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Just got in on the tail end of last blog..
so I'm reposting

How about this for a Kansas City forecast
Today:
Chance of cloudy or sunshine,
unseasonably hot or freezing;
chance of rain and wind....
snow possible or hail ...
or stuff from the sky for which
there isn't even a name yet !

Would that please the ones who are
so critical of this team?

Give 'em a break !

I wans't expectin this!!!

2.9" of snow at Johnson County Executive Airport with some 1-3' drifts!

Jeremy, is the next Alberta clipper on Sat? And will this be another 40+MPH wind event.

My horses manes have been getting tangled with all this wind. I spend several hours a week untangling and brushing. Getting very tired of it! I am happy though that it has been dry this long... no mud to brush off . But there will be now when the snow thaws!

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Winds will probably be in the 15-25 mph range.  I don't think 40mph winds are in the cards this time.

Jeremy

1 to 3 foot drifts? Really? You should send the Team some photos of it.

Or are you counting the piles from the snow plow?? ;-0

Great job team once again.   While others might want a 24hr notice on a small event, you guys handled it perfect IMO.     You guys did mention that the models had this wave of energy but it was a tight band and gave no promise too far out.   Last night, Gary put out 1" for the metro and nailed it.    If you are going to be critical of his forecast, I cannot imagine what you think of the other stations, with one calling for less than a dusting... whatever that means.

Again great job as the ground needed this moisture bad.   I cannot wait till it really gets going.    I will enjoy next week while I can and soak up those temps :)

Joe

Hey there weather team...   Huskies are enjoying the cold and now the snow.   We had about 1.5 inches where I live in Grandview...  

Bill and Melissa Hale

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Enjoy the snow...it may be almost all gone by tomorrow afternoon!

Jeremy

ethalo - did you take that from the NWS or a competitor station?  LMAO...

Sorry..maybe funnier in my head.

Lenexa snowfall total at 79th & Lackman = 1.75"
Jon

Snow amount for me is .75 inches!!!
Monica
Pleasanton, KS

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Thanks for the total!  A huge storm for you!

Jeremy

Hey next big storm like snow producer when?

How much snow did Lee's Summit get

"Thanks for the total!  A huge storm for you!

Jeremy"

I hope that was sarcasm..cause thats  about  what they always get.....

3.5" of snow in OP!

McLouth KS 0.75" snow.  Right now the temp has dropped to 19 I thought temps were supposed to continue rising or level, not drop.  Did forecasters, not just at 41 forget to take into consideration the effect even a small snowpack would make?  Doesn't matter, its game weekend and I have too much meat to smoke and 4AM will come to early around here.  Have a great night and weekend.

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A temperary drop is likely this evening...we just showed 16 on our newscast.  Then rising temps as winds pick up after midnight.  The snowpack will play a part this evening, but sometimes winds can 'deliver the goods' so to speak.  In this case the milder air. 

Jeremy

I know its pretty far off- a week, but is this storm this coming friday look bigger than todays or is it to far off to tell?

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The upcoming storm is one that has been on our 'radar' per the LRC.  It has potential.  The 18Z GFS both Jeff Penner and I thought was a little out to lunch.  We thought the 12Z GFS fit out thinking better.

Jeremy

.9" at the fort.  sounds like a well distributed snow event.  its nice to get some sort of precip to fall, its becoming quite a dry season.

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Thanks for the total.  Jacob in Lee's Summit is now up to 11.2" of snow for the season...KCI is at 7.6".  Slowly creeping up with the active pattern yet to come.

Jeremy

I had to go down to Springfield MO this morning for business. While I was on 71 highway I was listening to a local radio station from KC who has a morning TV weather guy doing weather updates ( it was not Gary) I had to laugh because he had phone them in and they were recorded until after 8:00 AM and he kept saying "Just a few snow flurries in the morning nothing to be worried about" as I was watching cars spin off the road in front of me. After 8:00 he came on live and said 1/2 inch to maybe an inch.  

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Thanks for the note.  There were some huge differences on forecasts this morning, I'm just glad we were on the 'winning' team:)

Jeremy

Like Jeff P said on http://www.lrcweather.com, its friday and its snowing! What could be better? Me think so too! My sun Conure is starting to enunciate her words, instead of mumbling this morning you could tell if you didn't think about it for a few seconds that she said pretty girl! Yey!

Stormdog:  Here's hoping no more snow falls - a pathetic, forlorn hope, alas.  Hate this miserable cold - "Miserable in Missouri"
A cold dog

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Good to hear from you dog!  You should thaw out this week for a few days:)

Jeremy

Wow...stormdog!  Good to see you!

Has the front already come through Topeka and Lawrence?  Its warmer there or is it just because they don't have snow on the ground?

