Thursday, December 17, 2009

No real snow yet, but...

Indications of a white Christmas? From the NWS:
IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME WINTER
WEATHER JUST PRIOR TO CHRISTMAS. DETAILS ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE
MOMENT...BUT ALL MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE SIGNALING THAT UPPER LEVEL
ENERGY WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST BY AROUND THE 23RD OR 24TH OF
DECEMBER. IT ALSO APPEARS AS THOUGH A GULF MOISTURE CONNECTION
COULD BE ESTABLISHED BY THEN. THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN
MODEL SOLUTIONS AT THIS POINT. THE FORECAST WILL BE FINE TUNED WITH
TIME AS OUR ANALYSIS BECOMES MORE STABLE AND CONSISTENT. WE
RECOMMEND THAT ALL INTERESTS ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE
MISSOURI OZARKS TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...REGARDING THE POTENTIAL FOR WINTER
WEATHER JUST PRIOR TO THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY.
I know, the last few chances of snow weren't that great, but we can still hope for a white Christmas, right?

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