An upper level storm system to our west is providing the necessary lift for decent snowfall accumulations across western Oklahoma and Kansas tonight. We're even starting to see radar returns move into our area; however, the lower atmosphere is way too dry, so anything that does fall aloft would likely evaporate before reaching the surface. Dewpoints are still in the teens, which represents the dry nature of the atmosphere at least at the surface.

Take a look at these 0Z soundings from Little Rock and Amarillo. Notice ow different they look.





Amarillo has a clearly defined saturated layer between 800 and 700 mb. That's a great layer for snowmaking. Several inches of snow fell across the panhandle of Oklahoma, and you can see why by looking at the sounding. Conversely, look at Little Rock, now that's a stout dry layer of air. That's way too dry for any precipitation to fall.