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Wow, that person will be lucky! The snow is covering most of the grass here in NE JOCO.

dusting in leavenworth but I'm not complaining we had alot of snow last year :)

1.7 Inches in Chillicothe at 4:10PM, snow still lightly falling.

WOOt!!!!!!!!!

I'm pretty sure i picked today at 4:10pm!!!

have to wait and see if anyone else picked closer!!

2  inches on my back deck and still snowing hard at 147th and Pflumn

Some say there is a good chance of an ice storm next week ************** We'll focus on next week after we get through this storm. Jeremy

3/4" on the grass here in Weatherby Lake.  And where down to very minimal snow fall now.

LOTS of BIG flakes here in Lee's Summit again.  Can't see across the road any more and VERY, VERY slick out!

1.75 of snow at 124th & state line in Leawood.

roads are covered with WHITE here in Independence. still moderate snow falling. about 2" on the ground, however i saw drifts that were about 6-8"!

I know so many of you LOVE snow and I totally get how it is pretty and I do enjoy it if I can sit in my home drinking hot chocolate and it melts off the sidewalks and roads before I go out.  However no such luck right now so I am gonna head to the concert....hopefully we have plenty of time to get there.  I hope everyone is safe and smart on our way there.  Wish us luck.

Gary,

Front yard AVG: 1.57"

Backyard AVG:  2.14"
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Total AVG:        1.85"


Olathe,KS

A good 3.5+" of snow on the grass here is South Lee's Summit and snow is still coming down.

1/2 inch at best here in drexel, mostly sleet thats on the ground though! Oh well, maybe next time!

about an inch in Kearney

119th and Blackbob we have 2.75 inches.  Took the average of several measurements due to the wind.  Really added to that total the last two hours!

2.50 Inches In Stilwell,KS at ( 194th & Metcalf )

nix that, a dusting of sleet here in drexel, I accidently measured in a drift of sleet!

3" in Blue Springs at 7 Hwy and Moreland School Rd.  Snowing moderately at the current time.  Has snowed continuously since 10:45 this morning.  Has been exciting!

Matt

ok, whats with the big flakes?...we are getting tiny little flakes here in harrisonville...but they are being driven hard by the wind, roads have a covering of snow and they are getting really slick...measured just 1/4 in. on my deck... 8(

1.5 inches here in Marceline at 4:44 pm. Fun storm to track!!

Alex

Didn't get quite as much as last time - though the snow did last longer. 3/4" up here near N. Oak & Barry Rd. in the northland.

Left KC yesterday AM when it was in the pleasant 50s, drove to TX where it was in the low 70s, now the snowflake contest has ended in KC and here in TX now it's 36 with some cold rain showers.  Enjoy the snow!

I got 1.75 on one side of my deck, and 3 inches on the other side of the deck so I dont know what to do on that one!

What does KCI have now?

Alex

YAY! the heavy band is finally making its way down here!

maybe theres a little luck for the southern viewers?

Left KC yesterday AM when it was in the pleasant 50s, drove to TX where it was in the low 70s, now the snowflake contest has ended in KC and here in TX now it's 36 with some cold rain showers.  Enjoy the snow!

there's at least 2 inches here in North Overland Park bordering Lenexa, and the roads are VERY treacherous all across Johnson County, I've been out and about and even my Subaru with AWD was having trouble. EVERYBODY BECAREFUL AND ARRIVE ALIVE! This has been such an exciting day I can't wait til our next storm, I think this one's winding down here in OP. Jeremy and Gary thanks so much for your accuracy. you guys are always number 1!!

Just NW of Paola, 4.5 inches on the ground.

1.25 west of Sibley, MO

Hey Brent-look's like it may be heading our way. Don't think we see an inch or two, but maybe it will make everything a little white. :)

5 - 6 inch drifts in the backyard.   Measured out front..  1.5 - 2 inches for Grandview

Bill and Melissa Hale

My husband is working downtown and supposed to get off at 9:30. He has to drive home to 291 and Stark (near Liberty).  We are wondering if he should leave early.  I keep hearing that as it gets colder through the night, the roads are going to get worse.

