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 Updated: Tuesday at 5:50 a.m.

Good morning!  Ground temperatures just above freezing kept snow from sticking much over many locations Monday.  There were places that got a few inches though, with more than 6" in northern Arkansas here and there.  The snow has ended and a brutal wind is blowing this morning.  Skies have cleared early but as we start to warm a bit (and that's a relative term) clouds will redevelop and probably drop some snow flurries on occasion.  High temps will only reach the lower and middle 20s today and with a wind gusting well over 30 mph the wind chill will remain in the single digits and teens.  We will see some improvement in our temperatures over the next few days as this blast of arctic air swings east.  The next storm, currently over southern California, will move east-southeast through Texas on Thursday.  Some moisture may stream up over our high pressure and bring clouds Thursday, then perhaps a few flurries on Friday.  However, the bulk of precipitation will stay south of us.  In fact,they're expecting a few inches of snow in Dallas and perhaps even northern Louisiana!

In the longer term the pattern will feature a bit of a blocking ridge over the Pacific Northwest and a fast subtropical jet stream cutting under it over the southern US.  This will mean energy dropping in from the north will interact with energy coming across the Pacific to create storms.  However the target track, at least for the next several days, looks to be Texas east through the  deep south then up across the Mid-Atlantic and New England.  The Ozarks will see mostly dry weather with below normal temperatures. 
 

Brandon Beck
KY3 Stormteam
Meteorologist
bbeck@ky3.com

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