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I think Lawrence has snow on the ground.  But those areas are closer to the milder air and also the winds are picking up a bit there.

Jeremy

we had 0.4" of snow here in trenton.. have a good weekend

Jeremy:

Good snow glistening in the starry light evening to you sir!! It is kind of chilly out this evening but you can sure feel the warmer air working its way into the area. That was some surface map you posted-what a cool winter to follow this year!!!

Well, I got a ½ Get Smart Affect this morning and I intended to Blog back in and give a total but I winded up spending the day rebooking flights and hotels for the school senior trip (the original trip was just too expensive so had to start from scratch!!) and right now I have a full blown sleep over event blowing through my house LOL!!

As was reported earlier we ended up with close to an inch here in Lawrence-we had a decent band move through between 6:00-6:30 where it snowed as hard as it had all year-man it was awesome!! The boys are with me this weekend so we went out and caught some snowflakes on the tongue before school and then all had a little shoveling experience this afternoon-it was fantastic!!

I think one interesting aspect of this week has been how a regime of the LRC can produce some different results at different parts of the year-in mid to late November when the NW flow was at its strongest (I have thought all week we are looking at the period from around 11-21-30) we had 3 fronts come through and we bottomed out here in Lawrence at around 15 or so-this time, with the NW flow in full swing, we get a clipped by a dump of arctic air-same regime but deeper into winter, these fronts had more punch. Just a little something I have been thinking about!!

It will be interesting to follow the next 7-9 days and the warm up next week is to me right on schedule as I think we are now seeing the relaxing of the NW flow and are entering into the transitional phase before the active cycle really kicks in-very similar to what we saw in late November. I haven’t had a chance to really look at any models today but the 0z ensembles of the GFS last night really were showing the ridge/height rises developing in the Eastern Pacific and the operational runs of both the Euro and GFS continue to show this as well on various runs. Am I making any sense at all?? LOL

Now that I have probably made myself look quite foolish with paragraphs three and four I am going step away from the computer and make sure the sleep over doesn’t wipe out my house!!!! LOL Have a great night Jeremy-I am sure I will “bother” you several times this weekend and on Monday….LOL

Take care and as always thanks for reading!!!

Bill in Lawrence

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Bill,

This weekend is a tricky little forecast temperature-wise.  We may trim a few degrees off of the high for Saturday, but 40s still look good.  I found some fun LRC stuff to share on Saturday.  I kind of stumbled onto it without even trying:)  Maybe we can share the limb tomorrow:)

Jeremy

119th & Ridgeview in Olathe 1.5", measurement was just taken. As "powdery" as that snow was I'll bet we were closer to 2" earlier in the day. Dog, take heed my fellow warm weather brother, there are 12 months in a year and 9 of them AREN'T winter! Think warm man.

Dodge City had a low of 8 and a high of 62! Of course that has to do with the strong westerly downslope they had and the fact that they have only had 0.32 inch since October 23!

Jeremy - its amazing some of the things you can find out of the blue.  Just today while researching a request for someone, I stumbled upon a very nice bit of data that to date had been hidden to me.  Oddly, in looking at the precip for KMCI in the last 30 days, we are in a surplus!

Did not get a chance to get a good measurement on the little bit of snow we've got up here in Holt,but if I had to guess I would say about 1/2" or a little more since I did not get home until this afternoon.

For all the ones that are thinking the forcast was a bust,they must not watch the forcast on the news at 10.Last night Gary said 1/2 to1 inch maby a little more in some spots.That to me was a nail on the head,with the cold temps and fast forming snow.

Keep up the good work and get some rest after Gary gets back,you will need it in the next few weeks.

A question for anyone on the weather team. Last night, on the radar loop that showed the area of snow moving south from S. Dakota across Nebraska, I noticed a band of clouds that preceded the main disturbance. It almost looked like an outflow boundary, but seemed much larger. Anyone have an explanation?

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I'd have to see the satellite picture and setup...I was off on Thursday.  Off the top of my head I can't think of what that was.  Maybe someone else saw it and can help us out.

Jeremy

Quite a bit of the snow we had melted yesterday afternoon, hoping to warm up fast today and get the rest of it out of here!  The ground will sure mud up quick as it's still so saturated, I'm going to get Windy's walk and run in early to escape some of the muck.  I'm so glad we have a cement backyard, I knew when we put it in last year it would be days like this that would make us thankful.  Paola got about 1" of snow, currently it's 28 degrees, I'm hoping we hit 50 today...fingers crossed!  Have a great weekend everyone.
--deb

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Deb,

Good morning and thanks for checking in!  50...maybe not yet.  But 40s should feel pretty good today after the bitter cold the past couple of days.  Enjoy the snow this morning, it may be almost gone by the end of today:)  Have a great weekend!

Jeremy