More rain & snow - very active pattern ahead

We have less than 60 days to the Vernal Equinox (Spring!!), but there's still a lot of winter left to go yet. And when you see some of the rough weather they had late last week in the Dakotas and upper Midwest, we've actually been pretty lucky so far.

This is where we stand on snowfall for the season - everybody is BELOW normal, but one good snow event could wipe out that deficit. 

The storm arriving today (Tuesday) and lingering into Wednesday isn't a major storm. Temperatures won't be that cold and some of the snow will melt as it falls. We should be close to freezing, which means the snow will be pretty wet. I should point out that heavy, wet snows CAN pile up fast (especially in grassy areas), but our forecast of 1-3" should hold up pretty well for much of the area.  Some places could get a little bit more if it snows long enough.

If you add up the rain and melt down the snow, moisture for Kansas should look like this: 

Behind this batch of winter comes some milder weather. I think we could see a couple of days with 50s/60s by Sunday. And it should carryover into Monday as well.

Next week, signs of another storm. It's tough to say a week out if it will be anything more than a rain/snow chance, but it sure doesn't look like a blizzard or an ice storm at this point in time. However, the storm train from the west should continue to close out the month.

Later this week, we will start looking into February, but my expectation is that it's going to be a cold month for much of the area.