As the powerful winter storm sweeps northeastwards through tonight, it left behind an astonishing 19 inches of snow across Amarillo, TX which is a record for the day and 2nd biggest calendar day snow accumulation on record. Strong and gusty winds will continue across this region and this will make it tough for crews to clear blocked roads as drifts are as high as 6 feet.

The focus of heaviest snow tonight shifts to between Oklahoma City, Wichita to Kansas City eventually up through Missouri and into Illinois where Chicago may pick up a good 6 inches from this later Tuesday into Wednesday.

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A slightly further south and east track in this storm means Kansas City looks to escape the heaviest totals but nonetheless, a good 8-12 inches looks likely but points to the south and east may see upwards of 18 inches when all is said and done.

Below is the very latest GFS snow projections and you can see two bullseyes of heaviest snow. The first is right around the Amarillo area while the second is right around or just south of Kansas City.

More later.

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