SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 356 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 1000 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
...ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI OVERNIGHT...
A BAND OF LIGHT SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MISSOURI RIVER REGION
THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...FOCUSED GENERALLY ALONG A LINE FROM ST.
JOSEPH TO PLATTSBURG...LEXINGTON AND MARSHALL. A DUSTING TO HALF INCH
OF NEW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE.
LATER TONIGHT...ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO ROTATE
SOUTHWARD FROM IOWA AND BRING A LONGER PERIOD OF STEADY SNOWS TO
NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. SNOW COULD BECOME HEAVY AT
TIMES BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND DAY BREAK...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTHEAST
OF A MARYVILLE TO CAMERON TO BRUNSWICK LINE...INCLUDING
BETHANY...CHILLICOTHE... TRENTON...MACON AND KIRKSVILLE. 2 TO 3
INCHES OF FRESH SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY BE POSSIBLE...ALTHOUGH THE
THREAT OF BLOWING SNOW WILL DIMINISH AS WINDS SUBSIDE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1258 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 100 PM CST SUN DEC 27 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
LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS
AFTERNOON BEFORE TEMPORARILY ENDING THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE.
HOWEVER...RATHER BRISK WESTERLY WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH WILL
CONTINUE OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH THIS
EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL LEAD TO A CONTINUATION OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW...LEADING TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. MOTORISTS ARE
URGED TO PREPARE FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY
ON NORTH TO SOUTH RUNNING ROADWAYS WHICH WILL BE THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE
TO DRIFTING SNOW.
AFTER MIDNIGHT...ANOTHER WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL BRING LIGHT SNOW TO
AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OF 1 TO 2 INCHES MAY BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM
BETHANY TO MOBERLY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
LIGHT SNOW MAY PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING IN THE EASTERN PORTIONS
OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. HOWEVER LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL SNOW
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.
ANOTHER CHANCE FOR LIGHT SNOW WILL RETURN TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY AS A PROGRESSIVE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH THE
AREA. THIS WEAK STORM SYSTEM MAY BE ABLE TO PRODUCE LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...HOWEVER SPOTTERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS.
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