JoMo

Winter Weather advisories out for parts of Oklahoma including OKC and Tulsa.

00z GFS with a NW flow system Sat night producing snow over parts of the area. Really nails central MO

Nice steady snow with that narrow band moving through. Fulfilled my yearly seeing snow before Christmas want early.

First couple of days in December look interesting at this point.

The system around Thanksgiving looks interesting. Maybe colder towards the start of Dec.

Well that was a quick very cold shot for Nov.

I watched the Netflix documentary on the Joplin tornado. Hearing some of the people describe the sky as being black and about the growl of the tornado reminded me of the experience and this thread. Hard to believe that was almost 14 years ago.

Me, and I'd say people here are mixed about it. Some people are really pissed that it will reopen old wounds and others can't wait to see it.

Some of the lightest snow I've ever shoveled. There was just a lot of it.

Looks like around 7" or so total here. Kind of hard to tell.

In addition, it's difficult to get big snowfall in this region without some type of storm system. There was nothing at the surface. The system at the 500 MB level was not impressive and the 700MB winds were from the SW. There was more of a system at the 850 MB level to help with lift at that level. So the entire system was based on the 700 MB and 850 MB response. There was always going to be more QPF squeezed out in the persistent bands of snow and where they set up which tied in with where the various fronts were. With that being said, the GFS/NAM are almost always too moist and generate too much QPF.

Well, there was a 10%-80% chance of it happening. The same Springfield that took major heat for missing several tornado warnings recently as well.

Currently in a heavy band that's near whiteout at times due to the wind. I expected early on that in this type of setup that the area that got into the heavier bands of snow would end up with a lot more than areas outside the banding. I'd say it looks like maybe 5" out there but can't really tell due to the drifting. I know Doug Heady said 3.5" earlier before this band started.

Been snowing here. It's the same small type of flakes that happened during the blizzard in 2011. Blowing around everywhere. About down to 12 degrees.

Radar returns increasing and it looks like the main show is about to begin. Got a dusting from the early morning stuff. Shooting for 8" or so here, probably more down across northern Arkansas.