Weather FYI - Possible Snow Event for Midwest

I'm sure some folks are still up at this hour, but likely not perusing the latest weather models like myself and a handful of other weather geeks out there. Joking aside, I wanted to bring some information to your attention that you're probably not going to hear from other news stations for at least a couple of days. That "thing" is a possible moderate snow on the 19th / 20th of about 4"-5" (at the time of writing).

While I understand why local news stations that pride themselves on accuracy don't want to be talking about possibilities, I for one would like to make people aware of things with as much realistic lead time as possible. This way, people can make the best educated decision about how to deal with such an event, and so they have time to prepare for it. If it doesn't happen, great! But wouldn't it be better to have all of one's proverbial Ducks in a row before things get messy out there on the roads? I think so...

DISCLAIMER: Before you look at the graphic below, please note that this could completely change (for better or worse) by the 19th / 20th.

Image credited to InstantWeatherMaps.com

What should you do with this information? Well, I'm not a meteorologist, so I'm not issuing an Advisory, Watch, or Warning. But I'm calling this a Weather FYI (my wife gets the credit for coining it). Yep; it's just here For Your Information. Maybe you want to review your family's plan for being snowed in for a day, or your plan on what to do if you lose power during winter weather snap? Maybe you'll go buy an extra package of bottled water and a couple non-perishable food things to have around just in case, or perhaps you just want to file this away in your head for later use? All of the above are good ideas, and that's the purpose of this Weather FYI; to get people to stop for a moment and think, "Hmm, what if...?"

So there it is. Kansas City and most of West Central Missouri is slated for about 4" of Snow as of this particular model run. Stay tuned to this Blog though, so that you can be sure to stay on the up-and-up of how this system's forecast will change!

Stay safe out there,

Justin Gann - KDØWNE

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