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Current Radar with metars showing where the OBS reports are. I see its snowing lightly in Kansas now.(I think its just switching back and forth there) Maybe someone even has Thundersnow in northern part? Iowa getting snow now too.
A lightning strike was detected by satellite in an area where it was snowing in far northwest Iowa, so I'm sure that someone has heard thundersnow. Jim Cantore just said he received a tweet reporting thundersleet near Lincoln, Nebraska.
Meanwhile, I have some confirmation to your earlier inquiry about 90's followed by snow, but first, take a look at the highs yesterday:
...followed by the temperature change over the next 24 hours:
Notice those 40+ degree drops in the High Plains, the pattern of which looks remarkably similar to several occasions in April. Anyway, Dodge City, Kansas reached 91F yesterday and they changed over to snow an hour ago, though from what I can tell it hasn't accumulated. However, snow did fall immediately after a day that reached 90F.
Impressive. Sounds like changes like that aren't unheard of there, it's mostly just how late in the season it is?
That's true, much like how 30F is average in winter where you are but would be unheard of in summer. Although such drops are far from unheard of earlier in the season, it would be a notable drop at any time of year.
As an aside, here's the High Plains drought monitor as of April 23. The latest snowstorm will put a further dent in the drought, but notice how the area of exceptional drought has shrunk since last winter, especially in Nebraska, where D4 is almost eliminated. Is the peak of the High Plains drought behind us? Only time will tell.
Also, there's a line of thunderstorms that has formed just southeast of the rain/snow line in Kansas in very cold temperatures. Concordia is currently reporting 35F with a thunderstorm. With the tremendous uptick in thundersnow in recent years as well as the proliferation of extremely cold severe thunderstorms this year you could say that we're living in the "age of cold thunder". This Spring the cold thunder seems to target Kansas and Nebraska, which probably has something to do with the clash of air masses that has occurred in that region this season.
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