Two rounds of moisture - first one (today) is a dud!
Some flurries will move across western and northern Kansas into the afternoon, but accumulation is NOT likely. Roads will be fine, but temperatures are going to be more than 20° colder than what's considered "average". October is not supposed to be this cold, but sometimes it goes like this.
Round two - Tue. night and Wednesday
This system is coming from over the Rockies, and as I pointed out last week, most systems that come from this direction don't produce huge snows. Our heaviest and highest impact storms come from the southwest or out over the Four Corners area (after they've had a chance to ingest rich, deep Gulf moisture). This one happens to be east of that prime spot. So I'm not expecting a ton of snow. However, there will be accumulation.
Timing: It begins Tuesday evening/night as light snow in western Kansas, and a mix of some rain/snow, maybe sleet along and southeast of the Turnpike. (YOU CAN CLICK ON ABOVE IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM)
During the night-early Wednesday:
The rain snow line will creep east. Central and western Kansas will be getting all snow. The wind will pick up from the north and gusts may be close to 25 mph. This WON'T be a blizzard, but some blowing snow is expected Wednesday morning. Majority of the snow will fall up until about 2 or 3 p.m. Wednesday, then begin to push east rather quickly. South central Kansas will be seeing a switch to snow by early Wednesday afternoon.
Wednesday night, the system moves east. Snow accumulation looks decent for late October and should be the first accumulating snow for many this season. There could be some pockets from southwest into central Kansas where the amounts are little higher, but confidence isn't there just yet to include more significant snow on this map yet.
We will have more updates today on TV and online. Happy Halloween.
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