An area of snow deposited two to just over four inches in Valley and Greeley Counties on this Wednesday night. Widely scattered tiny snow bands meandered through the Sandhills and western Nebraska through the afternoon hours.
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An area of snow deposited two to just over four inches in Valley and Greeley Counties on this Wednesday night. Widely scattered tiny snow bands meandered through the Sandhills and western Nebraska through the afternoon hours. Late in the afternoon, a larger band formed and increased in strength from northern Lincoln County into Custer County. This band progressed across south central Nebraska between 6 pm and Midnight, and it remained mostly north of Interstate 80. The snow was steadiest over Valley and Greeley Counties, and that is where the greatest snowfall accumulations occurred.
An arctic cold front plunged south through Nebraska during the day, and it was along the Oklahoma-Kansas border by the time snow began falling. High pressure was over the Northern Plains. In the upper-levels, the Westerlies were zonal with no synoptic-scale forcing for ascent. The snow band was driven by mid-level frontogenesis. Without the larger-scale forcing, snowfall amounts were limited.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Storm total snowfall amounts across the area ranged from 2 to just over 4 inches.
Storm total snowfall amounts across the area ranged from 2 to just over 4 inches.
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