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SNOW DEPARTING STAGE EAST: Snow will linger through most of the day today over the eastern half of the state and gradually end from west to east toward the afternoon into the evening hours. Perhaps up to an inch of accumulation possible during the day Wednesday on top of what was received on Tuesday. Clouds will remain into Thursday with some peaks on sunshine in the far western counties. Temperatures will be in the 30s for highs today and Thursday with lows in the upper teen through the mid 20s.

DIGGING IN: A Long wave trough will take hold over the eastern half of the country into the weekend putting us in a northwesterly flow. We may see a few flurries across the state Friday which will not amount to much as temperatures will be in the 20s to lower 30s through the weekend with some sunshine mixed in with the clouds and possible flurry chances.

NEXT SYSTEM: The ridge that will be over the west will begin to break down with a storm system moving across the northern tier of the country through the weekend. It makes its appearance in the state Monday with some light snow breaking out across the northwestern counties and sweeping southeast through the afternoon into the evening and overnight hours. As of now, amounts look to be light at this time with most of the moisture with the system passing through Missouri.

INTO VOO-DOO: Looking past the typical seven days, the GFS is still showing a storm system affecting the state around the 8-10th of March with possible rain, snow and maybe thunderstorms. We’ve seen this since it came on the board several days ago, so we’ll need to continue to keep watch on that system over the next few days. Another thing the models has been showing is a polar plunge at mid month and this run doesn’t disappoint with a clipper system quickly moving across around the 12th or 13th bringing snow and much colder conditions to the state at that time.