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| Written by Heidi Farrar | |||
| Thursday, 18 March 2010 17:13 | |||
 The first day of Spring is Saturday, so what better way to usher in the season over the southern Plains than to have one last big snowstorm! Right now it looks like that could be the case for parts of Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri. The GFS has been showing some pretty ridiculous snow totals between March 20-21 for this area, with precip models showing 1-2" of liquid equivalent for northeast OK, so this could be a huge snow event for places like Tulsa and points north and east if that verifies! The NAM has been more conservative (and that has been the case practically all winter) and shows the higher snow totals occurring over central Missouri. Also, a fairly strong surface low is forecast to develop over central Arkansas, and this would bring strong northwesterly winds to Oklahoma and Kansas, resulting in blizzard conditions late Saturday into Sunday. The placement of the low may also cause flooding problems across Arkansas, where temperatures will be mostly too warm for snow. We'll update more as the event draws closer!
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Re:Winter Storm Watch issued for parts of the Southern Plains!
Mar 20 2010 13:25:14 is anybody going to stream??
greatings Ilona |
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Re:Winter Storm Watch issued for parts of the Southern Plains!
Mar 21 2010 19:36:36 cteater wrote:
Yay!! Wish I could say I shared your enthusiasm lol... though I know from a meteorological standpoint, this "unusual" weather is, indeed, exciting news. That said, here in Longview, TX, I'm "over" this whole winter thing lol. It's been snowing here since late last night... there was minimal accumulation on the ground very early this morning. Its still coming down, but any accumulation has melted off. A local news station out of Tyler, TX is reporting expected accumulations of up to 3-5" (locally heavier). I would be surprised to see any measurable accumulation here, though. The following is a screenshot from our forecast as of 1:30pm CST: 
Not incredibly exciting (at least not for me... but I've spent the past several years living in the Pacific Northwest). Suuuuuuure looking forward to more seasonally traditional weather, though! 
On a personal note, I was raised in hot, sunny, Southern California. My husband was raised in Alaska. We've spent the past several years in a meteorological compromise known as Washington (State). He recently returned from a year-long deployment in Baghdad and was looking forward to the more familiar, cooler temps in WA. I've spent the past 9 months here in NE Texas... with recordbreaking cold temps, rain and snowfall (how's that for ironic?). Today, the high in WA was more than 20 degrees warmer than it was here in Texas. *sigh* |
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