Snow Heads Into Kansas City

Another foot of snow has fallen across portions of the Denver Metro area, earlier today. The storm is now winding down but here are some of the snowfall totals as of Noon MT:
Conifer, Colorado (Jefferson County) 13.0”
Strasburg, Colorado (Adams County) 12.5”
Parker, Colorado (Arapahoe County): 12.2”
Ft. Collins, Colorado (Larimer County): 11.5”
Aurora, Colorado (Arapahoe County): 9.0”

The storm system is clearly visible on this afternoon’s satellite with a marked difference from the warmer air, nearly clear sky conditions, to the much chillier, precipitation filled air, with the snow, under the cloudiness.  

Snow was already falling across much of the western half of Kansas with Winter Weather Advisories stretching from far northeast New Mexico to south-central Nebraska.  

I anticipate the winter weather advisories to be extended a bit further east to encompass portions of northwest Missouri for tonight as rain will likely change over to snow.  The Kansas City Metro area will likely see snow tonight, especially across the Kansas Suburbs and accumulations of 1” to 3” will be possible, heaviest remaining on the Kansas side of the region.

One thing with this system is as it moves east the punch of cold will become less and while the system will still bring a quick shot of chill it won’t be extreme cold to change over the rainfall to snow.

Looking further out beyond the next 36 to 48 hours, the weather pattern will be generally fast paced with several pieces of energy dipping into the Rockies and lifting out as it heads eastward.  None in the next 5 to 7 days appears overall that cold and snow chances look low except for the higher elevations of the Rockies. Into the 7 to 10 day period, there is the potential for yet another strong storm kicking out of the Rockies and it could bring more Rockies snow and could be a player into the Plains, Midwest and Southeast with storms.

So now is a great time to be ready to remove that snow as it looks like winter wants to hit early this season. Thanks to a blogger friend of mine, The Coupon Centsation, for alerting me to this deal on a coupon to save on Morton Ice Melt. Make sure to get yours before they are gone and have your ice melt on hand and ready for any snow or ice that heads your way.

St. Louis Metro Area Forecast (November 1, 2011)

BIG storm will be ejecting out of the Rockies and into the Plains and Midwest on Wednesday. Appears it may not be able to keep the core of cold with it into eastern Missouri as discussed on Monday but snow will still be possible for portions of the Show Me State. I have provided some details on snow expectations with this system here.

The track the storm is likely to take is along I-44 from southwest Missouri to right over the St. Louis Metro area Wednesday night into Thursday. This keeps the coldest air associated with this system west and north. Additionally, it appears the system will be a bit slower . This means the chances for seeing snowflakes in St. Louis with this storm has become unlikely to non-existent.

Wednesday
Clouds Increasing
Rain Developing Late Evening (40%)
Becoming Windy
Low: 48 High: 70 Wind: S  15-25 (Gusty)

Thursday
Cloudy with early morning Rain Tapering to Scattered Showers
Chance for Precipitation (100%)
Windy and Colder with Temperatures Holding Steady or Slowly Falling
Low: 51 High: 46 Wind: S-N 15-30 (Gusty)

Friday
Sunny
Low: 35 High: 59 Wind: SE 4-8

Saturday
Increasing Clouds
Low:43 High: 66 Wind: S-SW 10-20

Sunday
Mostly Cloudy with Showers (40%)
Low:49 High: 60 Wind: S-W 10-15

Heavy Snow to Hit Colorado and Spread East into the Midwest

Winter Storm & Blizzard Warnings In Effect for Eastern Colorado, Winter Storm Watch Extended into Kansas

The season’s next big snow storm for the Rockies is already ramping up with heavy snow falling in southern Wyoming. 

I-80 Rocksprings, WY

It is falling behind another powerful cold front that is sinking southward along the Front Range and will spread southward into Colorado this evening and through tonight.  The snow will be heavy at times with accumulations in the Denver Metro Area to once again top 6” in most locations with a general 6” to 10” expected across the region. 

Like last week, as you head into the Foothills and begin increasing in elevation amounts will increase to 1 to 3 feet. The heaviest snowfall will fall between 2 am and 8 am MT.  As a result of the heavy snow expected plus gusty winds that will blow Winter Storm and Blizzard Warnings are in effect.

As Wednesday morning wears on, the snow will spread into Nebraska and western Kansas and possibly even stretching into the panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma once again. Snow will be heavy at times from southwest Kansas through central Kansas and into southeastern Nebraska into Wednesday evening. The snow will then continue to spread east, Wednesday night, into northwest and western Missouri including the Kansas City Metro Area.  I expect a  large swath of 4” to 8” to spread out of southwest Kansas into southeast Nebraska with a max band of 8” to 12” possible in southeastern Nebraska into far southwest Iowa.

This band of accumulating snow can move north or south a bit dependent on the exact track the storm system decides to take but confidence is high on a travel impacting storm system with widespread early snow along the I-70 corridor from Denver to Kansas City and along the I-80 corridor from Wyoming to Omaha, Nebraska.

So now is a great time to be ready to remove that snow as it looks like winter wants to hit early this season. Thanks to a blogger friend of mine, The Coupon Centsation, for alerting me to this deal on a coupon to save on Morton Ice Melt. Make sure to get yours before they are gone and have your ice melt on hand and ready for any snow or ice that heads your way.