After the morning fog burnt off by late morning, temperatures responded rapidly to the sunshine and rose into the upper 50’s to mid 60’s in some areas. Tonight will be clear and not quite as cold as it has been of late with lows bottoming out in the upper 20’s.
Thursday will be another spring-like day with partly sunny skies and highs near or a bit above 60. That is where the spring preview unfortunately ends.
Beginning Thursday night, an arctic cold front will cross Greater Nebraska ushering in much colder air, and by Friday temperatures will be 20 to 20 degrees colder than Thursday. Additionally, an area of low pressure developing over Colorado will drop southeastward towards the Oklahoma Panhandle and then begin to trek eastward. This low will throw moisture over the area from Thursday night through Friday night. Initially, temperatures will be warm enough for rain over many areas, but as the colder air rushes in the rain will mix with and change to snow, first over northwestern areas, then over southwestern areas by Friday morning. The snow may fall heavily at times, and the wind will increase to over 30mph which will cause blowing snow. Accumulations right now look to be in the 2 to 4 inch range, with some northwestern areas possibly receiving more. All in all, not a very spring-like start to Spring which begins Saturday afternoon.
Stay tuned to News 2 for the latest on this winter weather event.
Mike
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