NBC Action Communities

Just stepped outside to a sheet of ice on my deck in Kingsville with a temp of 30.4 and freezing drizzle.

I have had Freezing Drizzle at my house for most of the afternoon

Not doin a thing right now in Leavenworth

I drove through a brief blast of sleet over here in Independence about 20 minutes ago. Not enough to really slick p the roads, but enough to see on the porch and sidewalk.

A little sleet at 4:30 PM in east Independence.

I was just out and about in Lee's Summit. Just cold and windy. I didn't run into any slick spots.

Ouch, I just got hit in the eye with a sleet pellet bringing in the horses.

Really... It wasn't a red ryder double action gun! :)

Sleeting here in Gardner

Stormdog - Tornado Watch, two severe thunderstorm warnings for Jackson Co this early AM, rollicking thunder following bluish-white lightning flashes, generous rains, especially for December - about 1.24" at Blue Springs - lovely temps yesterday - almost 70F - but today is a stinker, lo 30s, upr 20s F -  go away winter, some back Spring.

Dog

heavy snow falling! a mix of big and small flakes.  this stuff is accumulating fast.  then again, its been snowing on and off for a few hours already...

Pvt_murphy, wow what a difference 30 minutes make, had no idea it changed outside til i read your last post.  Maybe we will get more than what is expected?

Heavy snow in tonganoxie. A heavy dusting already.  Just got home,starting to get slick but not too bad as long as you are careful

There is approximately an inch of snow already on the ground at my apartment here in Lawrence. Still snowing too.

Snowing in Lenexa.  

Dusting of snow in Gladstone - heavy at times.  Be careful!

I have had ZERO snow in Blue Springs

we have gotten about an inch of snow already, looks like more will fall than expected.  perhaps up to 2" over this way...we will see i guess.

dusting here in S OP...radar increasing  

its coming heavysnow.

What will Lee's Summit get?!?  Thoughts?!?

pvt,

Everytime the snow looks like it is headed East, it evaporates.

I don't see anything more than flurries here in Blue Springs.  I have seen storms do this many times before.  

Alright, so after this disturbance comes through then we look to be having a really mild break.  Is this the time between cycles officially? If so then we would be entering the second cycle for the winter right? Are we going to be seeing that split flow pattern a lot or different types?

-------------

Let's just enjoy the snow for now.  What an amazing day!  The weather pattern will continue to cycle, and this active three week stretch will return later in January into February. There are other chances in between so it won't completely calm down.

Gary

i still think that you will get around .5"(blue springs) heavysnow.  this snow is very efficient.  now that the low is in our area, the snow is moving more easterly than northerly.  you should see some stuff very soon.

the two bands seem to be congealing into one large shield of snow just in time for the metro...

And this is just the first wave of 2 right?

Hey, I am on my new instinct and thought I would try typing on the blog...I am at my grandma's house here in Holt, MO  and there is some moderate snow pellets falling.

I was in Atchison earlier, and this morning there was just over a quarter inch on the trees, cars, and pretty much everthing else.

Grapel falling in Blue Springs with a few snowflakes

Good Evening Bloggers.  This is the first chance I've had to write in this afternoon.  The last band that moved through awhile ago dropped a quick 1 1/2 inches up here in St. Joseph.  It was a heavy snow but at times was mixed with some grapple. I believe because of the mix it is the reason the roads are slick.  Any place a car has traveled, the tracks turned into ice. Its very slick. I usually don't have alot of trouble in my jeep, but I hit a slick spot and down the hill I went.  Depending if the next snow band is as heavy as the first, I could see us with maybe a total of 3 inches.  With the ice this morning, and now the snow its turned out to be an eventful and interesting day.

About .25 inch of snow down here in Ottawa, the light fluffy kind that looks so pretty. I was going to say that we have had no snow since around sunset, but I just looked out the window (a good thing to do, right Gary?), and it's coming down again. This snowfall is not really hard and fast, but steady enough to maybe add up if it keeps up. Happy two days after, everyone!

