Overall weather averages using Kansas City as a central reference point.
A high pressure area over the hunting region with the jet stream to the south creates calm, cold conditions pushing waterfowl migration farther south, makes intense scent cones and cold days in the tree stand.
Conversely, a low pressure area has higher winds and with the jet stream to the north it will allow warm gulf air to flow in. This makes for a lot of movement in tree stands, short scent cones and keeps the ducks north.
The final element is the location of the front, or that area where cold and warm air conditions meet and create stormy conditions. Its location and direction often have hunters changing hunting locations to take advantage of the better weather in one region over another.
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The basic weather pattern mid west hunters are concerned with have the elements of the jet stream, front, high and low pressure areas. These elements and their locations indicate the weather quality that enhances or degrades hunting conditions. These elements are subject to the predominate force in mid west weather and that is the cold air pushing south from Canada and the warm gulf air from the south. Where these two air masses meet is the focus for all weather forecasting.
These next maps show the weather indicators to look for.
Occasionally, we get a snow storm capable of drifting across roads and closing them, however this is the more typical level of snow on most years. We never stop hunting during the winter
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