Arctic high pressure pushed down across the region during the morning of Feb. 8th.
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The episode as NWS OAX wrote it up.
Arctic high pressure pushed down across the region during the morning of Feb. 8th. Temperatures in northeast Nebraska fell to around zero and when combined with northwest winds of 20 to 30 mph wind chill values dropped to 20 below to 25 below zero for several hours.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 8, 3:36 AM CST, 5 hours 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 336 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010 .DISCUSSION... LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS CLOSED UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTERED OVER THE ND/SD BORDER WITH ANOTHER LOW MOVING ACROSS NRN NEW MEXICO. NRN PLAINS LOW HAS PUSHED SFC TROF THRU THE NWRN TWO THIRDS OF THE CWA THIS MORNING WITH THE MAIN ARCTIC FRONT EXTENDING FROM NORTH CENTRAL NEB INTO ERN SD. AS FRONT DIVES INTO THE AREA...EXPECT FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE DAY. MOST SNOWFALL REMAINS AHEAD OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED SFC TROF WHICH SHOULD BE MOVING OUT OF CWA LATER THIS MORNING. AS DRY AIR WRAPS IN FROM THE WEST AND STRONG SUBSIDENCE MOVES THRU...EXPECT A LULL DIRECTLY BEHIND THE TROF WITH ONLY A FEW SCATTERED FLURRIES OR VERY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. HAVE ADJUSTED POPS DOWNWARD FOR THIS MORNING DUE TO THIS DRY WEDGE. SNOW CHANCES WL INCREASE BEHIND THE SYSTEM AS IT ROLLS DOWN THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY LATER TODAY. STRONG GRADIENT WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THE INITIAL ARCTIC SURGE WHICH COULD CREATE SOME REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WE ARE GENERALLY THINKING ABOUT AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH TO INCH OF NEW ACCUMULATION THROUGH THE EVENING AS DEFORMATION ZONE PASSES THRU. GRADIENT WINDS WL PICK UP AGAIN OVERNIGHT AS THE BACK SIDE OF THE LOW MOVES THRU. 850MB WINDS ON THE ORDER OF 45-50KTS COULD PUT GUSTS UP TO 35 TO 40 MPH FOR A WHILE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS WL BE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 TO 15 BELOW. SOME LINGERING SNOW IS POSSIBLE EARLY TUESDAY AS THE UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARD THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION. COLD HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN BEHIND THIS WHICH COULD BOTTOM OUT WED MORNING LOWS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. RETURN FLOW WL SET UP BEHIND THIS ON THURSDAY WOULD LEAD TO MODERATING TEMPERATURES. && .AVIATION... 06Z TAFS INITIAL WIND SHIFT HAD MOVED SOUTHEAST OF ALL EASTERN NEBRASKA TAF SITES AS OF 09Z...HOWEVER STRONGER WINDS WERE LAGGING BY SEVERAL HOURS. BY 12Z TO 15Z TIME FRAME...STRONGER NORTH WINDS WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA WITH GUSTS TO 30KTS PROBABLE THROUGH 00Z. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END BY 12Z OR SO ACROSS KLNK AND KOMA AREAS...WITH VISIBILITIES IMPROVING TO MVFR. IFR CIGS WILL ALSO IMPROVE TO MVFR BY 12Z. AM EXPECTING OCCASIONAL CIGS IN THE FL015-025 RANGE BEYOND 12Z...BUT VSBYS SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE 5SM. MORE LIGHT SNOW IS LIKELY AFTER 06Z AND INTO TUESDAY AS UPPER LOW SPREADS MORE SNOW SHOWERS INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA. MVFR TO OCCASIONAL IFR CIGS/VSBYS CAN BE EXPECTED MUCH OF TUESDAY. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. && KERN/DERGAN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 523 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-090130- MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON- STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER- SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE- JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- 523 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW IN COMBINATION WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS COULD CREATE SOME AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...COLD TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 TO 15 BELOW LATER TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WIND CHILL VALUES COULD DROP TO 15 TO 20 BELOW EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. KERN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
9 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Temperatures fell to around zero as northwest winds gusted to 20 to 30 mph. The result was a several hour period with wind chill values 20 below to 25 below zero. Temperatures and wind chill values moderated in the afternoon.
Temperatures fell to around zero as northwest winds gusted to 20 to 30 mph. The result was a several hour period with wind chill values 20 below to 25 below zero. Temperatures and wind chill values moderated in the afternoon.
Temperatures fell to around zero as northwest winds gusted to 20 to 30 mph. The result was a several hour period with wind chill values 20 below to 25 below zero. Temperatures and wind chill values moderated in the afternoon.
Temperatures fell to around zero as northwest winds gusted to 20 to 30 mph. The result was a several hour period with wind chill values 20 below to 25 below zero. Temperatures and wind chill values moderated in the afternoon.
Temperatures fell to around zero as northwest winds gusted to 20 to 30 mph. The result was a several hour period with wind chill values 20 below to 25 below zero. Temperatures and wind chill values moderated in the afternoon.
Temperatures fell to around zero as northwest winds gusted to 20 to 30 mph. The result was a several hour period with wind chill values 20 below to 25 below zero. Temperatures and wind chill values moderated in the afternoon.
Temperatures fell to around zero as northwest winds gusted to 20 to 30 mph. The result was a several hour period with wind chill values 20 below to 25 below zero. Temperatures and wind chill values moderated in the afternoon.
Temperatures fell to around zero as northwest winds gusted to 20 to 30 mph. The result was a several hour period with wind chill values 20 below to 25 below zero. Temperatures and wind chill values moderated in the afternoon.
Temperatures fell to around zero as northwest winds gusted to 20 to 30 mph. The result was a several hour period with wind chill values 20 below to 25 below zero. Temperatures and wind chill values moderated in the afternoon.
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