Saturday, February 23, 2013

National Weather Service: 5-10 inches of snow possible early next week

No, that headline is not an error.

The National Weather Service is forecasting another snowstorm that could bring 5-10 inches of snow to the Kansas City metro area.

Depending on where you live in the metro, between 10-14 inches of snow are already on the ground in Kansas City. Most of Wyandotte County received at least 11 inches of snow.

Here's information on storm number two, which could start on Sunday and last through Tuesday afternoon. 
A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL LIFT INTO THE AREA ON SUNDAY...BRINGING ACCUMULATING SNOW TO THE REGION FROM LATE SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS...NORTHERN...AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. BLOWING SNOW MAY ALSO BE A CONCERN MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS GUST UP  TO 30 MPH. WHILE EXACT SNOW AMOUNTS REMAIN SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN...THE OVERALL PROBABILITY OF ACCUMULATING SNOW IS HIGH.
Some food for thought: If the second storm brings over 9 inches of snow, the two largest snowstorms in the past 20 years in Kansas City would have happened within five days of each other.