I promised you this AM that I would post the Opening Day weather over the past 10+ years out at the K here on the blog. Well my routine is that on the weekends I get home after the AM show, take a nap, wake-up, look at weather data then post a blog from the house before I head back to work in the PM. I do it this way so that you get the blog earlier in the day as opposed to waiting for me to get to work and posting it there. Problem is that I usually forget my research at the station and don't bring it home with me. So is the case today.

I'll get that information to you later this afternoon before 6PM if you want to check back.

Weatherwise, cloud, as expected are holding tough right now with few hopes of much sunshine for KC. There actually are some nice breaks off towards the NE of KC now.Temperatures are in the upper 30s. The lift though is interesting and has created an area of some light snow which is moving through parts of Eastern KS. This precip is encountering a lot of dry air aloft right now so it's being chewed away on as it moves into the area. This process will continue for awhile this afternoon but by looking at radar, I wouldn't be surprised if the moisture overwhelms the this dry air and eventually we start seeing the snow make it to the ground. It'll tend to blow around a bit and maybe create a dusting in spots.

Another potential system is due in on Tuesday. This will also bring us a potential rain to snow scenario. Again areas farther north need to watch this one carefully as there could be an accumulating snow up towards the NE/IA border region. This system should be a bit more organized than these previous systems, as it is stronger now along the NW coastline.

Though it should weaken a bit as it moves through the Plains, the strength of the system should pull in enough warm air above the surface to create a cold rain here. As the storm moves through the colder air will be brought back down and there could be a several hour window of snowfall in the metro. At this point I'm not expecting accumulations for KC proper. Again the best chance of some accums should be well north of here. It should be noted that the EURO gives us very little precip at all out of this event.

Have a great week...KU better get their act together, they're looking shell-shocked right now.

Joe



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