He is contemplating taking a "tardy" and leaving early (maybe around 7:30ish), but we are wondering if it would really make a difference in road conditions.  Anyone have any thoughts on it?

St Joseph a trace

1/2 inch here in La Cygne. Kinda hard to measure since there is quite a bit of ice pellets. Might get another 1/2 inch as it it snowing really hard with big ol'flakes. I'm happy it's not enough to use the snow blower!

But it is enough to build up on the collie and springer spaniel pads. Gonna have to trim the fur between their toes this evening.... my husband will have to use his high school wrestling hold on the collie - she is such a pansy. :)

Gary, thanks for mentioning that the heaviest snow was around drexel, I didnt even know it had started snowing. After you mentioned it I looked outside to see it snowing quite hard. Still snowing hard, I will try to get you a new measurement by the 10 pm newscast.

Good Evening to The Weather Team!!!

How are you all holding up? Awesome job as always to all of you!!

Wound up with 1 inch in SW Lawrence-that may be stretching it a bit but I really do think one inch is very close. The way this set up I feel very fortunate to recieve what I did-it is awesome!! Got to go out for a while and slide around with the boys-priceless!!!

What a fun storm to follow and track!! Have a great night-be carefull driving everybody-there will for sure be slick spots!!

Bill in Lawrence

Hard to find a place to measure, what with the wind and all. I measured in three places across my back yard and came up for a snow total of around 2" for the north side of Ottawa. See you at 6, Gary!!

I hope this is a pattern and we continue to get storms here in the city even ice storms are ok with me! Aka next week hopefully! :)

In Belton/ Raymore there is about 2 " in the grassy areas. While the drifts are 6"!!! any hope for no school tommorow? Thanks and your forecast was right on!

Oh and im working but measured about 1 inch of snow in North Kansas City

Congrats to whomever gets the pretties. Here in Emma, MO, we'd already gotten an inch by sunrise ... that is, and inch of rain. Just now is the heavier snow coming in. Actually, my final rainfall total for the overnight was 1.05" and we've got about a quarter inch of snow so far.

Walt Snyder

I took a picture of the wind shaped sculpture on my car...I'll send it in to you guys .

looks like .5 inch of snow here.

Final Tally In Blue Springs Is 4.5".  This is at 7 Hwy and Moreland School Road.

Matt

Congrats to the snow worshipers and the impending winner of the snowflake contest! After several measurements I'll go with 2" here at 119th & Ridgeview in Olathe.

3.5" here at my house in Lee's Summit!!

Think there will be school tomorrow?!?

2.5 inches total at my house in Blue Springs near Grain Valley

heavysnow,

I'm surprised at your total.  I must have measured 15 places both in the front and back of my house and every one of them was between 4 and 5 inches.  Are you on the north side of Blue Springs or on the south?

Matt

I think we have about a half inch here in Northeast Cass county, Strasburg.  Temp is 24.  It is still snowing but by the looks of the radar it is going to end soon.  So I don't see much more accumulation.  I did my best to go out and measure it but it varies from place to place so much.  At the most we have maybe an inch.  

I live on the North Side of Blue Springs right next to Kohl's Distribution Center

We received about 1.75 inches in Richmond, I measured in several places and that was the average. I did not see any location close to richmond on Gary's broadcast at 6 so hopefully we can get it on there at 10. The drive was not too bad on the way home from down town. The wind was the worst part of driving home.

I'd say we have around a half inch on the ground with an inch in some drifts. Not a real big snow but am happy with what I received. :)

Well that makes a little more sense.  I am on the very south end of town.

Matt

What an awesome birthday present!  I love the snow!  1.5 inches here in Independence.  I have to work tonght so I hope the roads aren't terrible.  Oh well!  Everyone be safe and stay in if you can!

I picked 3:23 pm.....but ON THE 10TH!!!!  ARRRGGGHHH!!!  Unreal.  I'm clinging to the small shred of hope that maybe I'm remember my day wrong.  

