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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 >

SALT CREEK AREA (5,000 FT TO 7,000 FT)
 
 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   BK   BK   BK   BK   SC
 CLOUD COVER (%)    80   80   95   90   90  100   95   85   90   90  100  100   70   70   60   55   30
 TEMPERATURE        33   34   38   39   37   35   33   28   25   25   30   32   30   26   25   24   22
 MAX/MIN TEMP                           40                  24                  32                  22
 WIND DIR            S    S    S    S    S   SW   NW   NW   NW    W   NW   NW   NW   NW    W    W    W
 WIND (MPH)          8   12   17   17   18   16   11    9    9   10   12   13   14   10    8    5    5
 WIND GUST (MPH)         29   34   36   35   34                                                       
 PRECIP PROB (%)    40   70   90   80   80  100   90   30   90   90  100  100   50   50   20   20    5
 PRECIP TYPE         S    S    R    R    R    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S     
 6 HOUR QPF                 0.09      0.22      0.36      0.09      0.04      0.04      0.01      0.01
 6 HOUR SNOW                 0.1       0.0       0.3       0.9       0.5       0.5       0.1       0.1
 6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
 SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  6.1  6.1  6.3  6.5  6.5  6.2  4.7  3.7  2.5  2.5  2.8  3.3  3.6  3.3  3.3  3.3  3.2
 
 

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