Good Saturday morning bloggers,
Watch NBC Action News at 5 and 10 PM as we track this developing storm.
UPDATE at 9:45 AM:
I will write a new blog up around noon today. The snowflake contest could end today. One inch of snow may accumulate on grassy surfaces later today and tonight, with a few locations possibly seeing more than one inch. As you can see in the entry below, a storm is developing right over us and snow with rain mixed in is increasing at 10 AM. Will it continue to increase and spread east? I think it will. So, let's keep tracking this. Developing storm systems are very tough to forecast because it is developing right in front of our eyes. Look for another blog entry around 11:15 AM. And, Jeremy Nelson will keep you updated later on today.
Previous entry from 7:15 AM below:
Snow has started falling just west and north of Kansas City at 7:15 AM, and we are likely about to see our first legitimate snowflakes of the season. It has been raining on the leading edge but then changing to snow as the heavier precipitation moves in.
A storm system is forecast to develop over Kansas this afternoon. We must watch this closely as a small comma head circulation may develop later this afternoon and evening. The 12 hour RUC forecast valid at 6 PM tonight shows an upper level low forming just southwest of Kansas City and the energy about to dive in from North Dakota. This is at the 500 mb level, 18,000 feet up. Depending on how this storm forms today will decide how much precipitation is generated.
It only takes one inch of snow at the NBC Action News Studios to end the snowflake contest. Right now I am expecting an inch of snow in a few spots on grassy surfaces. The road temperatures are all above freezing and unless it snows really hard I doubt we will see any accumulation on the roads today. Some spots will see the snow while others will see a mixture of rain and snow.
The morning snow was enough to stick on Brian Boffman's deck in Kansas City, KS.
Let us know what you are experiencing and Jeremy will read some of the blog comments on the air during the 8 AM hour. And if you see a little snow accumulate please send pictures to jnelson@nbcactionnews.com
Gary
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