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PARLTY CLOUDY SKIES WILL PREVAIL BEFORE THE NEXT SYSTEM MOVES THRU THE ROCKY MTNS AND SETTLES OVER KS AND OK BY FRIDAY. CENTRAL AND NORTHERN KS CAN EXPECT 3-5 INCHES OF SNOW FRIDAY AND EARLY SATURDAY, WITH FREEZING RAIN ALONG THE KS/OK BORDER. IOWA WILL BE ON THE NORTHERN FRINGES FRIDAY/EARLY SATURDAY - EXPECT AT LEAST A 2 INCH SNOWFALL ON A LINE AS FAR NORTH AS LAMONI AND OTTUMWA - POW CTY LOOKING AT 1-2 INCHES RIGHT NOW - TEMPS WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 20'S FOR HIGHS, AND 2F-10F FOR LOWS INTO NEXT WEEKEND.............
I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A COUPLE WEEKS NOW - THINGS ARE SHAPING UP IN NOT-SO-GOOD WAY FOR THE MID-WEST. YESTERDAY I MENTIONED THE COLD AIR POOLING OVER CANADA AND PACIFIC AIR HITTING THE WEST COAST. THE COLD AIR HAS WORKED IT'S WAY INTO THE LOWER 48. TEMPS WILL BE 20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR MUCH OF THE DAKOTAS AND NRN MN. THIS IS FRESH ARTIC AIR. CALIFORNIA IS GOING TO GET POUNDED WITH STORM AFTER STORM BEGINNING AS EARLY AS THIS WEEKEND. AS THE RELATVELY WARM PACIFIC AIR PUSHES EAST, A CLASH OF THE TITAN AIRMASSES WILL TAKE PLACE OVER NORTHERN PLAINS AND MID-WEST AS "OUR" ARTIC AIR HOLDS FIRM FOR THE NEXT 3 WEEKS.............WE WILL REALLY START SEE CHANGES BY MONDAY OR TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. COLD, SNOWY, AND WINDY...........THIS WILL BE A PERSISTANT PATTERN ONCE ESTABLISHED.............
TUESDAY AND WED - 23RD/24TH......LT SNOW AND GUSTY EAST WINDS............
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY - 25TH/26TH.......SNOW AND WINDY..............I'LL SAY ALL SNOW RIGHT NOW - BUT ICE/WINTER MIX HAS TO BE ON THE TABLE AS WELL.........
SATURDAY - 27TH..........LT SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS.............
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HERE'S AN ACCUWEATHER.COM LOOK-BACK............................
Feb. 16-17 is the anniversary of the "Great Blizzard of 2003." The storm dropped heavy snow from the Midwest to the Eastern Seaboard. Excessive snowfall (2 to 3 feet) occurred from the nation's capital to New England. Garrett County, Md., reported the most snow, 44 inches!
In Baltimore, the huge accumulation of snow caused the roof of the B&O Railroad Museum to collapse causing extensive damage to the exhibits.
To the south, there was severe icing. From northern Georgia to southern Virginia, the massive accumulation of ice knocked down trees and power lines, and in many communities power was not restored for days.
Story by AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist John Kocet.
CAN WE SEE A REPEAT? MAYBE.......
FEB 2003 MONTHLY PRECIP SUMMARY (IOWA)...............Precipitation. A mid-month storm system (14th-15th) accounted for about three-fourths of February’s precipitation total and was the state’s largest precipitation event since early October. This storm system began with rain, including significant freezing rain in far northwest Iowa on the 14th. Precipitation gradually changed over to snow with all of the state recording at least some accumulation. Heaviest snow fell in a wide band from west central into southeast Iowa where 6 to 9 inch accumulations were common. Locally greater amounts fell in central Iowa where 13 inches was reported at Ankeny. The next largest event came on the 3rd when 1 to 2 inches of snow fell across the southeastern two-thirds of Iowa. Monthly precipitation totals were generally above normal across the southwest one-half of Iowa and were below normal elsewhere. Monthly totals varied from 0.23 inches at Le Claire up to 1.98 inches at Denison. Snowfall totals varied from 2.7 inches at Le Claire up to 16.4 inches at Des Moines. The statewide average snowfall of 7.8 inches was 1.4 inches above normal and is the greatest monthly total since December 2000.
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