Gary you should do a segment up and coming where you are spinning plates while giving the forecast.

119th & Ridgeview in Olathe 28 with a light dusting of snow and some flurries. Stormdog, its all gonna melt manana!

By the way I still argue with my wife.

Put on GARY DANG IT!!!!

Jeff, you nailed it with your 1" or less forecast.  Two bands of snow = dusting near 435 and Nall.

Snowing in Greenwood and coming down at a fairly good pace.  Some large flakes mixed in.  Just a dusting right now.

In Mission we have a heavy dusting so far. The side roads are a little slick, but the main roads are just wet and not slick.

I know I've seen the explanation of grapple before but don't remember what it is?  Can someone educate me??

TeacherInStJoe just measured the snow only 2.2 inches. . . .

Graple is partially melted snow, similar to sleet

Thanks, heavysnow!!

Just a trace of snow here in La Cygne and nothing is falling.

graupel is when a supercooled water droplet comes into contact with a snowflake.  no melting occurs, its a freezing process in which the supercooled droplet incapsulates the snowflake for the lack of a better word...and then commenses freezing.  

snow is done here.  1.4" on the deck...will check the protected side of the house later.

maybe an 3/4 of inch in my part of Liberty.  Trees are iced lightly.  Sure enjoyed hearing the thunder this morning.  I don't think we got anything that people got on the south side.  Talked to some relatives in Olathe/Mission area & the lightening & thunder was incredible they said.  They had light damage.  But today is one day closer to spring!  Less than 3 months now & this will be a memory.

Thanks, Pvt!

Like I said, barely white in Blue Springs....Very light dusting

The storms last night knocked my mom's shed over in North Kansas City, and that thing has seen some pretty nasty storms!  

I'm up on 169 and Barry Rd. The trees are beautiful when the light hits them, and we got around .25-.50 of snow, maybe less. I haven't measured.  

The roads are extremely crummy up here.  I just went to Taco Bell, and it took me about 5 minutes to back out of my parking spot.  It was uphill.  Cars are having a really difficult time getting up hills.  Most are having to back down them slowly and try to find another way.

Be careful out there!  :)  Hopefully we get some big snows soon!  

Just looking at the GFS, it is just simply amazing.  Zonal to NW flow.  As expected.  

Light dusting in LS.  No biggie...  What an insane last two/three weeks of weather.  I can hardly wait for this to come back again....and closer to my heart...what does this all look like in Spring with 2500K CAPE values, 60kt mid layer sheer, and a surface low passing just to the NW?  Can you imagine yesterday's WAA in Spring?

Me thinks I will be chasing more this year, and hopefully a bit closer to home [not TOO close]

;-)

a good inch here in Tonganoxie.  Pretty slippery out there. Hubby just went to get drinks and said it is slick

Okay I was disappointed with that last band that came through tonight. It was really fine small flakes falling. It wasn't anything compared to the band that moved through earlier. Still have just a little over 1 1/2 inches.  It will be gone tomorrow I am sure if it warms up to 40.  It was nice while it lasted.  Roads are still slick though.

Wow the roads are VERY slick around my area. I lost control of the car every 15 seconds

Wow the snow is like a very slick coating of powdered sugar (even seems slippery walking on it) on a glass plated world with the ice accumulation on everything, I will admit the ice storm is pretty when it doesn't knock out the power and cripple the city. It is a very unique looking world out there right now. It will be a shame to see it all melt, but this is Missouri!!  Interesting thing to note how the storm the week before Christmas got people worried about "an ice storm" and this thing practically came in from the back with hardly ANY talk of "ice storm" or worries there of and we came close to having a major ice storm then again this storm was one in a billion...?

Pray for snow!

Oh yes.. the Weather.
Here at the lake, it was about 5:30 AM when the front went through. I had a few windows open (since I use wood heat) and awoke to the sight of the curtains standing out vertically as the wnd gusts came in.  I heard a 'crack' and one of our 25' trees had fallen, nearly taking out one of the vehicles. After closing the windows and seeing there was no real damage, I went back to bed.  Life in the midwest.