Hope your week is off to a great start and we will soon have another cold front and storm tracking through the Plains. It's coming off the West coast and moving east quickly - and it won't be in Kansas very long either. The system arriving Wednesday brings rain to central and eastern Kansas. Those of you across the west are likely feeling cheated and this is something we have to think about as we make our winter forecast.
Wednesday rain timing:
Should get going by late morning in central Kansas (east of a Dodge City to Hays line)
Mid-afternoon - the rain keeps pushing east.
Amounts:
Safe to expect .50" totals from this one, but I am certain there will be areas that get more and farther west, amounts go down quickly. This doesn't look like a severe weather setup, but there will be thunderstorms and that will help boost amounts.
Hard freeze Saturday morning:
As the winds calm a bit and skies go mostly clear, I think we will have lows in the 20s around much of the state. A killing freeze looks to be on track. Any amount of cloud cover or shift in winds may change things a bit, but the areas that have not dropped below 32 should get there to start the weekend.
Another storm next week (Nov. 17/18)
This looks to be the case, once again around Wednesday/Thursday. It may have a rain AND snow component, but since the storm hasn't formed yet, we don't know very many details.
Early Thanksgiving thoughts:
Will it be warm enough to send some family outside, or will we be stuck inside because of the cold? What will the travel weather be like? Plenty of questions leading up to the big holiday and a really busy time of year. Right now, expect the Plains to be cold - likely an indoor Thanksgiving holiday this year. I'm not sure yet if we will have rain or snow around the holiday, but it does appear that we are going to have a pretty chilly holiday.
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