HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1258 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 100 PM CST SAT DEC 26 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
THE INFLUENCES OF A LARGE WINTER STORM TO OUR NORTH WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND
OVERNIGHT...AN ADDITIONAL BAND OF SNOW WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS
AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. THIS BAND OF SNOW WILL PRODUCE RATHER
LIGHT AND FLUFFY SNOW...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1-3 INCHES POSSIBLE IN
AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 36. FURTHER SOUTH...ACCUMULATIONS
ALONG INTERSTATE 70 WILL REMAIN AT OR UNDER 1 INCH THROUGH THIS EVENING.
ELSEWHERE...STRONG WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...EVENING...AND THROUGH THE EARLY
OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY. THESE STRONG
WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WITH THE HIGHEST IMPACTS FELT ON NORTH AND SOUTH
RUNNING ROADWAYS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
LIGHT SNOW MAY CONTINUE TO ROTATE ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI
SATURDAY...BEFORE FINALLY DIMINISHING SUNDAY. GENERALLY...DUE TO
DECREASING AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE...ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN UNDER 1 INCH.
ANOTHER CHANCE FOR LIGHT SNOW WILL RETURN TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY AS A PROGRESSIVE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA.
THIS WEAKER STORM MAY BE ABLE TO PRODUCE LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...HOWEVER REPORTS OF SNOWFALL
MAY BE APPRECIATED.
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