Another winter storm??!

Good Monday and hopefully you had a great weekend. I know this weather isn't much fun for some of you. Fighting the rain, the mud, the snow and tough travel... it can put a real strain on day-to-day activities. Yesterday, the fog in western Kansas created hoarfrost near Hays. These pictures from Brooks Barber. Hoarfrost happens when you have fog and sub-freezing temperatures where objects collect frozen water drops.

We are preparing for the potential of another very strong storm to roll through the Plains at the end of this week. Two things that will be different:
1) MUCH COLDER air diving south - Arctic air will invade and set us up for the coldest air so far this winter
2) WIND - gusts with this next storm could top 40 mph and set us up for a widespread blizzard. 

So there is a lot to look at and consider for the period Friday - Saturday night. We won't begin to discuss potential snowfall amounts until Wednesday (at the earliest). But you should be prepared for more difficult travel times at the end of the week.

Here's what we are seeing on the maps:

First, the bitter cold diving south from Canada. Temperatures will begin to fall Friday afternoon and by Saturday, we will be looking at teens for highs (wind chills near zero).

Rain/Snow Chance: There won't be much rain with this late week storm. Most of what we'll see will be snow. This will begin late Friday morning and continue into the afternoon.

The strongest part of the storm will hit Friday night - Saturday afternoon. 

We will have to watch the track, but models have been consistent over the last two days that much of Kansas and surrounding areas will be in the cross-hairs of this approaching system.