HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 604 AM CST FRI DEC 18 2009
Expiration: 615 AM CST SAT DEC 19 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL
AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW MAY AFFECT AREAS SOUTH OF A MOBERLY TO CLINTON
LINE TODAY. SOME MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO HALF AN INCH ARE
POSSIBLE MAINLY ON GRASSY SURFACES. OTHERWISE...SCATTERED SNOW
FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE REST OF THE REGION BUT WITH NO
ACCUMULATIONS.
A POORLY ORGANIZED UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL INTENSIFY AS IT PASSES BY
THE FORECAST AREA TODAY AND GENERATE ACCUMULATING SNOW TO THE EAST OF
THE REGION. WHILE THERE WILL BE CONSIDERABLE CLOUD COVER OVER THE
AREA...DEEP MOISTURE IS LACKING TO SUPPORT ACCUMULATING SNOW. IN FACT
THERE MAY NOT EVEN BE ENOUGH MOISTURE TO SUSTAIN SNOW FLURRIES.
AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT PATCHY LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD FORM.
WHILE CONFIDENCE IS LOW FOR THIS TO OCCUR ANY FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD
RESULT IN A VERY THIN GLAZING OF ICE AND RESULT IN SLICK ROADWAYS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
THE NEXT BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION WILL ARRIVE BY MID WEEK AS A
MUCH STRONGER STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THIS SYSTEM WILL
HAVE ENOUGH MOISTURE WITH IT TO SUPPORT SIGNIFICANTLY MORE
PRECIPITATION WHICH COULD ARRIVE AS EARLY AS TUESDAY EVENING IN THE
FORM OF SNOW. IT IS WAY TOO EARLY TO TRY AND PREDICT ANY SNOW AMOUNTS
AT THIS TIME. LATER FORECASTS WILL ATTEMPT TO REFINE PRECIPITATION
TYPES AND AMOUNTS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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