HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1252 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009
Expiration: 100 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL
AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL START TO IMPACT THE AREA LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND
BECOME WIDESPREAD LATER TUESDAY MORNING. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED THROUGH VERY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS MAINLY
NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI AND ADJACENT AREAS OF KANSAS. THE BULK OF THE
SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION DURING THE DAY TUESDAY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
WIDESPREAD SNOW IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY TUESDAY FOR AREAS
GENERALLY NORTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. WARM AIR ALOFT MAY WORK INTO
THE AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER WHICH WILL LEAD TO A
TRANSITION PERIOD TUESDAY AFTERNOON. DURING THIS PERIOD A MIXTURE OF
RAIN...SNOW AND POSSIBLY SLEET IS EXPECTED...GENERALLY ALONG A LINE
FROM KANSAS CITY TO CARROLLTON TO MACON.
AS THE STORM SYSTEM MATURES...COLDER AIR WILL QUICKLY WORK INTO THE
OUTLOOK AREA FROM WEST TO EAST LEADING TO A RAPID TRANSITION BACK TO
SNOW BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. CURRENTLY...AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A
LINE FROM KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO KIRKSVILLE HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 6
INCHES. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL APPROACHING A FOOT IS POSSIBLE ACROSS
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI.
THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE TRACK AND INTENSITY OF
THE LOW PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM. A SMALL SHIFT IN THE
TRACK OF THE LOW...PARTICULARLY A MORE SOUTHERN TRACK...WILL HAVE A
MAJOR IMPACT ON THE AMOUNT OF SNOW THAT THE KANSAS CITY METRO MAY
SEE. INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS WINTER STORM. IN
ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY AS THIS STORM EXITS. THIS WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
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