A Lot of gray out there today...and while I remain hopeful we'll see some sunshine before the day is done...it will be very limited at best I believe. With a lack of sunshine and NW winds of 15-25 mph ushering in chilly air from Nebraska, it's going to be tough to warm up at all. As expected temperatures last night never really dropped, down to 34 and now as of this writing we're at 35 degrees with little hope of getting much above 40. Just one of those drab, cold days that March is known for around these parts.

The storm fopr us did about what I expected it to do. Close to 1/2" of rain was reported. We never really had any thunder though. Here are some of the rain totals, first from KC south and then from KC north...

Now the north side...

From a snow standpoint, St Joe reported .3"...although some spotters reported about doubled that on the grassy surfaces.

On the subject of snowfall...the area that got the most from yesterday's storm appears to be out in western KS...where it's been very dry this winter. Take a look at this map...

Right now roughly 41% of the country is covered in snow, compared to last month's 58% for the 9th day of the month. Last year on this date, roughly 35% of the country was under a blanket of snow cover.


Yesterday's storm also produced some severe weather down south. Close to 50 reports, including 6 tornado touchdowns were reported...here is a map.

Already there have been two reports today of tornados...

Weather thoughts for the next several days have not changed. Friday looks to be the warmest with highs in the 60s, followed by a return back to seasonable weather over the weekend. Also there will be another storm heading this way by later Sunday. That may give us some rain Sunday Night or early Monday. Overall the next 5-7 days from a temperature standpoint, really doesn't look to bad.

Don't forget to set your clocks FORWARD one hour this weekend. Daylight Saving Time begins. So the sun will roughly come up at 7:30 on Sunday and set close to 7:20 Sunday evening, so you're getting an extra hour of daylight in the evening starting Sunday. This will continue till the 1st weekend of November I believe.


Joe