4-4-18 Central Plains Forecast: Dry day ahead….watching for a winter weather event Friday as a strong cold blast builds in! N.

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Here is the forecast radar from 10pm Thursday to 1am CDT Saturday.  A clipper system brings a swath of snow across Nebraska after midnight tomorrow night and continues into Friday afternoon.  The system will continue getting shoved southeastward with time thanks to a big arctic high approaching from the north.  The system looks to phase with some Gulf moisture as it rolls across eastern Kansas and Missouri.  This may enhance the precipitation and potential accumulating snow there especially Friday evening….depending on the timing of the cold air and deepest moisture.  

Potential is increasing for several inches of snow in central Nebraska, and possibly across portions of eastern Kansas and Missouri.  My highest confidence for snow is across Nebraska.  The area from Missouri/Kansas is a bit lower confidence due to uncertainty in the timing of coldest air and deepest moisture.  We will have warmer air in place ahead of the storm so temperatures will need to cool sufficiently.  

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