Matt, I live in Grain Valley and I highly doubt you have 4-5 inches of snow in Blue Springs...the drifting is so bad it's impossible to get an accurate measurement...I'd say we have a solid 2 or 2.5 inches of snow like heavysnow said.

I must say the long range gfs looks pretty good at the moment. At least it has a storm nearby every couple of days. For the "active part of the pattern".

So tommorow the attention turns towards early next week? I

My deck faces the south and is protected well from the wind, especially with the North wind we had today.  

The measurements on my deck are usually very solid.  

I have a dusting to 1/4 of an inch of snow on the ground here. Enough, along with a layer of sleet to make it pretty slick getting around. It was cool to drive in and when a car was coming your way to see it blowing around in the road and swirling all over. Be safe!!
Monica
Pleasanton

Approximately 1.25 inches of snow in La Cygne.

The 12Z GFS has the arctic front very nearby on Monday and Tuesday of next week.

Its so close that temperatures up near maryville are projected in the 30's, whereas down toward Joplin/Springfield, temps will be in the 60's.

Obviously the KC metro area would fall somewhere in between. Now, I'm guessing Gary is using his knowledge of the weather pattern to predict early week temps for next week.

He lists highs on Monday and Tuesday in the Mid 20's.

On a more personaly note, Im going to the Chiefs game on Sunday.

Last nights 10 p.m. forecast high - 60 degrees :)

11 a.m. forecast today forecast high - 38 degrees with wintery mix :( :(

6 p.m. forecast this evening forecast high - 52 degrees :)

Talk about a roller coaster ride!!...lol

Obviously the arctic front is crashing on sunday. I know that. I just had to tease a little. Sunday is a very difficult forecast for sure!

:)

Gary,

You can up the total in Marceline to 1.75". Got another quarter inch with one last spurt of heavy snow.

Now it is just blowing around. I just came from the school, and it looks like a tundra with the snow just flowing across the ground of the football field. I also saw a couple big snow twister things, drove right into one of them.

All I no is that every road here in Marceline is a sheet of ice, and I have not seen 1 snow plow or ice truck, and it is SLICK!!

Again 1.75" in Marceline

Alex

Someone said maybe an ice storm next week?

checking in from columbia...the storm fizzled out before it got here :( looking forward to the next week

Hi Everyone,
Wouldn't you just know it...the person who hates snow the most...gets the most snow...*sigh*....4.25 inches of snow here in Paola and drifting pretty bad in between houses and in the park where Windy and I like to hike.  Oh well, at least it's pretty and white right now.....and over....right?  It IS over isn't it?  Anyone wanna come shovel my walk or how about some sledding on the giant hill?  Stay safe and warm everyone
--deb

I would say an inch here in drexel.

I loved watching it snow today...but I didn't love how it turned my 10-minute drive home into a 1-hour drive home. I know, I know, that is the price I pay for getting to see the white stuff!

It is WAY to early to begin throwing that nasty 3-letter word around.

*** storms cause way too much panic, even at the mention of the word ***.

2002 anyone??

Ya, lets not go there yet....

For the sanity of this blog.

LOL

Chris,

I hear what you are saying, but this isn't the first time I've measured snow before, and I chose about 15 spots both on the north and south side of my house, and each measurement I got was between 4 and 5 inches.  Lots of wind today, but I chose a number of places that were pretty well sheltered from it, and still came up with the same result.  I wouldn't submit it if it were only one measurement, especially on a windy day like today.

Matt

Well maby I need to find someone to plow for in Blue Springs/Lees Summit.

We did not get nearly enough to push.

3.1'' here in Grandview at  Main Street and 71 Highway

It is always fun to see the first snow of the year but now that it is over im ready for summer!!!!! one snow a year is all i need Thank You....

Well..

Since there is a Chance of that 3 letter word storm sometime next week. I was wondering if I could have Permission to Say the 3 letter word before Jeremy Beheads My talk.

3.7" here in Lee's Summit.

