If you are someone sensitive to changes in the weather, you might be feeling more pain the next couple of days. Joint pain, aches, and perhaps even migraines might be something triggered by this approaching system. The atmospheric pressure in this storm does get very low (which means a stronger storm & more wind), but look how it compares to major US hurricanes. Below are some of the lowest pressures recorded with hurricanes in the United States (they are obviously still so much lower than what Kansas will be seeing):
We don't expect there to be severe storms in the coming days. We do, however, expect there to be an abundance of wind & perhaps even some sporadic power outages. Wind gusts of close to 60 may not be too far out of line given how intense this storm system will be. AND there will be some heavy rainfall moving west to east. Most of the Plains will get about an inch of rain (or more) by the time the storm departs Wednesday night.
Timing of the rain:
Heading into Tuesday night-Wednesday: This is when the storm system will be gaining strength and moving into the Plains. Heaviest rains should fall from Wednesday morning into the early afternoon.
Wintry side: Although limited, there will be a wintry side to this storm. It's looking like far northwest Kansas could see some 2-5" amounts of snow. It will be even heavier (and perhaps an all out blizzard) for some of Colorado, Wyoming, and western Nebraska.
Stick with us this week as we track this large scale storm. The impacts will be felt all week (by Thursday and Friday it will still be the wind, but the rain will be long over with)
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