Good Monday morning! No video today, so we will discuss things in more detail here in the post. Those of you in Iowa had a VERY snowy week last week. Check out the 7-day snowfall across the area!
A couple impulses of energy will bring light snow chances to western Nebraska today and tonight:
Some light accumulation possible through tonight across northern/western Nebraska, but overall not going to be a big deal.
A warm front will move across the region tonight, and usher in a continued warm-up through mid-week. This will bring drizzle and scattered showers to portions of Missouri, especially Tuesday night and Wednesday.
Temperatures will warm nicely over the next few days. You will notice sharply cooler temperatures across Iowa due to deep snow cover, but even by Wednesday these areas will finally warm above freezing.
As we head from Thursday-early Friday, a strong cold front will push south from Canada and through the region. Moisture will pull ahead of this front with healthy rains over southeast Missouri. The rest of the area will only see light precipitation amounts, with some light snow Thursday pm-night as the front moves through north to south. High pressure will lead to sunny and dry conditions Friday.
Temperatures will be during this time-frame. On Thursday, much of Missouri and southern Kansas will be south of the warm front, leading to highs in the 60s to a local 70º. SHARPLY cooler behind the front. Check out the forecast highs Thursday and Friday:
A warming-trend looks to return for the weekend, with a approaching front by late weekend.
Here is a look at total precipitation over the next week. Southeast Missouri into the boot heel will be the focus for rains, where 1-2″ is possible. *Most of the region though only gets a tenth inch or less. Some may stay dry.*
Here are our weeks 1 and 2 updated outlooks: Missouri looks to get wetter in week 2 as the moisture axis shifts northwest a bit.
Data is getting very wet over the eastern/southern Ag Belt over the next 2 weeks. We want to note data has overdone moisture all winter, so this may be overdone. That said, confidence increasing for Missouri to turn wet. If this solution is right, we need to watch for increased flooding concerns in southeast Missouri as we go forward.
