MO/KS/AR/OK 2025-2026 Winter Discussion

[MUWX]

1 minute ago, rockchalk83 said:

There was? 

The 18z still pumped out close to one foot here in Kansas: 

The drop off is bigger in Missouri. Went from 14-15 inches to 9-10 inches. Still a good storm but certainly a step back. 

[rockchalk83]

Here is the Wichita NWS office's forecast:

[rockchalk83]

Just now, MUWX said:

The drop off is bigger in Missouri. Went from 14-15 inches to 9-10 inches. Still a good storm but certainly a step back. 

That's fair. Forgive me, but I haven't been looking up there.

I've been too busy rooting for the NAM. Haha

[The Waterboy]

Not sure what to make of it, if anything, but the 12z Euro and 18z Ukie don’t have the 6-8 hour dry break between the two systems.  
 

Also, the 21z RAP has wave 1 heavier amounts in S. KS and the very heavy amounts in West Central AR/Eastern OK.  5-6” from Bentonville to Joplin with much higher amounts from Fayetteville south.  

[MUWX]

7 minutes ago, The Waterboy said:

Not sure what to make of it, if anything, but the 12z Euro and 18z Ukie don’t have the 6-8 hour dry break between the two systems.  
 

Also, the 21z RAP has wave 1 heavier amounts in S. KS and the very heavy amounts in West Central AR/Eastern OK.  5-6” from Bentonville to Joplin with much higher amounts from Fayetteville south.  

Nearly identical to the GFS. I assume this is going to give mets some serious pause on the super high totals in those areas. 

[Breck150]

9 minutes ago, MUWX said:

Nearly identical to the GFS. I assume this is going to give mets some serious pause on the super high totals in those areas. 

Pretty sure the RAP uses the same data as the GFS so this makes sense. It runs hourly to provide more up to date information. If it was any model besides the GFS showing this then I would be more concerned. Lets see what the 18z Euro shows. If it goes south then I might need a beer. Regardless if you would have told anyone in this forum 3 weeks ago we would be looking at a 4-8 inch storm 24 hours out ( yes, I know these are low just using them as reference ) I would say everyone in here would be thrilled. 

[rockchalk83]

This is the 19z 72-hour mean snowfall off the National Blend of Models. There has been a bump up of this as we've gone through the day. 

The red area is snow totals of 18-22 inches, orange is 12-18. 

[JoMo]

18z Euro AIFS is pretty similar on where the heaviest band of snow is from the 12z. Overall there is a bit of a compaction on the northern side (less QPF) of the system as a whole. Not sure if this means more members were farther south or just drier though. 

[andyhb]

Monstrous storm for OK on the 18z Euro, particularly the I-44 corridor. 1.2-1.5" liquid for both metros with temps in the single digits on the backside.

18z EPS is also extremely impressive.

[rockchalk83]

7 minutes ago, andyhb said:

Monstrous storm for OK on the 18z Euro, particularly the I-44 corridor. 1.2-1.5" liquid for both metros with temps in the single digits on the backside.

The huge upshot to all this is that there will be some significant drought relief. 

[Breck150]

4 minutes ago, rockchalk83 said:

The huge upshot to all this is that there will be some significant drought relief. 

We need the moisture bad. I am very thankful for that. Any other people in here have cattle or will I be the only one chopping ice come this weekend?

FYI I have been lurking on here for many years and finally reset my password to be able to comment again. So while I have not commented I have mentally been fully engaged in all discussions lol. 

[stormdragonwx]

Yeah it is kinda wild how some of us are disappointed in reductions of possibly getting 6-10 or 4-8 inches considering how lackluster this winter has been up to this point. Lol