Well, it actually managed to stay right at 32°F the whole night while the moderate precipitation moved through Dodge City. Here is the result:
This is a zoomed in portion of the photo above:
I shot this photo outside my front door around 4:30am during a break in the rainfall. This is roughly 1/8" accumulation of ice. Had it been about 29° or so, it would have accumulated a lot more…. like what the far southwest portion of Southwest Kansas experienced, where there are power outages in several towns like Johnson and Hugoton
1215 AM ICE STORM HUGOTON 37.18N 101.35W 12/20/2006 STEVENS KS LAW ENFORCEMENT TREE LIMBS AND POWERLINES ARE SNAPPING DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATION. MOST OF THE CITY OF HUGOTON IS WITHOUT POWER. ROADS REMAIN WET.
0306 AM ICE STORM JOHNSON CITY 37.57N 101.75W 12/20/2006 STANTON KS LAW ENFORCEMENT TREE LIMBS AND POWERLINES DOWN. POWER IS OUT IN JOHNSON. PRECIPITATION CHANGED TO SNOW AT ABOUT 250 AM CST.
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 436 AM CST WED DEC 20 2006 CLARK-ELLIS-FINNEY-FORD-GRAY-HASKELL- HODGEMAN-LANE-MEADE-NESS-SCOTT-SEWARD-TREGO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHLAND... CIMARRON...DIGHTON... DODGE CITY...GARDEN CITY... HAYS...JETMORE...LIBERAL...MEADE... NESS CITY... SCOTT CITY...SUBLETTE...WAKEENEY 436 AM CST WED DEC 20 2006 NOW WIDESPREAD AREAS OF MODERATE FREEZING RAIN ARE OCCURRING ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS AS OF 430 AM CST. ALL AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 283 AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 25 ARE BEING AFFECTED. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES, POWERLINES, AND OTHER ELEVATED SURFACES WILL CAUSE POWER OUTAGES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE DUE TO FALLING TREE LIMBS. ROADS FOR THE MOST PART REMAIN WET DUE TO WARMER GROUND TEMPERATURES, HOWEVER REPORTS FROM AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT STATE THAT THERE ARE SOME SLICK SPOTS, ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS AS WELL AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. DRIVERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS DURING THE EARLY MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH AS WELL AS ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST LATER ON THIS MORNING.
in meade, ks there was nearly any snow, but lots of ice and rain. schools thought about shutting down for christmas break but it didn’t come to that. We are supposed to get more as the week goes on.
Comment by Aubrey — December 21, 2006 @ 1:31 pm