Our Charming Weather

I did this for the weather blog on KSHB, but I'll repeat it here:

Kansas City forecast:
Today
Cloudy. Chance of snow...rain and a slight chance of sleet in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 30s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
Tonight
Wintry mix of precipitation with isolated thunderstorms after midnight. Snow and sleet accumulation up to 1 inch. Lows in the lower 30s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
Sunday
Wintry mix of precipitation in the morning...then snow and sleet in the afternoon. Snow and sleet accumulation up to 1 inch. Highs in the mid 30s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent

St. Joseph Missouri, a smaller city about 60 miles north of downtown Kansas City--their forecast:
Today
Cloudy. A 20 percent chance of snow and sleet in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Snow. Snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches. Lows in the upper 20s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
Sunday
Snow. Snow accumulation of 4 to 5 inches. Highs in the lower 30s. North winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.

Forecasting snow and snow totals and types of precip in the Midwest is much harder then in the East. You can have a storm move 50 miles and completely change the results in a given locale. If this storm were to move just a little south of where it is at now, or the temperatures be just a little cooler, we would have 6 inches of snow in the KC metro.

What do I do? I give the weather gurus some slack, and prepare for the worst cast situation. And with that, I will sign off for now, as I need to fill my gas tank!