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It is really looking like winter will make a loud return to the central plains next week. While the major push of cold air goes east of my area on Sunday, we are still looking at highs in the 30's (KC may even be colder than me in Lawrence which is 30 miles to the west)-mid next week looks real interesting-the GFS brings in some precipitation and brutally cold temps beginning on Wednesday-now, do I believe the GFS as it is on this run-No-but I do think that it is onto something and that much below temps. with the possibility of snow event is more than 50% possible for my area-why-:
1. The GFS had something similar to this 4 days ago-lost it and now brings it back-it did the same thing with our Novemeber snow
2. While the GFS is not great at 7 days, I think the trend is believable and with an artic push we usually get 2-3 inches of snow
3. The EURO shows the cold with hts. down to 5300 south of Lawrence next Thursday
4. If I read it correctly,, the PNA looks to be going down to the 0-1 area-this is very indicative of winter weather here in the plains-a PNA of negative one to one is the place this part of the country needs-in some respects this is more important than the NAO
Of course, tomorrow morning the GFS will prob. show a different solution and there is a pretty good chance that the cold push will squash any storm track south (Texans would love it!!) but as of tonight there is no doubt that next week bears much more watching for this area than the past 2 weeks have-heck, even a cloud event would be interesting-I'm surprised the NWS in Topeka hasn't started posting NCAA basketball score the weather has been so bland. The NWS out of Topeka is not real impressed with this and does not mention it-while the KC NWS does mention it. Well, we shall see-I hope this makes some kind of sense-if it doesn't, please don't bash too hard-I'm in the process of grading Latin and European AP History finals. Have a great night and I look forward to folowing this-one week from tonight we will know!!