Another storm brings snow form the Rockies to the Midwest

After blizzard conditions across parts of the Midwest on Wednesday, a new storm is bringing more wintry weather into Friday morning.

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00:00We have a break this weekend for some, and then two more systems stepping in next week for California.

00:05And again, it'll be early this weekend when the snow still moves through parts of Colorado and into New Mexico.

00:10But overall, there's the snow with this current storm.

00:13Southern Idaho, northern parts of Nevada, into Wyoming.

00:17Very heavy, widespread, steady snow for some.

00:19And there's some lightning mixed in here, too.

00:21Now on the valley floor near Grand Junction, it's mainly rain.

00:24You get up into the mountains, it is a snowy setup here.

00:26And now the areas of the plains and to northern Nebraska and across most of South Dakota,

00:33western and central parts of the state, beginning to see that snow pick up.

00:35And it's been falling for several hours here into Nebraska.

00:38So this is a system that's going to be moving east.

00:40But the impacts farther east will be a little bit less impressive.

00:44So again, there's a warm front extending out of this, and that's bringing us some of that moisture into the plains.

00:49So current temperatures, it's chilly in advance of this, but not frigid.

00:53Areas like Scottsbluff, still 39.

00:55But up into Rapid City, you're at 28, with widespread snow falling.

01:00Down into areas around St. Louis, you're holding at 50, which is not far from average, historical average for this time of the year.

01:05So again, there's chilly air in place.

01:07And tonight, the timing of this coming through northern Nebraska at night will help most of this accumulate pretty significantly.

01:14Your Valentine, we're forecasting four to eight inches of snow in Valentine itself.

01:18Winter storm warnings for many areas in Wyoming, the high ground of Colorado.

01:23This is a storm that's passing too far north of Denver to bring you much snow in Denver, though.

01:27It's a down-sloping, drying wind in Denver.

01:30So areas farther north into Wyoming, Nebraska, southern South Dakota doing much better for snow.

01:35And into areas around Grand Island, we're going to see some snow move in.

01:38Areas around Des Moines, a little bit of snow with this one, an inch or two,

01:42but nothing like the blizzard that you experienced with that tenacious wind recently back on Wednesday.

01:48So your snowfall forecast, again, we have many areas with over a foot of snow in the highest elevations.

01:52Also, parts of Utah doing really well there.

01:54The snowbirds love this.

01:56And then up into northern parts of Nebraska, we're looking at six to 12 inches of snow in far northwestern Nebraska,

02:02three to six for others, and then one to three inches into Des Moines.

02:06Specifically, Des Moines, we're actually playing it as one to two inches,

02:08kind of hedging toward the lower end of that one to three inch range, beginning at 9 p.m. until 6 p.m. on Friday.

02:14So there's the narrow stripe, and it really does skinny out as we move down into areas around Interstate 80

02:20into Ohio and maybe south of I-80, closer to I-70.

02:24But into Saturday, a couple of snow showers and flurries, chilly air, and then that gives way to a big warmup.

02:29So, Damien, breezy and mild, the trend is our friend here from 43 to 65 in Rapid City.

02:35Chicago, 37 with that snow tomorrow mixed, 54 come Sunday in the Windy City.

02:40I'm just going to say, if there's any region that deserves this kind rebound, we're looking at it.

02:46We're looking at it, yeah.

02:47Exactly.