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Snow in the Rockies; Showers and Thunderstorms Along the Gulf Coast; Potential Winter Storm for Northern Mid-Atlantic and Interior New England

A winter-like pattern will continue over much of the Lower 48 over the next few days, with snow stretching from the Rockies today into the Middle Mississippi Valley on Monday. Showers and thunderstorms will develop along the Gulf Coast and Southeast on Monday. As the storm moves northward late Monday into Tuesday, winter weather is possible from the Central Appalachians to Interior New England. Read More >

Focusing on the next 3 days (Thurs-Sat) of weather across our 30-county forecast area of central/south central NE and north central KS, here are the main stories one day at a time (special attention to Saturday): 1) Thursday will be seasonably-chilly and quite breezy (gusts 20-30 MPH out of the south-southwest). High temps in MOST of our area will range from the upper 20s to upper 30s. 2) Friday will be generally 5-15° warmer than Thursday (MOST of our area upper 30s to mid 40s), and it won't be as breezy. 3) Saturday features BIG QUESTION MARKS regarding POSSIBLE snow potential. Forecast computer models are starting to become a bit more suggestive that especially areas north of I-80 could see at least a little accumulation during the day and evening, but various models currently depict differing outcomes and thus confidence is still quite low. It is also TOO EARLY to talk potential amounts, so stay tuned to later forecasts to see how this snow potential trends as newer data arrives.