Around 1-2" expected around Dodge City.
As I type, it has just started snowing, with an initial white cover over the driveway. The first snow of the season! Below is a radar image at about the time of this post. It came in a few hours earlier than I expected, and may also end a little earlier than expected… probably a 6-hour snow event for this area… but at least it’s a start!
-repost. originally posted 12pm CST
Snow Amounts from the Friday the 13th Snow Storm. I gathered these from the Regional Temperature/Precipitation table and sorted them by snowfall amounts (the 4th numeric column):
:................................................................. : STATION MAX / MIN / 24-HR / SNOW / SNOW : NAME TEMP / TEMP / PRECIP / FALL / DEPTH :.................................................................
ULYK1: ULYSSES 3NE : 33 / 24 / 0.66 / 15.0 / 15 SYCK1: SYRACUSE : 32 / 16 / 1.21 / 12.0 / 12 ZJIK1 14 N OF KENDALL /E12.0 / 12 ZHYK1 8 W OF ULYSSES / 11.0 / ZINK1 7 SE OF CIMARRON / 10.5 / DCDK1: DODGE CITY 2.5NW : / / 1.17 / 10.3 / 9 NWS DODGE CITY / 10.0 / ZRDK1 10 SW OF NESS CITY / 10.0 / JOHK1: JOHNSON : 32 / 24 / 0.91 / 9.5 / 10 MTZK1: MONTEZUMA : 37 / 26 / 1.20 / 9.2 / 8 OFFK1: OFFERLE 5S : / / 1.56 / 9.0 / 5 ZMMK1 14 N OF DEERFIELD / E9.0 / 9 ZVDK1 10 SE OF SCOTT CITY / 8.5 / ZYGK1 4 NW OF MANTER / 8.5 / SCOK1: SCOTT CITY : 33 / 24 / 1.19 / 8.0 / 5 ZLIK1 11 WNW OF JETMORE / 8.0 / BUCK1: BUCKLIN : / / 1.72 / 8.0 / 6 CIMK1: CIMARRON : 36 / 31 / 1.50 / 7.0 / 7 ZLNK1 8 SW OF JETMORE / 7.0 / PATK1: PRATT 3W : 38 / 32 / 1.74 / 7.0 / 4 COLK1: COLDWATER : M / M / 2.12 / 6.5 / 3 RANK1: RANSOM 2NE : / / 0.67 / 6.0 / 2 ZNCK1 3 SSW OF HAVILAND / 5.5 / CLYK1: COLLYER 10S : / / 0.42 / 5.0 / 5 ZWEK1 CENTER OF KISMET / 5.0 / ZKOK1 11 NW OF SUBLETTE / 5.0 / HEAK1: HEALY : 35 / 26 / 0.73 / 5.0 / 5 LBLK1: LIBERAL : 38 / 29 / 1.25 / 5.0 / 5 NESK1: NESS CITY : 36 / 32 / 1.12 / 5.0 / 2 ZYQK1 9 NW OF BIG BOW / 4.5 / ZXJK1 8 N OF HUDSON / 3.3 / SNYK1: SUN CITY 6S : / / 1.01 / 2.0 / 2 BRDK1: BURDETT : / / 1.27 / 1.0 / 1
Here is a high-resolution visible satellite image from around midday today showing the snow cover over Southwest Kansas:
10.0" Storm Total Snowfall in Dodge City! Well the snow has come to an end, but not before dumping an incredible amount of snow by mid-April standards. After a several hour break late this afternoon and early this evening… the snow picked up again with an additional 3.5" measured here at work (NWS-DDC). This was in addition to the 6.5" measured snowfall earlier in the day… for a total of 10". The snow depth is not 10 inches, though, as there is melting occurring with temps just above freezing. The snow depth is about 7" as of this time.
6" in Dodge City! I just drove around the north part of town, and the side roads are a mess as one would expect. It is snowing about 1 to 1.5" per hour right now. 5:30pm I measured 6 to 6.5" in the backyard which has short grass… it definitely looks like a solid 6" out there now for sure.
3.5 inches of wet snow so far. I just went out and measured roughly 3.5" of snow as of 3:45pm CDT. Here is a photo from in front of my place at the time I measured:
It is absolutely snowing to beat the band out there. Incredible! Look at all the CGs from Garden to Dodge!
Cloud-to-Ground Lightning + Snow in Dodge City!!! Bright flash of Cloud-to-Ground lightning just a few moments ago!! Wow!! This is the first bonafide thundersnow I’ve experienced since I was a kid in 1993 in Kansas City. About time! Check out all the lightning around Garden City:
Heavy Snow in Dodge! Snow is starting to stick now on everything, including my side street… here’s the first photo of the day:
Back and Forth… Really interesting what’s going on in Dodge City right now… we have gone back to a "chunky" rain. The heavier echoes on radar are very large aggregate snowflakes which take longer to melt…thus we see it at the surface as snow… but smaller flakes do not take as much time to melt…thus we see rain. Talk about borderline. Winter Precipitation microphysics at its finest.
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