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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 into the morning. Read More >

TAM MCARTHUR RIM
 
 DATE                                        THURSDAY 04/02/26                       FRIDAY 04/03/26
 TIME (LT)          17   20   23   02   05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05   08   11   14   17
                    5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   
 
 CLOUD COVER        OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   OV   BK   SC   SC   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW
 CLOUD COVER (%)    95   90   90   90   90   65   70   60   35   35   20   10   10   15    5    5   10
 TEMPERATURE        26   21   19   18   18   20   21   24   24   22   20   19   18   23   36   40   42
 MIN/MAX TEMP                           18                  25                  17                  42
 WIND DIR           SW   SW   SW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W   SW   SW   SW   NW
 WIND (MPH)         26   25   21   26   27   26   24   21   18   11    6    6    6    5    3    4    5
 WIND GUST (MPH)    46   46   43   47   48   44   41                                                  
 PRECIP PROB (%)    90   90   80   90   90   50   60   40   20   20    0    0    5    5    0    0    0
 PRECIP TYPE         S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S                                   
 6 HOUR QPF                 0.33      0.47      0.21      0.02      0.01      0.00      0.00      0.00
 6 HOUR SNOW                 4.8       7.6       3.5       0.3       0.1       0.0       0.0       0.0
 6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
 SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  4.2  2.9  2.4  2.1  2.2  2.4  2.9  3.3  3.4  3.3  3.2  3.1  2.8  2.9  4.6  5.9  6.7
 
 

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