Storm Impacting the Northwest U.S.; Fire Weather Conditions in Southern California; Severe Weather in the South

A Pacific storm is bringing areas of low elevation rain, moderate to heavy mountain snow, and high winds to the Northwest. Strong Santa Ana winds and very dry conditions are producing elevated to critical fire weather conditions in southern California. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible through early Wednesday morning across parts of northeast Texas into western Tennessee. Read More >

Overview

An arctic airmass overspread the region during the evening of January 5th into the morning of January 6th. At the same time, a fast moving upper level disturbance produced several narrow bands of moderate to heavy snow across parts of Kansas. The highest snow totals were over northwest and north central portions of the state where generally 2 to 4 inches fell.

Thursday morning(01/06) wind chill values

Photos & Video

Photos & Video


Snowfall map from January 5th-6th	List of snowfall totals from January 5th-6th

@CamVenableKAKE snowing hard and fast in newton â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸ðŸ¥¶ðŸ¥¶ pic.twitter.com/cSeBlExA6A
— josh â· (@joshlovesbts) January 6, 2022

Hard to really judge with a lot of it being wind blown but now that it’s stopped I’d bet 2-3 inches in Hutchinson, KS…was going crazy between midnight and 130am #kswx @kswxcoverage @KSstormchasers @JimCantore @WeatherNation @breakingweather @foxweather @NWS @NWSWichita pic.twitter.com/FmR94z05U4
— Coop (@Brandon05301992) January 6, 2022

Average measurement at our house in NW Hutchinson 4 7/8 inches (*average of 5 measurements)@NWSWichita #kswx #snow pic.twitter.com/Qg0JcDEjv6
— Kellie Swain (@KellieS23) January 6, 2022