Mark Farnik
EF5
Sunday through Tuesday looks like a potentially active weather period for the Great Plains (Finally! I thought this ridge of high pressure and string of dry, sunny days alternated by even drier, windy days was NEVER going to die!
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It looks like a low pressure system is going to lift over Montana on Sunday, and be located in southwestern Kansas by Tuesday, deepening to 998 mb according to the latest models. On it's eastern side, it looks like a potential severe weather outbreak will occur in the warm sector from northeastern Nebraska to southeastern Kansas on Tuesday afternoon/evening. In the cold sector, there looks to be a good chance of a nasty blizzard which will encompass eastern Montana/the Dakotas/western Nebraksa/eastern and central Colorado from late Monday night to late Tuesday night before the low lifts off to the northeast and wreaks havoc in the Great Lakes.
I really hope this pans out, as we haven't had ANY precipitation in almost two months. We haven't seen rain or snow since the first week of October in the lower elevations of Colorado. It is getting desperately dry, and every time the mountains have gotten a good snow, we've gotten vicious downsloping winds that have blown anywhere from 40-80 mph and blew away even more of the topsoil. We need a good foot-two feet of wet snow to get the topsoil to stop blowing, replenish the water table and revive the crops, which are wilting from our recent lack of moisture and the unusual springlike warmth we've been basking in for over a month, so I say BRING IT ON!!!
Anyone else have thoughts on this?

It looks like a low pressure system is going to lift over Montana on Sunday, and be located in southwestern Kansas by Tuesday, deepening to 998 mb according to the latest models. On it's eastern side, it looks like a potential severe weather outbreak will occur in the warm sector from northeastern Nebraska to southeastern Kansas on Tuesday afternoon/evening. In the cold sector, there looks to be a good chance of a nasty blizzard which will encompass eastern Montana/the Dakotas/western Nebraksa/eastern and central Colorado from late Monday night to late Tuesday night before the low lifts off to the northeast and wreaks havoc in the Great Lakes.
I really hope this pans out, as we haven't had ANY precipitation in almost two months. We haven't seen rain or snow since the first week of October in the lower elevations of Colorado. It is getting desperately dry, and every time the mountains have gotten a good snow, we've gotten vicious downsloping winds that have blown anywhere from 40-80 mph and blew away even more of the topsoil. We need a good foot-two feet of wet snow to get the topsoil to stop blowing, replenish the water table and revive the crops, which are wilting from our recent lack of moisture and the unusual springlike warmth we've been basking in for over a month, so I say BRING IT ON!!!

Anyone else have thoughts on this?