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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

PATCHY FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. LOCALIZED
VISIBILITIES MAY DROP BELOW 1 TO 2 MILES...AND COULD CREATE SLICK
ROADWAYS SINCE TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW FREEZING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE PLAINS FROM TUESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY. PRE-HOLIDAY TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE ADVERSELY IMPACTED
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE HEARTLAND. HOWEVER...THE TIMING...STRENGTH
AND EXACT TRACK OF THIS WINTER STORM REMAINS SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN.
ANY VARIATION IN THE TRACK OR STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE A
LARGE IMPACT ON THE LOCATION AND AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATION...ALONG WITH PRECIPITATION TYPE.

HOWEVER...AS THINGS CURRENTLY STAND...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED
TO BEGIN AS DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE ON TUESDAY ACROSS CENTRAL
KANSAS...WITH PRECIPITATION INCREASING TO A WINTERY MIX OF
RAIN...SLEET...SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE TUESDAY
NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. PRECIPITATION SHOULD
THEN CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS SOMETIME LATE
WEDNESDAY AND PERSIST INTO THURSDAY. SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
KANSAS PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN MOSTLY DRIZZLE AND RAIN...ALONG
WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS...BEFORE CHANGING
OVER TO SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. IT APPEARS A
SWATH OF SNOW ACCUMULATING 4 TO 8 INCHES COULD OCCUR...MAINLY
ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE TURNPIKE.

IN WAKE OF THE WINTER STORM...BITTER COLD AIR AND STRONG
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS DROPPING BELOW
ZERO...MAINLY ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHTS.
ADDITIONALLY...THE STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW...ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO FORECASTS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...AS
CURRENT UNCERTAIN DETAILS SURROUNDING THIS WINTER STORM SHOULD
BECOME MORE FINE TUNED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.

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FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR
WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP

...A WINTER STORM COULD IMPACT TRAVEL BY MID-WEEK...

A WHITE CHRISTMAS IS LOOKING MORE LIKELY FOR PART OF THE CENTRAL
PLAINS...AS A WINTER STORM COULD BEGIN TO AFFECT THE AREA BY
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. LOW PRESSURE ALOFT IS FORECAST TO
DROP SOUTH ALONG THE WEST COAST AND INTO THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES FROM
MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM IS THEN EXPECTED TO MOVE
EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY INTO
THURSDAY.

CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION COULD BEGIN
AS FREEZING DRIZZLE ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS ON TUESDAY INTO
TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS COULD RESULT IN SLICK ROADS AND HIGHWAYS
FOR EARLY HOLIDAY TRAVEL. AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES OUT ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS...COLDER AIR IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE THE WINTRY
MIX OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION AND SNOW TO ALL SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL
KANSAS BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND ACROSS
SOUTHEAST KANSAS ON THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH IT IS STILL A FEW DAYS
AWAY...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR A SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS PARTS OF
THE AREA FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY...WITH THE BEST CHANCE
AT THIS TIME GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE TURNPIKE. STRONG
NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO COMBINE WITH THE POTENTIAL SNOWFALL...CREATING
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...WHICH MAY MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY
DIFFICULT.

THIS WINTER STORM WILL LIKELY IMPACT TRAVEL ACROSS MUCH OF THE
HEARTLAND BEYOND CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS FROM TUESDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE DAYS
BEFORE CHRISTMAS...PLEASE CHECK LATER FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS ON THE
POTENTIAL OF THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM.







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