We received about 2 and a half to 3 inches in Lexington.  I left work in the city at 3:45 pm and it took me until 6:15 to get home!  Roads are very slick and dangerous with the blowing snow.  Blizzard like conditions on open field areas of 24 Hwy.  Lots of people off in the ditches and crashed into things.  Scary, though I do love the snow!

Was very sad to see the snow just desipate as it moved eastward. : (

less than a dusting in Columbia. lol

barely noticeable.

"Since there is a Chance of that 3 letter word storm sometime next week. I was wondering if I could have Permission to Say the 3 letter word before Jeremy Beheads My talk."

LOL that is funny...some people are really tempermental about that certain word, if you know what I mean...

Ipushsnow, um..you can come do my driveway.  I have enough to "push".  I got just over 2 1/2 inches at my location in LS.

chfs, as you are talking about an event many days away, I think the three letter word can be reserved until much closer when details are known.

Take this storm, it wasn't until very close or during the event until everything was known.  Throwing out a wishcast for something that is so disruptive is likely what gets you in trouble.  The event in of itself is not bad, but the human impact is often tragic for some and disruptive to many.

;-)

However. I am not throwing out a wishcast. I never said This winter season that I wanted that storm. Next week is my Birthday so who knows. This is an Active pattern. For right now I am Waiting till the date gets closer

hard to measure because the snow is super light and fluffy and it's blowing around quite a bit, but i have at least 3 - 3.25 inches on my deck railing in lee's summit, some drifts are pushing 7-8 inches....not bad for first snow

Jereme W

ICE??

Less than 1/2 inch here near Smithville.  Very drifty and hard to measure.

Adam, I would not be surprised to see Sunday shift again.

>>>New blog?<<<

kcwxguy,
I would clean your drive, but I live in Holt.
Will we see any more any time soon? I want snow ,not the 3 letter word.

Well we got just a VERY  LIGHT dusting of snow!!
we also got some freezing drizzle earlier in the morning, and we got near 40 m.p.h. wind gusts, so still an impressive day, congrats on your first one inch, I had mine last Sunday;)

As for the next week issue, I can see where that idea is coming from, but A. it is still far away and B. Even if we have to deal with the three lettered word it BY NO MEANS has to be the worst case scenario, heck, as stated earlier we got a little bit of ice this morning in St. Joe, oops I said it;)

Anyone know how the roads are?

Its Winter, snow is always possible..LOL  Soon?  Dunno, I am having an argument with the models right now.  I fought this current storm, and won more than I lost, and think I know how to suckerpunch the next storm.

;-)

I am not worried about the ice thing at this point...I am not seeing anything leading me to that yet.

Scott,

You expect the cold here earlier??

Lets see some backyard snow pictures that have been sent in!

I'm not really shure how this storm played out here at home, we only got about 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch.I was working at Banister Mall and the snow was awesome and heavy at times.I love the snow so much I don't mind working in it.

Had fun with ya'll today. Thanks for everyone's input!

Naw..I think that is about right.  I will be watching the models closely for Mon/Tues.  Curious to see how that evolves as I am not sure about it quite yet in the current model runs.  Parts look right, but orientation and some of the feature strengths seem different.  It is quite possible for it to be, but just seems odd to me.

WOOHOO Blue Springs R IV is out tomorrow! :D

anybody ready to move on to the next storm?  According to the LRC this is the storm that occurred Oct. 14-16th.  The bigger Oct. storm was the 22nd-25th.  That would occur next week around Dec. 16th.  Is this storm going to be our big one for the month?

Gary are still holding true to your Artic Air Watch for Next Week?

Can't wait if it is!

Gary,

Is this what Action Weather Plus will be? WxPoint:LIVE  
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I wish I could get these cool 'toys' for Christmas!! :D

in the nws discussion, they are already talking about ice. yes I said it, but I am really angry.... this seems too early to be talking about ice, giving conditions have to be perfect for ice, and we are still 6 days out.

just looking at the gfs, 19 also looks active. You better Gear up Gary here comes the weather pattern you have been waiting for!! o great!

