The first significant storm of the winter season is likely coming to life this morning in the Rockies, bringing with it the potential to produce snow in Colorado and New Mexico before advancing on the plains of Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.
In some circles, that is all anyone can talk about right now. Humans love a storm, perhaps especially an imminent one. We’re participants in a drama that’s about to begin.
And it’s quite a drama. The system could expand significantly on Saturday, my colleague Judson Jones reports, with heavy snow on its northern flank, sleet and freezing rain in the middle, and punishing rain to the south. The combination could continue its march across Texas, Arkansas and Tennessee while snow blankets much of the Midwest. By nightfall, the system could arrive in Georgia and the Carolinas.

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