Storm Becoming Clearer

It is appearing more likely that the heaviest snow, in excess of 6" and as much as 2 feet, will be falling Wednesday through Christmas Day from the Panhandles of Texas/Oklahoma to Wisconsin. Some cities that will be affected includes: Denver, Dodge City, Lincoln, Sioux Falls, Minneapolis and Duluth. The most extreme snow in excess of 18" will likely fall across much of southern Minnesota-northwest Iowa-Eastern South Dakota. Bit further south freezing rain will be an issue from southeast Nebraska through central Iowa to northwest Illinois. Please make sure to use extra caution and plan accordingly if you are planning on traveling into these locations Wednesday-Christmas Day.

Continuing further south some heavy rains with embedded thunderstorms will be likely. The heaviest rainfall is likely to fall from Texarkana, TX-Conway, AR-Poplar Bluff, MO-Sparta, IL. In this band as much as 4"-6" of rain is possible. In addition, much of the remainder of Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, western Kentucky, western Tennessee and Mississippi will see between 1"-3" of rainfall from Wednesday through Christmas Day. It is possible, a few severe thunderstorms may occur across Louisiana, Arkansas, eastern Texas and eastern Oklahoma Wednesday into Christmas Eve.

Note: This storm system is still organizing and is just now into the Pacific NW so the track of the storm system may still change; however, models are showing more run-to-run consistency and the general track is likely to be close to that mentioned above.