Our snow here in this part of Jefferson County is hard to see, barely a dusting.  Might have been a half inch or so if it wasn't for the wind.  I guess what we had was blown to Paola where they got 3"+

I also see your dream may come true first of next week Gary.  Hope you didn't request time off this time.  If you did we will get hammered and you will be sitting at home blogging in.

You guys were right on with this storm.  Right up to this last minute you were still saying that the impact areas were still to be decided.  Winter storm impact areas must be the hardest to define.  It seems the team all puts in many more hours forecasting and explaining these storms than any other.

nws may be discussing ice right now but its way to early to tell. it may be sunny and 70 or 5 feet of snow and -20. you never know this far out. things will change back and forth. just remember to check the weather every so often daily and this blog is a great place to. as many hobbist, professionals and students provide their insight and conversation. I love predicting winter weather..... =)

I want the 5 Ft of Snow, and -20 weather! :D

The thing is....there is SOMETHING there. Something is coming, and it has potential to be very icy.

Discussion out of St. Louis NWS,
THE FAVORED ECMWF AND CMC GEM
ARE SHOWING A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT WILL PUSH THRU THE AREA SOMETIME
ON MONDAY WITH A POTENTIAL ICE STORM ENSUING AS SHALLOW COLD AIR
INVADES THE MID MS VLY. STAY TUNED.

I measured 2" in SE Lee's Summit near 50 and 291.

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Thanks for the total!

Jeremy

Gary:

Good cold winter's morn to you sir!! Currently sitting at a frosty 12 degrees with a 3/4 moon glistening on the snow-it is absolutely beautiful out this morning-a bit of breeze but the snow crackeling under your shoes as you are running is just awesome!!

While we only recieved an inch or so here in SW Lawrence it was an awesome storm to follow and track and to be honest, considering how fast and furious that cold air was pushing in here I feel very fortunate to have recieved what I did. For sure this was not a major snow producer any where but many times in a situation like this where the main snow axis sets up from an Ottawa into south KC line Lawrence will only get flurries. I'll take what I got and say thankyou very much Mother Nature!!!

Well, I am back to trying to figure out where we are in the pattern-I thought this was the 22nd of October part but now I am not sure at all so I am going to head back and look over things and see if my non weather brain can figure somethings out!! This should be a great exercise in futility LOL but it will be fun to try!!

The LRC will show the way for next week-the models are going to have a horrendous time in the next 3-4 days trying to figure out when the energy ejects out of the SW and what to do with that massive core of cold air. It has bewen 81 below zero-minus 81 in Siberia ths week-that is extremely cold for the Northern Hemishphere-that is Anarctic old!!! That core is about to go on the move to our side of the pole-will the core of it spill down west of the Sierra's or it will poor down east of the Rockies-if, like the Scarecrow, I only had a brain to see the LRC I could see it!! LOL I just can't imagine it modifying as much as the modles are now showing nor can I imagine it comming and going as the 0z Euro and GFS are dipicting.

Have a great day and as always thanks for reading and providing such a great place to discuss and learn about the weather (here and the LRC Blog)!! I'm off to see the Wizard for a weather brain so that I can maybe figure out the pattern this year!!

Bill in Lawrence

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Bill,

Now that the weather has calmed down I think Gary will have a day or two to really look at the LRC and provide bloggers some insight.  Your total of around 1" isn't bad considering the main area of snow stayed to your south.

I have a feeling the smell of polar bears may drift down sometime next week!

Jeremy

I measured in 3 places protected from the wind, all 3 were very close, averaged amount is 4.25" for Paola.  It's 10 degrees this morning, windchill says -2, bitter cold.  First we had sleet, then freezing rain, then the snow which lasted until about 5:15 last night.  Dreading going on to school this morning, longing for summer.....*sigh*.

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Maybe mini-summer this weekend if we get into the 50s.  Lots will depend on cloud cover, etc.

Jeremy

3.8" of snow at Jhonson County Executive Airport