Winter Weather Wall/Models Page Updated

Unheeded Warnings in Joplin, MO tornado likely increased deaths

http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/noaa-joplin-study_2011-09-20

Unheeded Tornado Warnings for Joplin, MO were either ignored or people didn't move quickly enough likely raised the death count from that EF-5 tornado.
It appears this was because of previous years of false alarms.
NO MATTER WHAT, WHEN YOU HEAR A TORNADO SIREN, TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. THOSE TYPES OF SITUATIONS ARE DEFINITELY LIFE OR DEATH!

BIG plans for the models page and winter weather page in the next week as we approach winter. Stay tuned.

Reminder: 1st official 2011-2012 Winter Forecast coming out September 24.

The 1st official 2011-2012 winter forecast will be released on September 24 at 12:00 pm CDT.

Long-Range GFS Shows Snow in Iowa, Kansas, Montana

The long-range (unreliable) GFS model shows now on the ground in several states including Iowa, Kansas and minnesota, among others. The mot will be in Colorado, but if this were to verify (happen), These states may have their first half inch to inch of snow of the year!