WEATHER HEADLINES AND EXTENDED FORECAST

WEATHER HEADLINES

SNOW IN THE NORTHEAST: THEY JUST KEEP GETTING HAMMERED. ANOTHER STORM IS POISED TO HIT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. NYC AND NORTHWEST IS IN THE BULLSEYE AGAIN, AND IT'S A SHOWSTOPPER. MEASURED IN FEET AGAIN - ESPECIALLY IN NE NEW ENGLAND. 70MPH WINDS - 40FT SEAS? THAT SOUNDS LIKE A HURRICANE. WATCH IT HAPPEN.

SNOW IN TEXAS: 2-4 INCHES OF SNOW IS FALLING IN WEST TEXAS - 4-6 INCHES AS FAR SOUTH AS WACO. AMAZING!

NO-SHOW SNOW AT THE OLYMPICS: STILL NO SNOW - THAT'S AMAZING TOO.

CALIFORNIA DROUGHT ABOUT TO END - NEXT SYSTEM JUST MIGHT DO IT.

COLD IN THE PLAINS: THE COLDEST AIR OF THE MONTH IS LURKING JUST NORTH, AND WILL PUSH INTO IOWA THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPS FOR WED WILL DROP INTO THE LOW TEENS - WITH WIND CHILLS AT -15 TO -20.........WED NIGHT WILL SEE LOWS THAT RANGE FROM -5 TO -10. BONE CHILLING...........IN THE COMING DAYS YOU WILL BEGIN HEARING ABOUT THE TEMPERATURE RECORDS THAT HAVE BEEN BROKEN THIS MONTH. I SAID A COUPLE MONTHS AGO THAT THIS WOULD BE THE COLDEST AND WETTEST WINTER WE'VE SEEN IN A VERY LONG TIME - LET'S SEE HOW CLOSE I WAS.........

WE DODGED A REAL BULLET OVER THE WEEKEND. THE STORM THAT MOVED UP AND THRU THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND GRAZED SRN IOWA COULD HAVE BEEN REAL PROBLEMS FOR US. WE HAD RELATIVELY COLD AIR IN PLACE JUST WAITING TO BE PART OF THAT SYSTEM. I HAD FORECAST SNOW AS FAR SOUTH AS TOPEKA KS BEGINNING ON FRIDAY. I BECAME EXTREMELY NERVOUS FRIDAY MORNING WHEN I LOOKED AT A KS RADAR, AND IT WAS RAINING.....THIS WAS SETTING THE STAGE FOR SOMETHING I REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO SEE. THAT WOULD PROVIDE A STRONG INFLUX OF MOISTURE TO THE NORTH. I HAD FORECAST EARLIER IN THE MONTH THAT THE 23RD +/- WOULD NOT BE GOOD DAY FOR PLAINS WEATHER. AS IT TURNED OUT, THE COOLER AIR OVER IOWA WAS OUR SAVING GRACE. IT KEPT THE STORM PUSHED FAR ENOUGH SOUTH TO KEEP US OUT OF THE BRUNT OF THE STORM.....ALL YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO THOUGH IS GO TO OTTUMWA TO FIND AN ARGUMENT ON WHETHER OR NOT WE DODGED A BULLET. DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU LOOK AT AND WHO YOU TALK TO, THEY GOT 6-8 INCHES OF SNOW.....WHAT IS THAT? 30 MILES AS THE "CROW FLIES?"

SO - WHEN'S THE NEXT BIG ONE????

THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT STORM THAT WILL DEVELOP IN TX PANHANDLE ON THE 27TH. IT WILL HAVE FAIRLY GOOD UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT - BUT ALL THE MAIN ENERGY IS FROM THE NORTH. THIS STORM HAS ALL THE EARMARKS ON THE SURFACE TO TRACK INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS (SOMEWHERE ALONG THE MO/AR BORDER). IT WOULDN'T TAKE MUCH FOR THE STORM TO TRACK 50-75 NORTH AND AFFECT US IN A BIG WAY..........HOWEVER, I'M BETTING IT STAYS SOUTH. THE COLD AIR/HIGH PRESSURE OVER US TODAY WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AND FORCE THAT SYSTEM WELL SOUTH, BRINGING YET MORE SNOW TO OK, TX, AND POSSIBLY EVEN NRN LA. AT BEST ON THE 27TH I THINK WE'LL SEE AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW....