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Speaker 1 (00:00):
We have a blizzard warning for tomorrow, and Katie Gross
is a meteorologist with the National Weather Service and she
is joining us on the phone line. Katie, first of all,
thanks so much for being on our show today. Are
you there, Katie?
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Yep, I'm here.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Okay, there we are. Got I wonder, Katie, if there's
a I talked to somebody else I can't remember. I
think it was Becky Kern last week about just the
weird weather and it was more severe kind of thunderstorms.
But here we are, we're talking about the possibility of
thunder snow and all this stuff. What exactly are we
looking at and why is it happening right now?
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Yeah. So it's just a really strong springtime storm that's
moving through the region, and it's kind of hard to
believe that even though it's about sixty eight to seventy
degrees right now, we're going to get some snow basically
late tonight through tomorrow. And it's kind of the Mother
Nature's way of evening out the warm temperatures and the
(00:58):
cold temperatures that's giving us these really strong systems.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Yeah, I got I guess I I'm frustrated because I
love this weather. So much, but I also know that
there's an unpredictability factor to this. So what exactly has
created the Can you explain the science behind why it's
so warm now and yet by tomorrow we're going to
be cold enough to have sleet and snow.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
On the ground. Yeah. So we've got just kind of
a really strong low pressure system that's moving in from
the west, kind of out of the Rocky Mountain region,
and then as that moves through, it really draws in
these northerly winds that pull the really cold air out
of the north into our region. So that's what's bringing
(01:43):
the cold air in and really giving us that good
chance for snow.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
Well, that's just exciting and just completely fantastic. A blizzard,
by definition, isn't just kind of regular snowfall. Can you
kind of define what a blizzard is and why a
blizzard warning is appropriate for the area tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Yeah, So a blizzard is basically three hours or more
of blowing snow, winds that are thirty five miles an
hour greater, and visibility that's less than a quarter of
a mile. So it really doesn't necessarily matter how much
snow you're getting. It's that combination of the winds and
snow that's making the really low visibility, making it hard
(02:22):
for travelers to see really where they're going, and making
those really bad road conditions for people.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
We're speaking with National Weather Service meteorologist Katie Gross on
our phone line today. So, Katie, I look at this
and it seems like every time we refresh the forecast
there's more snow or more precipitation that's attached to this.
So kind of what's the latest on how much we
can expect to see in how much we will see
(02:51):
by the end of tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
Yeah, so for the Omaha area, the latest we're seeing
is maybe around four to eight inches, and it's just
really going to have kind of a sharp cut off
on snowfall amounts on kind of that southern eastern edge
of the Omaha area possibly, so you could see a
little bit less down there, or you could see a
little bit more, just depending on the exact track of
(03:15):
this storm. But again, it's not so much the snow
amounts that are really going to matter. It's that combination
of the falling snow and the really really strong winds.
We'll see wind guests up to fifty to seventy miles
an hour at times, So that's what's really going to
make the hazardous travel conditions.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
Do you know what time in the Omaha area especially
you're saying about commute in the morning, and you know,
I just know people are thinking about how this is
going to impact the travel of the day. What time
do you expect the heavier stuff, including the wind to
kind of hit.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Yeah, so tomorrow it is just not going to be
a good day to travel at all if you have
the option to not. We'll see that kind of sleety
ice pellets start to mix into the area probably around
five am or or so, and then between five to
seven AM it'll start to transition to that heavier snow,
(04:07):
and that snow continues through most of the day tomorrow,
maybe by around between three to five PM is when
it kind of shuts off for the Omaha area. But
those strong winds are really going to continue through most
of the day. Winds will pick up probably tonight by midnight,
(04:27):
we'll see gusts up to forty miles an hour, and
then through the day tomorrow they'll be again fifty, maybe
even towards seventy miles an hour at times, and then
by probably nine pm tomorrow is when we finally start
to see the winds begin to die down. Wow.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
Katie Gross, a National Weather Service meteorologist joining us on
the phone line. So with all that being said, I'm
always the kind of guy, even in the middle of
December or January, like, okay, So, how fast is this
stuff going to get out of the way? Are we
going to get some relief in the temperature is pretty quick?
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Clear?
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Do you think that this is going to accumulate and
be visible for a while? Do we have more coming
by the end of the week. Kind of what's the
prognosis on how long we'll have to look at this
white stuff? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (05:10):
Luckily that's the kind of the good thing about snow
in March is it doesn't really stick around for too long.
So by Thursday, we'll see highs probably in the forties,
maybe approaching fifty in some areas, and we'll continue to
see those fifties and maybe even sixties as we get
towards the weekend. So I would think the snow should
(05:31):
probably melt fairly quickly whatever at least doesn't blow away,
and otherwise it looks like we should be fairly quiet
at least through the end of the week weatherwise.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
We'll do the best that we can to try to
just to grid our teeth and get through tomorrow. But
that's just living in Nebraska and Iowa this time of
the year. Katie grows from the National Weather Service. Thank
you so much for the information. Katie, will do the
best that we can to not call the National Weather
Service for any major weather events the next couple of
weeks hopefully sound all right, Thanks Katie Gross. I don't
(06:06):
know what do you think about this. I'm just just
I love what the weather is now. I'm fairly despondent
knowing what tomorrow is going to look like.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
It's just obnoxious.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
I mean, what's the point, Like, what is this to
test us? Is to test our metal? Because we didn't
have much of a notable winter this year. He didn't
really have a substantial snowfall at all until like mid February.
You know, they're always happening on a Wednesday, too. It's
just like the worst time, right, Like, well, is it
the worst time? Would you rather have happen on like
a Saturday when travel is a lot less mandatory for
(06:39):
whatever you're doing. I'd say so, Yeah, I don't think so.
I want my Saturday to be nice. I want to
I want to go out to patios. I want to chill,
I want to go I want to walk with my dogs.
Is that selfish of me? I don't have a choice,
like whether or not. I mean armageddon could be happening
outside that mothership from Independence Day before Randy Quaid goes
and blows it up, Like that could be happening outside
(07:02):
you and need we'd still have to be here. I
mean we have no choice. Yeah, So like, yeah, selfishly,
I would just Wednesday's fine with me as long as
it's gone by the weekend. I just hate it.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
I hate it. And the silver lining is that it's
gonna come, It's gonna go. You know, it'll be sixty
by Saturday.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
How stupid is this? Though, it's like eighty now.
Speaker 3 (07:22):
Yeah, it's just silly.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
It makes me just wanna if you want to find
is a mother Nature or Jack Frost? Who are we
blaming for this? I blame al Gore. He's the one
who created the algorhythm that caused the climate to go
all haywire, messing around creating the Internet. He was playing
around with things he shouldn't have been touching. Wow, the algorithm.
It never gets old.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
Never does. Sometimes when you tell a bad joke enough times,
it becomes funny because you keep telling it. Almost like
the funniness is my commitment to how terrible it is.
At least that's the way I look at it, and
that's how I try to live my life. I mean,
I suppose, I suppose only time is gonna tell on that.
I guess, you know, yeah, you know what could happen
even though it's not in the forecast. Maybe the omadome
(08:04):
does work and it just like keeps it north, like
just keeps it north enough to where we don't see
too much of it Selfishly that's my hope. But alas,
it's tough to go from four to eight inches in
the forecast to zero inches on the ground.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
Some places say five to nine. I don't like that.
That's not the right way, that's the wrong direction. Don't
want to hear it. Hopefully you don't have those snowshovels
put away. That's all I'm saying. It is three forty seven.
Thank you for listening. It's Emery Sunger and Matt Case
on news radio eleven ten KFAB
We have a blizzard warning for tomorrow, and Katie Gross
is a meteorologist with the National Weather Service and she
is joining us on the phone line. Katie, first of all,
thanks so much for being on our show today. Are
you there, Katie?
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Yep, I'm here.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Okay, there we are. Got I wonder, Katie, if there's
a I talked to somebody else I can't remember. I
think it was Becky Kern last week about just the
weird weather and it was more severe kind of thunderstorms.
But here we are, we're talking about the possibility of
thunder snow and all this stuff. What exactly are we
looking at and why is it happening right now?
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Yeah. So it's just a really strong springtime storm that's
moving through the region, and it's kind of hard to
believe that even though it's about sixty eight to seventy
degrees right now, we're going to get some snow basically
late tonight through tomorrow. And it's kind of the Mother
Nature's way of evening out the warm temperatures and the
(00:58):
cold temperatures that's giving us these really strong systems.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Yeah, I got I guess I I'm frustrated because I
love this weather. So much, but I also know that
there's an unpredictability factor to this. So what exactly has
created the Can you explain the science behind why it's
so warm now and yet by tomorrow we're going to
be cold enough to have sleet and snow.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
On the ground. Yeah. So we've got just kind of
a really strong low pressure system that's moving in from
the west, kind of out of the Rocky Mountain region,
and then as that moves through, it really draws in
these northerly winds that pull the really cold air out
of the north into our region. So that's what's bringing
(01:43):
the cold air in and really giving us that good
chance for snow.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
Well, that's just exciting and just completely fantastic. A blizzard,
by definition, isn't just kind of regular snowfall. Can you
kind of define what a blizzard is and why a
blizzard warning is appropriate for the area tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Yeah, So a blizzard is basically three hours or more
of blowing snow, winds that are thirty five miles an
hour greater, and visibility that's less than a quarter of
a mile. So it really doesn't necessarily matter how much
snow you're getting. It's that combination of the winds and
snow that's making the really low visibility, making it hard
(02:22):
for travelers to see really where they're going, and making
those really bad road conditions for people.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
We're speaking with National Weather Service meteorologist Katie Gross on
our phone line today. So, Katie, I look at this
and it seems like every time we refresh the forecast
there's more snow or more precipitation that's attached to this.
So kind of what's the latest on how much we
can expect to see in how much we will see
(02:51):
by the end of tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
Yeah, so for the Omaha area, the latest we're seeing
is maybe around four to eight inches, and it's just
really going to have kind of a sharp cut off
on snowfall amounts on kind of that southern eastern edge
of the Omaha area possibly, so you could see a
little bit less down there, or you could see a
little bit more, just depending on the exact track of
(03:15):
this storm. But again, it's not so much the snow
amounts that are really going to matter. It's that combination
of the falling snow and the really really strong winds.
