What is wrong with this storm?

We are just a day away from a storm rolling into the Plains. And while the track looks more favorable than anything we've seen this winter, something is truly missing.

MOISTURE!!!
As this system begins to track into the central Plains, the rich, Gulf Moisture is essentially cutoff from Kansas, or pushed well southeast of our area. Without this connection, it's a VERY long shot at getting much more than just a few hundredths. Even the amounts of snow for Kansas will not add up to very much. It's extremely frustrating to see this happening, but we can't do anything about it. Sometimes patterns setup and once established, they are extremely hard to break.

There should be a little more snow falling north of Kansas into Nebraska, the Dakotas and the upper Midwest. But I don't think it's going to add up to very much. There could be some 2-5" amounts north of us, but because the storm is moving so quickly and moisture is limited, this isn't going to be a big snow generator.

We will have more details on this winter system coming up tonight on our evening newscasts, but set your expectations low on how much precipitation we will get. Things just aren't lining up for Kansas to get beneficial moisture.