Active Storm Track to Resume This Week

The gradient between lots of precip and a little precip will be sharp…

This week’s weather pattern is best described as a lot of noise, a lot of stuff falling from the sky, but a storm chaser snoozlefest.

I talked to Sam, the 2024 storm chase rookie of the year and the 55th most famous golden retriever in the country, about this upcoming pattern and he simply took a nap. So I think it is safe to say that while the weather won’t be calm, it won’t be that interesting for storm chasing golden retrievers either.

Storm 1 (Tue-Wed)

The first storm system will emerge out of the Southwest on Tuesday into Wednesday with thunderstorms to the south and snow to the north. A strong cold front will also dive south, with some of the coldest air of the winter expected. This is dependent somewhat on the snowpack that emerges to the north, but lows in the teens as far south as the Red River are possible.

This is one model’s interpretation of the Wednesday morning precipitation situation. A broad area of snow will be ongoing across the Central Plains into the Midwest, with he…