Winter Storm Watch for NEbraska!

[Guest]

Will they move it into Omaha???

Winter Storm Watch
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
254 PM CST SUN MAR 20 2005

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-211130-
ARTHUR NE-BLAINE NE-BOYD NE-BROWN NE-CHASE NE-CUSTER NE-DEUEL NE-
EASTERN CHERRY NE-FRONTIER NE-GARDEN NE-GARFIELD NE-GRANT NE-
HAYES NE-HOLT NE-HOOKER NE-KEITH NE-KEYA PAHA NE-LINCOLN NE-LOGAN NE-
LOUP NE-MCPHERSON NE-PERKINS NE-ROCK NE-SHERIDAN NE-THOMAS NE-
WESTERN CHERRY NE-WHEELER NE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AINSWORTH...ARNOLD...ARTHUR...BASSETT...
BIG SPRINGS...BREWSTER...BROKEN BOW...BURWELL...CHAPPELL...CURTIS...
GORDON...GRANT...HAY SPRINGS...HAYES CENTER...IMPERIAL...MULLEN...
NORTH PLATTE...O'NEILL...OGALLALA...OSHKOSH...RUSHVILLE...SPENCER...
SPRINGVIEW...STAPLETON...TAYLOR...THEDFORD...TRYON AND VALENTINE
254 PM CST SUN MAR 20 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON TO TUESDAY
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WATCH FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
FROM NOON CST MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. SPRING OFFICIALLY
BEGINS MONDAY AND A STRONG STORM SYSTEM NOW ORGANIZING OVER THE
CENTRAL ROCKIES WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE PLAINS MONDAY
AND TUESDAY. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN A PROLONG
PERIOD OF PRECIPITATION.

SOUTH WINDS IN ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD WARMER AIR
NORTH TONIGHT WITH RAIN SHOWERS DEVELOPING AND BECOMING MORE
WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT. THE SHOWERS MAY BEGIN TO MIX WITH SLEET TOWARD
DAYBREAK NORTH OF A LINE FROM CRESCENT LAKE WILDLIFE REFUGE IN
GARDEN COUNTY...TO NEAR TRYON IN MCPHERSON COUNTY...AND LYNCH IN BOYD
COUNTY.

THE STORM SYSTEM WILL DROP SOUTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN KANSAS ON
MONDAY WITH COLDER AIR TO THEN BE DRAWN SOUTHWARD THAT WILL CREATE
A PERIOD OF RAIN AND SNOW MIXED...THEN PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO
ALL SNOW IN THE NORTHWEST DURING MONDAY AFTERNOON...AND FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE AREA BY EVENING MONDAY.

MODEL DATA INDICATES THE POTENTIAL FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA TO RECEIVE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES...AND
A FEW LOCALES TO POSSIBLY GET UP TO A FOOT BY TUESDAY EVENING BEFORE
THE SNOW TAPERS OFF AND ENDS. AT THIS TIME...AS THE STORM SYSTEM
CONTINUES TO ORGANIZE OVER THE ROCKIES...WARMER AIR BEING DRAWN NORTH
COULD DELAY THE TRANSITION OVER TO SNOW...RESULTING IN LESS SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS AS THE SYSTEM TRACKS SOUTHEAST.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS
POSSIBLE...BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THIS TIME...THERE IS A POTENTIAL
FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING
CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS...PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL...OR ANY
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...IN WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA MONDAY AND
TUESDAY SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...AND LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS
FOR FURTHER UPDATES CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL SPRING SNOW STORM.
$$

I WILL HAVE TO WATCH THIS CLOSELY!

[Guest]

I really doubt any winter storm watch will affect the Omaha area. I know things can change in a heartbeat around here, but it is NOT likely. We will likely be on the warm side of the system until about Tue night, when we may see an inch or less of snow accumulation if that. It looks like mainly a rain (maybe some isol'd t-storms).

So, Craig, study up for class because MARK MY WORDS, there will NOT be a snow day this week here in the Omaha/Council B luffs vicinity.

[Guest]

k. But ill watch it.