now that gets my heart pumping just thinking about it. Besides looking for job openings up in Iowa I may have to look at a trip to Mt. Everest to satisfy my need to some wicked snow!! I have a 5.5 horsepower/22"/ 2-stage snowblower that needs to be pushed to the limit!!

N2mountains said:
we have not had winter in Blue Springs YET!

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Tomorrow is winter.

Gary


N2, meant we haven't had a real snow storm yet in Blue Springs  Biggest total for one storm was 3.25 at my house everything else was 2 inches or less

I'm also jealous of the snow in Madison - they beat the record of the most snow in a winter before this last storm, it's over 80" now.  I'm not ready for winter to be over until we get a good snow storm!

With how the weather has been in south KC, I am ready for SPRING!!!!!

Gary- count me in on the Spring vote!!

JP

Did Jack really say he wants 7 degrees?   He must have been joking, I know he likes spring and golf.  

I ready for SPRING!!!!!!  

WINTER!! BELOW ZERO TEMPS, SNOW,ICE,and SLEET!!

I LOVE WINTER KEEP IT COMING.....What do you see for us down here in AC

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW AND SLEET LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE FREEZING RAIN DEVELOPS ALONG WITH SLEET AND
SNOW ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER INCH
OF ICE ALONG WITH TWO TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BY
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

i want  **WINTER**

SNOW, It is not SPRING until the middle of March, let's finish winter...

I am ready for Spring!!!

ANDREW>>>>>>. There you are. have not seen you in a while. Hope Momn and Sis are doing ok you must be busy helping out.

******WINTER*****WINTER******

until we get a snowstorm in Lee's Summit i say WINTER!!!!.

david in LS

Andrew, do you really prefer snow, over a nice thunderstorm?

Hopefully we get some ice and sleet and no snow. That would be fun.

Bring on Spring...the sooner the better.  I can't take much more of this cold, threats of snow every other day.  I need to get out of Missouri!!  Florida here I come...

I want it to warm please ive grew tired of the cold i want to be able to get up in the morning and not haft to start the truck and warm it up. But in the spring it will be warm i  will not haft to worry

Spring is great but I want to take my kids sledding at least ONCE!
Never enough snow at one time to do this in Pleasant Hill this winter.

Im going to LA fo spring break March 15th for about a week to get out of winter land. Hopefully while Im gone you guys will have that Blizzard/Massive storm.

I'm starting to get nervous that the weather will be bad on Thursday morning and I won't make my flight out of KCI. If that happens, I will cry...I really need this vacation!

Gary, just had a chance to scan the blog entries today, wow! I thought I was in the minority but from the looks of these posts I suggest you take another poll, instead of asking if people prefer 0 deg. or 100 deg., how about 20 deg. or 70 deg. I know you grew up in So. Cal. and did'nt get to "enjoy" our wild extremes. I don't want to speak for all but I would say the majority of the natives are ready for spring! The Royals had their first full squad work out today, and there's only a mere ten days until the meteorlogical start of spring. Take heart my warm weather friends the clock is ticking on old man winter.

I'm ready for spring!  I go to school up in Iowa, and it's even colder up here!  I at least want some temps above freezing for a while!  Looking forward to coming back to semi-warmer temps in KC soon!

i want spring cause i can fish for bass all year

Gary:

Good evening to you sir!!!

Looks like the front is on our door step-unleash the hounds!!!

I think from my blogs everyone probably knows my answer: Winter!!! Look, I love Spring and Summer as well as my biggest passion even more than weather is bass fishing-I could fish for 4 days without stopping LOL!! But man, there is just something about Winter that I love!!! There is little better to me than a fresh snow or going for a jog when it is 10 degrees and have snow crunching under your shoes-to me, that is just awesome!!!

So I vote for another month of winter!!!

Have a great night!!!

