Michael Strickland wrote:
....
...Been lucky for
quite a few years now and haven't had any serious ice. Certainly hope yall
get thawed out soon - been there and done that so I can relate to the
situation out there.
....

Just saw this on the NWS "behind the scenes" discussion of this
AM...not exactly what we're needing for the weekend...

"it appears that low level moisture will really begin interacting with
the front over southwest Kansas late Friday. Will raise probability of
precipitation in the western County Warning Area Friday afternoon and
the rest of the County Warning Area Friday night...Saturday will
increase to chance probability of precipitation with more upward
adjustment likely in coming forecast updates should things appear to
remain "on track". As far as precipitation type GOES...think initially
in this kind of setup...will be looking at low level lifting mechanisms
so freezing drizzle/snow flurries will be the primary concern
initially. The airmass will be so cold that -10c isotherm will be
overtaking much of the County Warning Area such that freezing drizzle
would become flurries at some point. For Saturday...as it stands
now...think any elevated warm layer would be just over the southeastern
County Warning Area (per gfs) and any mixed precipitation would be over
south central Kansas. This is still in the 120-144h time frame
though...so one must be very careful in reading too much into the
individual model runs. Will keep the snow going for Saturday over much
of the County Warning Area...but will entertain a mix of sleet in the
southeast. Given the impressive Arctic nature of
the airmass involved...and with deep southerly flow atop it...there
will likely be a zone of ice somewhere in the Great Plains...which is
something to watch closely...but at this point it appears any ice
threat would be quite a bit farther east this go around..."

At least if he's borne out, perhaps we'll miss the ice this time.

CMS was by about noon to make permanent repair to the line that broke
just north of the house they put a temporary splice in last Sunday.
Said I was surprised they had crews to spare for a non-emergency repair
given the rest of the situation. Seems they've kept a few crews in our
area and sent the rest but while it's good they're trying to fix all
known week spots before this next round this coming weekend to try to
forestall problems if can. Seems like good idea, certainly. As was
leaving them to their task, one of them commented "But, we've no
shortage of places to go!"