The Wichita Eagle  is reporting that Chris Klieman is retiring and that he will be replaced by Collin Klein. There is a press conference schedule for 4pm today. 

Krusty is Korrect, as always! You can find my book here . A book is a great Christmas gift.  It is the 17th best selling book about weather of all time. It is an uplifting story -- gripping at time -- of how courageous meteorologists fought the bureaucracy and other obstacles to create today's storm warning system that saves so many lives. 

Above is a video of the chaos on the roads during the major winter storm Thanksgiving weekend. My question is, WHY?! The forecasts -- for more than a foot of snow with near blizzard conditions in places -- were out for two days before the storm. It was recommended to leave early and beat the storm or delay and wait until the storm was over (my nephew left a day early -- Friday -- and had no problems). Obviously, many did not. Why?!  ~ 4" of snow fell in the Kansas City area today and the roads were absolutely terrible, even though the forecast was excellent. The road departments obviously did not believe the forecasts . Why?! Fox4 Kansas City. Compare to forecast at the purple link. Returning to the weekend snow, below is a reproduction of the forecast on this blog posted ~ 4:30pm Thanksgiving afternoon. Plenty of time to make a change in plans before the storm. The information is specific and actionable. If anyone wishes to opine as to why so many ignored the forecasts, please ...

Why are we paying women to be single and poor? A succinct and thoughtful piece is here . Highly recommended. 

Winter Weather Advisories and Warnings Purple = winter weather advisory. Pink = winter weather warning.  Winterized Radar as of 4:33pm CST Below is the forecast additional  snow from now to 9am CST Tuesday.