AirmaN wrote:besides getting maybe a dusting on Friday, I'm seeing a chance of snow for next sunday and monday. Anybody have any clue on possible early snowfall amounts?

hoping for another 2 days off of school

Buddy, can we at least wait until Sunday night! I want to be able to go out with Emily on Saturday night!
Yeah, but here is the lastest forecast...
NEZ050>053 - 065>068 - 281000 -
BUTLER - CASS - DOUGLAS - LANCASTER - OTOE - SARPY - SAUNDERS - SEWARD -
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELLEVUE...LINCOLN...NEBRASKA CITY...
OMAHA...SEWARD
644 PM CST TUE JAN 27 2004
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 12 AM CST WEDNESDAY UNTIL 10
AM CST WEDNESDAY...
.TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 6 BELOW. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH BECOMING NORTH AND INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH. WIND CHILL
READINGS FALLING TO 20 TO 25 BELOW.
.WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS AROUND 2 ABOVE. NORTH WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH. WIND CHILL READINGS 20 TO 25 BELOW IN THE MORNING AND 10 TO
20 BELOW IN THE AFTERNOON.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF FLURRIES. LOWS
NEAR 10 BELOW. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF FLURRIES. HIGHS AROUND 8.
EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS NEAR 5 BELOW. NORTH WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH.
.FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS AROUND 13.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS
AROUND 5 ABOVE.
.SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS
AROUND 20.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW.
LOWS AROUND 6.
.SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS
AROUND 16.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS ZERO TO 5 BELOW.
.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS AROUND 16.
.MONDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 5.
.TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS AROUND 20.
And look what the Hastings NWS sent out earlier today...
542
WWUS83 KGID 271937
SPSGID
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-281200-
WINTER STORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
137 PM CST TUE JAN 27 2004
...ANOTHER ARCTIC BLAST HEADED THIS WAY...
A TREMENDOUSLY COLD ARCTIC AIRMASS LOCATED OVER ALBERTA AND MANITOBA
PROVINCES OF CANADA THIS AFTERNOON...MARKED BY SURFACE TEMPERATURES
FROM 35 TO 55 BELOW ZERO...WILL RAPIDLY DIVE SOUTHEASTWARD LEE OF
THE ROCKIES BEHIND A QUICK MOVING ALBERTA CLIPPER LOCATED OVER
MONTANA. ALREADY THE LEADING EDGE OF THE ARCTIC COLD FRONT HAD
PUSHED INTO SOUTHEAST MONTANA AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WILL
MOVE THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS LATE
TONIGHT.
ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE IS THEN EXPECTED TO BECOME ENTRENCHED OVER THE
MID MISSOURI VALLEY THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK LEADING TO BITTERLY COLD
TEMPERATURES. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY WILL STRUGGLE TO STAY
ABOVE ZERO...ESPECIALLY OVER CENTRAL NEBRASKA WITH LOW TEMPERATURES
WEDNESDAY NIGHT APPROACHING 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO NORTHEAST OF A
LOOP CITY TO SHICKLEY LINE. SOME MODERATION OF THIS COLD AIRMASS
WILL OCCUR THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS ALONG THE
LEE SIDE OF THE ROCKIES IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM
ENTERING INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE
POTENTIAL OF BRINGING SOME ACCUMULATING SNOWS OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS WEEKEND...AND A
RETURN OF BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES BEHIND IT INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER
UPDATES AND STATEMENTS.
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