Bill in Lawrence

My vote is for spring and storms and then summer, and then spring and storms again, summer, spring and storms, summer and so on and so forth...  any chance you can make it happen Lezak???  

well obviously, my computer has been broken all day.....and I missed both weather segments this evening...so whats the latest news?....I heard I was in a watch?....

You are in a Winter storm watch. Thats what people are saying.

Winter weather started so early in December that I am very ready for Spring.  However, I am not ready for tornado season!!!  We have had nearly 40" of snow in Leavenworth, so it is not so exciting any more for this season.  The blog is fun to read.  By the way, did anyone notice the "Red sky in morning, Sailors take warning" sunrise this morning???  It was beautiful, but it signals bad weather.  Gary, what's your idea on "Red sky in morning"?

SPRING!!!  But please no tornadoes...our family has experienced enough of that for a lifetime!

I am hoping for winter to continue even though I have already had 20.2" of snow in Olathe

I am SO ready for spring!!!!!!!!!!!

Spring!!!!

more cold nasty winter please

Gary- Looks like the front is close- just north of the metro??- right on schedule..

went by here dewpoint dropped to 22 degrees temp 27 so far did we did get to 33 for 2 hours as the sun was a setting.

Spring!!!  I have a terrible fear of severe Thunderstorms, but I want to be in the yard and have a clean car and watch Little League games!!!

This numbing cold reminds me of growing up in Northwest Iowa, but we are missing the FEET of snow we would get back in the 70's...  We used to count the number of days our actual temp was below 0.  The two day blizzards would come and the snow would be so frozen you could walk on top of these drifts that were taller than our house.  

The brown trees, dirty snow, and cold weather here feels like a cheated winter...and I'm ready for Spring!!!!

Gary and team - thank you for ALWAYS keeping us in such good standing this winter in knowing exactly what was headed our way.  I never had to hit the *panic* button and run to the store or gas station in fear of some big snow headed our way.  My family are all 41 Fans now!!!  We know who to watch when the spring and summer storms are in the air too!

I am speaking for my area, northern Colorado.  I am ready for spring but I DON'T want to see a premature warm-up, just a nice gradual glide into spring.  The biggest thing I don't want is a return to spring drought conditions which our area has experienced the last several years.  So I would like to see a couple of wet heavy spring snowstorms, and then good spring rains...

I vote for winter

Winter

Winter, winter

Winter, winter, winter

I say let's find out who the biggest winter weather fan is in all of Kansas City. Heck, I will take on challengers from all of the U.S. For years I collected any articles from papers from KC, Des Moines, USA Today, etc. that dealt with snow or ice events, cut them out laminated them and covered the back wall of my room with them. I used to draw my own snowfall maps, color them in and keep them in chronological order to see how much snow had fallen and keep track of patterns. I did keep snowballs in individual baggies only to bring them out in July one year, yes they had become ice balls by then but I was able to manage building a small snowman and suprising the heck out of the mailman when I put it by the mailbox on a 90+ degree day. I have built igloos, snowmen, snowstadiums. I have pictures of snowdogs, snowdragons. I want to build something bigger than "snowzilla" in Alaska. I once shoveled snow for 3 hours straight. Most people would say, "o.k. I've done that before". Except that we had received about 1/4" and I proceeded to shovel snow from my sidewalk, all of my neighbors sidewalks, 1/2 of the parking lot area of the apartment complex, the street, etc. only to walk it back to my small yard, pile it up and then level it to make it look like a fresh snowfall of about 2 feet. The next day the 1/4" melted and no snow to be seen except it was great watching people go by and look at the deep snowpack in my yard and have a look of "what the heck!" I got so excited one year driving to work that I drove off the road into a ditch only to whip the car back onto the road safely. What got me so excited? Out of the corner of my eye I noticed a drift of snow that had survived a warm up that had melted all of the other snow. I have been known to dress warm, put on my headphones listening to classical music, take a lawn chair outside and sit on the porch during a snowstorm. Oh the glorious, inspirational, and majestic feelings that brings on. This is only the tip of the iceberg winter fans!