000 AWUS43 KOAX 270305 AWSOMA AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 905 PM CST MON JAN 26 2004 SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END ACROSS THE MIDLANDS FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...AND WIND CHILLS IN THE 10 TO 30 BELOW RANGE OVERNIGHT. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES AND WINTER STORM WARNINGS WILL BE EXPIRING ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY MORNING...AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. WITH THE END OF THE SNOW...SKIES WILL ALSO BEGIN TO CLEAR OVERNIGHT. THE CLEAR SKIES...DIMINISHING WINDS...AND FRESH SNOW COVER WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET...DROPPING TO ZERO TO 10 BELOW ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA. THE REST OF NEBRASKA...AND MOST OF KANSAS...WILL SEE LOWS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS...WHILE MISSOURI HOLDS IN THE TEENS. TUESDAY WILL BRING A RETURN TO SOME SUNSHINE...BUT THE BITTERLY COLD WEATHER WILL CONTINUE FOR AREAS WITH SNOW COVER. MOST OF IOWA...NORTHERN MISSOURI...AND EASTERN NEBRASKA WILL STRUGGLE TO REACH THE TEENS. AREAS TO THE SOUTH AND WEST WILL BENEFIT FROM NO SNOW COVER AND PLENTY OF SUN TO CLIMB INTO THE 30S IN WESTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN KANSAS. $$ DERGAN/TL