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Southwest KS Snow Jan 20th [5] « High Plains Drifter
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January 20, 2007

Southwest KS Snow Jan 20th [5]

Filed under: General Weather & Forecasting — Mike U @ 4:28 pm

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South wind and snow.  The most interesting aspect of this storm is the wind direction.  A south-southeast wind direction is uncommon for significant accumulating snows in Southwest Kansas.  In fact, the winds have gusted at times to 25 mph, creating drifts in not-so common areas.  Strong winds with snow in the high plains are almost always out of the north.  Below is a surface map valid 4pm CST 1/20:


Blue dotted line is approximate Snow-"mix" line.  Green line is roughly the "mix"-cold rain line. 
This storm has been a bust for Oklahoma City, where they were originally expecting 4-8" of snow.  They really haven’t seen a flake yet… mainly sleet and cold rain.  I’m glad I’m not down there for this storm!  This was a very difficult storm to predict, once again, for precipitation type in Oklahoma.

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