Winter storm update - Look what's about to happen

An impressive storm is now working it's way out of Kansas, but not before dumping a major amount of rain on the Plains. I say major because for December, you don't normally get amounts like this in the colder season. However, it fits right in with the wet winter we have been forecasting.

Here are some of the latest winter storm reports:

Rainfall reports from the latest storm:

Medicine Lodge: 2.42"
Hutchinson: 2.26"
Winfield: 1.85"
Wichita: 1.72"
Liberal: 1.67"
Salina: 1.38"
Newton: 1.22"
Hays: 1.20"
Russell: 1.16"
Dodge City: 1.15"
Goodland: 0.06"

This weekend - a weak system setting up Saturday over New Mexico and western Texas could lead to a few flurries over southern Kansas. This shouldn't create any travel headaches as the snow will be rather light. But with the abundance of clouds, temperatures will likely stay cold.

Major Cold Air Coming!
We can see the coldest air of the season sneaking south into New Year's Eve Day.

The big surge of Arctic air will settle over the central Plains on New Years. We should expect single digit lows (and maybe below zero if you have snow on the ground) and highs will in the teens for much of the area. This will be the coldest air of the season.

There is a good chance this bitter snap will be around for a couple of days, but by the first weekend of the new year, it should be easing and temperatures climbing back above normal.