This one deserves a Winter Weather Woody Warning. Actually, we are probably beyond the warning, after watching the 10PM and now into a full blown out Woody. It seemed as if by 10PM KAKE and maybe slightly KWCH and KSN were starting to back off their view as to what the storm was going to do in the Wichita area. Here are what the stations forecasted in the area during the 10PM. I will say Jay Prater really emphasized the possibility the snow accumulations could be really light.
KAKE - 2 - 5 in. Jay really emphasized the word "trace" in his forecast for snowfall overnight, then more for Thursday with the overall total being 2-5. His use of "trace" in his forecast showed how he really started to back off on the idea of heavy snow accumulations for the majority of the viewing area. He I think was the first one at 6PM to allude that he may be backing off on totals by 10PM. All the meteorologists were saying that the farther east would give the best possibility for heavy snow accumulations
KWCH - 3-6. This was from adding up tonight's forecast and Thursday's forecast. As a whole it seemed like he was in the middle of the road, compared to the other stations as far as the overall intensity of this storm.
KSN - Dave Freeman was on at 10PM (Andrew Kozak handled 5 and 6PM) and tweaked his storm totals slightly on the lower end saying 2-5 inches for Wichita and heavier just to the south, but saying for most people 2-8 inches was a possibility.
This storm shows the meteorologists with a slight difference of opinion on the Eve of this storm, so it seems like we'll definitely have some come out more correct than others after everything is counted up in the Wichita area. -Hal
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I enjoyed the 5pm without Freeman hyping it up.. This system as of this morning looks like it could literally snow 3-5" more in Haysville then it will in Park City..
Why wasn't Dave on at 5 and 6? I know Jay was in Great Bend for a storm spotter meeting, so he came back for the 6 and 10 shows.
Dave was at the same meeting from what I heard. Andrew handled the 5 and 6. What surprised me is that at 10 Dave actually REDUCED our totals a bit. As I came into work this morning I realize that all three are probably going to end up doing a good job with this storm.
Looks like KAKE was wrong with it's trace call. The metro got at least 3.5 and some places closer to 5.
KWCH appeared to have it right-on as usual.
KSN's new weatherman was on at noon yesterday. Not bad at all!!!
Uh..KAKE had Wichita in a 2-5" area on thier map at 10pm, not a trace.
Plus an area of 5-9" south and east.
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