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Heavy Snow and Disruptive Ice in the Upper Midwest; Severe Thunderstorms in the Southern Plains

A late season winter storm will produce a combination of heavy snow and disruptive ice starting this evening in the Northern Plains and moving into the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes by tonight continuing through Thursday. Severe thunderstorms will likely produce severe wind gusts, large hail, a few tornadoes, and heavy rainfall across the southern and central Plains today. Read More >

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 DATE                    WEDNESDAY 04/01/26                      THURSDAY 04/02/26                  
 TIME (LT)          05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05
                    5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   
 
 CLOUD COVER        OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   SC   SC   SC   FW   FW
 CLOUD COVER (%)    90   85   95  100   95   90   95   90   95   95   85   85   50   50   30   20   15
 TEMPERATURE        27   27   28   29   26   20   18   18   19   19   21   23   24   21   20   18   17
 MAX/MIN TEMP                           30                  17                  24                  16
 WIND DIR           SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
 WIND (MPH)         13   17   23   24   21   20   19   23   24   23   21   18   16    9    5    5    5
 WIND GUST (MPH)         37   44   46   41   40   41   44   46   43   39   35                         
 PRECIP PROB (%)    90   70   90  100   90   80   90   80   90   90   80   80   30   30    5    5    5
 PRECIP TYPE         S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S               
 6 HOUR QPF                 0.36      0.64      0.34      0.48      0.20      0.05      0.01      0.00
 6 HOUR SNOW                 4.1       6.8       4.4       7.1       3.0       0.8       0.1       0.0
 6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
 SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  4.8  5.2  5.4  5.4  4.1  2.9  2.4  2.2  2.2  2.3  2.7  3.3  3.7  3.5  3.3  3.0  2.8
 
 

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES --- 
CODE   TYPE
 T     THUNDERSTORMS
 R     RAIN
 S     SNOW
 I     SLEET
 Z     FREEZING RAIN