We'll see wind guests up to fifty to seventy miles
an hour at times, So that's what's really going to
make the hazardous travel conditions.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
Do you know what time in the Omaha area especially
you're saying about commute in the morning, and you know,
I just know people are thinking about how this is
going to impact the travel of the day. What time
do you expect the heavier stuff, including the wind to
kind of hit.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Yeah, so tomorrow it is just not going to be
a good day to travel at all if you have
the option to not. We'll see that kind of sleety
ice pellets start to mix into the area probably around
five am or or so, and then between five to
seven AM it'll start to transition to that heavier snow,
(04:07):
and that snow continues through most of the day tomorrow,
maybe by around between three to five PM is when
it kind of shuts off for the Omaha area. But
those strong winds are really going to continue through most
of the day. Winds will pick up probably tonight by midnight,
(04:27):
we'll see gusts up to forty miles an hour, and
then through the day tomorrow they'll be again fifty, maybe
even towards seventy miles an hour at times, and then
by probably nine pm tomorrow is when we finally start
to see the winds begin to die down. Wow.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
Katie Gross, a National Weather Service meteorologist joining us on
the phone line. So with all that being said, I'm
always the kind of guy, even in the middle of
December or January, like, okay, So, how fast is this
stuff going to get out of the way? Are we
going to get some relief in the temperature is pretty quick?
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Clear?
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Do you think that this is going to accumulate and
be visible for a while? Do we have more coming
by the end of the week. Kind of what's the
prognosis on how long we'll have to look at this
white stuff? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (05:10):
Luckily that's the kind of the good thing about snow
in March is it doesn't really stick around for too long.
So by Thursday, we'll see highs probably in the forties,
maybe approaching fifty in some areas, and we'll continue to
see those fifties and maybe even sixties as we get
towards the weekend. So I would think the snow should
(05:31):
probably melt fairly quickly whatever at least doesn't blow away,
and otherwise it looks like we should be fairly quiet
at least through the end of the week weatherwise.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
We'll do the best that we can to try to
just to grid our teeth and get through tomorrow. But
that's just living in Nebraska and Iowa this time of
the year. Katie grows from the National Weather Service. Thank
you so much for the information. Katie, will do the
best that we can to not call the National Weather
Service for any major weather events the next couple of
weeks hopefully sound all right, Thanks Katie Gross. I don't
(06:06):
know what do you think about this. I'm just just
I love what the weather is now. I'm fairly despondent
knowing what tomorrow is going to look like.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
It's just obnoxious.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
I mean, what's the point, Like, what is this to
test us? Is to test our metal? Because we didn't
have much of a notable winter this year. He didn't
really have a substantial snowfall at all until like mid February.
You know, they're always happening on a Wednesday, too. It's
just like the worst time, right, Like, well, is it
the worst time? Would you rather have happen on like
a Saturday when travel is a lot less mandatory for
(06:39):
whatever you're doing. I'd say so, Yeah, I don't think so.
I want my Saturday to be nice. I want to
I want to go out to patios. I want to chill,
I want to go I want to walk with my dogs.
Is that selfish of me? I don't have a choice,
like whether or not. I mean armageddon could be happening
outside that mothership from Independence Day before Randy Quaid goes
and blows it up, Like that could be happening outside
(07:02):
you and need we'd still have to be here. I
mean we have no choice. Yeah, So like, yeah, selfishly,
I would just Wednesday's fine with me as long as
it's gone by the weekend. I just hate it.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
I hate it. And the silver lining is that it's
gonna come, It's gonna go. You know, it'll be sixty
by Saturday.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
How stupid is this? Though, it's like eighty now.
Speaker 3 (07:22):
Yeah, it's just silly.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
It makes me just wanna if you want to find
is a mother Nature or Jack Frost? Who are we
blaming for this? I blame al Gore. He's the one
who created the algorhythm that caused the climate to go
all haywire, messing around creating the Internet. He was playing
around with things he shouldn't have been touching. Wow, the algorithm.
It never gets old.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
Never does. Sometimes when you tell a bad joke enough times,
it becomes funny because you keep telling it. Almost like
the funniness is my commitment to how terrible it is.
At least that's the way I look at it, and
that's how I try to live my life. I mean,
I suppose, I suppose only time is gonna tell on that.
I guess, you know, yeah, you know what could happen
even though it's not in the forecast. Maybe the omadome
(08:04):
does work and it just like keeps it north, like
just keeps it north enough to where we don't see
too much of it Selfishly that's my hope. But alas,
it's tough to go from four to eight inches in
the forecast to zero inches on the ground.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
Some places say five to nine. I don't like that.
That's not the right way, that's the wrong direction. Don't
want to hear it. Hopefully you don't have those snowshovels
put away. That's all I'm saying. It is three forty seven.
Thank you for listening. It's Emery Sunger and Matt Case
on news radio eleven ten KFAB
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