A few days after my first chase of the year (intercepted the tornado warned storm in Cowley County, Kansas on Monday...just got a wall cloud), the attention has shifted from the once previous spring like atmosphere in the Sunflower State of temperatures in the 70's and blooms on the trees along with the green grass to a snowstorm of record potential.
This storm doesn't seem like the nuisance storms that Kansas has seen throughout the winter season where an inch or two would fall once in a while. Looking at recent model data, this storm has the potential to drop in an excess of a foot, as much as 2 feet of snow over a wide swath of Kansas, from Liberal to Kansas City. A snowstorm of this magnitude would be enough to cripple the Kansas City Metropolitan area for a few days. Blizzard warnings are already in effect for the southwestern portion of the state and the warnings and watches will continue their eastward movement with a possible issuance of watches by both the Topeka and Pleasant Hill NWSFOs this afternoon. NAM and GFS models have been pretty consistent over the last several model runs in a bullseye of maximum snow accumulations roughly along the US Highway 56 corridor in Kansas where the maximum snow may fall. Some of the maps on Earl's model site have parts of the Kansas in the maximum by the map of snowfall so who knows what tomorrow through Saturday has in store for the Sunflower State. I am hoping for a decent snowstorm for once, something to at least close out the winter season as spring tries to make a comeback sometime soon.
All I know is that should we get the massive snow amounts that are predicted by the models, KC will literally shut down for a few days, and the casino will be a ghost town when I go in for work Saturday evening.
# posted by VORTEXpursuit.com Storm Chasing @ 3/26/2009 11:06:00 AM
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