Not a big update, of course, but interesting enough. The forecast for Newton has also been updated, with an inch coming tonight and 2-4 more tomorrow, which seems to be in line with most of the weather forecasts I've seen.
* TIMING... AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON... AND MAY BECOME MIXED WITH AND CHANGE TO LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. THE WINTRY MIX WILL BECOME MAINLY SLEET AND SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE... BEFORE BECOMING ALL SNOW ON SUNDAY.
* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS... OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS GENERALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 54.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS... UP TO ONE-TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR... FROM KINGMAN TO WICHITA TO EUREKA.
Saturday, 1:16 PM:
I live in Harvey County. It's not doing anything here in Newton yet, aside from the aforementioned freezing fog that's been around since I woke up. There's nothing on the radar map around me for more than 200 miles. "It has started," my ass.
Saturday, 3PM: Still nothing going on here. It's just gray. I finish my lesson planning, print out tax forms for drafting, and prepare to get something to eat as I watch the last several minutes of the basketball game.
Saturday, 3:08 PM: Light snow begins in Newton. The ground's frozen, so it's blowing around the driveway/street in little whirls. There's still nothing on the radar around me, so it's lighter than the radar can pick up. This...troubles me.
Saturday, 3:23 PM:
There is still nothing on the radar anywhere around us.
Saturday, 5:47 PM: While it's showing up on the radar as ice, and light ice at that, it's not -- the snow in Newton has officially begun.
Saturday evening: The Winter Storm Warning gets updated again.
* TIMING... AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... WITH LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. THE WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW AND SLEET FOR ALL AREAS BY LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.
* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS... WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO AROUND 6 INCHES... WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS TO THE NORTH OF GREATER WICHITA.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS... UP TO ONE-TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR... FROM KINGMAN TO WICHITA TO EL DORADO.
They've also updated the forecast as well -- 2-4 inches tonight, 2-4 more tomorrow, for a total of 4-8 for here in Newton. I can see that happening.
Saturday, 6:39 PM:
Oh, that's so not fucking good. That's basically saying that what, some places could get 20 inches of snow? For fuck's sake.
Saturday, 8:19 PM:
You are only serving to fill me with more dread, Mr. Rudd.
Saturday, 8:56 PM: There's already an inch on the ground in Newton, roughly, and everything is snow-covered. It's still coming down at a decent pace, though it's not bad/whiteout conditions yet or anything, though the temperature drops by another degree or two every hour and has done so steadily since last night. The fact that this isn't even the real storm yet is what's troubling to me. My weather app revises its totals to 4-5 inches for Newton, but it hasn't updated in hours. The Weather Channel forecast remains steady at 4-8. I wait for the latest forecast models (because, yes, I follow those) to make their data available.
Saturday, 11:54 PM: The temperature has dropped to 12 and the snow -- which, for the moment, is fine and powdery -- is blowing hard against the house, but it's not a particularly heavy snow yet. I estimate about two full inches on the ground/street now, though the wind/drifting is possibly skewing that estimate a bit.
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