HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 803 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 400 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL
AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MARYVILLE TO CAMERON TO INDEPENDENCE
TO BUTLER WESTWARD...
...WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK
AREA...
A STRENGTHENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CURRENTLY OVER ARKANSAS...WILL
MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MISSOURI TONIGHT. AS THIS
OCCURS...THE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO PULL COLDER AIR ACROSS THE
REGION. THE TRANSITION FROM RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN TO SLEET AND
SNOW...AND EVENTUALLY ALL SNOW WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE
AREA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF
1/4 TO 3/4 INCH ARE POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVERNIGHT...ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES FROM MERCER TO CARROLLTON TO
SEDALIA...TO 6 OR 7 INCHES ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST
MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY METRO.
STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS WILL ALSO
OVERSPREAD THE OUTLOOK AREA...CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITIES OF 1/4
MILE OR LESS AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN BLIZZARD OR
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WITHIN AREAS OF SNOW.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
PERIODIC SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY...AND
EVEN INTO SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY FOR LOCATIONS NORTH OF THE MISSOURI
RIVER. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MAY RANGE FROM
ONLY A COUPLE INCHES OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI...TO AS
MUCH AS 8 TO 10 INCHES ALONG THE IOWA BORDER IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI.
EXACERBATING THE WINTER STORM IMPACTS WILL BE THE STRONG WESTERLY TO
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS...WHICH WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. SUSTAINED
WINDS MAY REACH 25 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA...CREATING EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
SNOW...SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS. TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
PERIODIC SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY...AND
EVEN INTO SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY FOR LOCATIONS NORTH OF THE MISSOURI
RIVER. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MAY RANGE FROM
ONLY A COUPLE INCHES OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI...TO AS
MUCH AS 8 TO 10 INCHES ALONG THE IOWA BORDER IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI.
EXACERBATING THE WINTER STORM IMPACTS WILL BE THE STRONG WESTERLY TO
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS...WHICH WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. SUSTAINED
WINDS MAY REACH 25 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA...CREATING EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
SNOW...SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS. TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY..
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...HOWEVER REPORTS OF MIXED
WINTER PRECIPITATION ONSET AND SNOWFALL TOTALS WOULD BE MUCH
APPRECIATED..
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