While not enough moisture to quench our ongoing drought conditions, looking at some light snowfall accumulation across the high plains and southern mountains later today through Tuesday morning. Southern mountains will see the flakes later this afternoon with highest accumulation of up to 2-4 inches. Other plains areas will see generally under half an inch of accumulation with exception of Cheyenne County including Sidney where overnight accumulation could be up to 2” in places making for possible slick conditions Tuesday morning.

6:45 PM November 22nd – Take a look at the weather for the week ahead! Mostly sunny skies are expected early Monday before cloud cover begins to move in along with the chance for scattered showers late in the afternoon. Showers will start off as rain, but will transition over to snow in the evening. Snow showers will linger around the Nebraska Panhandle through Tuesday morning as light snow accumulations are expected at this time. Skies will begin to clear Tuesday afternoon as the winds increase heading into Wednesday. Currently, Thanksgiving looks to be partly sunny with afternoon temperatures possibly reaching the lower 40s, especially east of the Laramie Range. For the latest forecast, be sure to check weather.gov/cys

Before the pies and birds are in the oven, we figured we “stuff” you with some climate stats for several of our sites on previous Thanksgiving Days. What is a required side dish for your family for Thanksgiving? From all of us here, we hope you have a safe and enjoyable holiday!

For those wanting a journey to get outside the house or others planning to see loved ones, take the moment prior to backing out the driveway to ensure these 5 tips are met for you and your family to get to your destination safely.