One more Arctic blast & snow - then more spring

The fast-moving Sunday storm was pretty amazing in the fact that it produced lightning, rain, sleet, small hail, and heavy wet snow. Someone in our shop the other day called it the "kitchen sink" of storms since we had a little bit of everything. Regardless of precip type - it was just nice to get some moisture. 

Here's some quick snowfall reports:

And the amounts of precipitation (melted snow, ice, and rain combined)

There's another big push of bitter cold coming south later in the week. If all goes according to plan, this is the last blast of Arctic air before spring. We can do this!! It's going to hit Wednesday night/Thursday and temperatures will drop pretty quickly. Let's call it a two day event - and then it starts to slowly moderate.

Temperatures Thursday:

Temperatures Friday:

It also appears we are going to get some snow - with only a minimal chance at some rain (which will be very brief before the cold takes over). That would be along and north of I-70.

North central and northwest Kansas get the first shot at snow Wednesday night. Different models have different ideas on how much, but if there's going to be accumulations, it would most likely happen in the northwest.

Thursday night and into Friday, we expect a much larger area of LIGHT snow to overspread the rest of Kansas. Given the temperatures that are forecast for this time period, this will likely end up being more of a dry, powdery snow - without much benefit to grass and winter wheat crops. 

It does not appear that we are going to get that much snow. Highest totals will probably come from northern Kansas - most of that coming Wednesday night and early Thursday. Maybe we will get some 2-4 inch amounts, but farther south, it should be less than that.

Second full week of March - warmer

A return to more traditional spring kind of weather returns next week. You can see the average temperatures are expected to be 5-10° above - we will likely end up with mostly 60s and 70s.

Rainfall - doesn't look very promising on a large scale

Most of it will likely pass north and east of Kansas during the second full week of the month. We are always on the lookout for something promising down the road, but for now, most of these low pressure systems passing through haven't been much help. 

Have a great day.