HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 534 AM CST SUN DEC 20 2009
Expiration: 545 AM CST MON DEC 21 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE PLAINS FROM TUESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY. PRE-HOLIDAY TRAVEL WILL MOST DEFINITELY BE ADVERSELY
IMPACTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE HEARTLAND. HOWEVER...THE TIMING...
STRENGTH AND EXACT TRACK OF THIS WINTER STORM REMAINS SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN.
ANY VARIATION IN THE TRACK OR STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE A
LARGE IMPACT ON THE LOCATION AND AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION.
PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE ON
TUESDAY. AS THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES ON
WEDNESDAY...PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BEGIN AS RAIN BEFORE QUICKLY
CHANGING TO SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS...WITH HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE.
THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW WOULD MOST LIKELY OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT
FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND ON THURSDAY FOR SOUTHEAST
KANSAS. MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
IN WAKE OF THE WINTER STORM...BITTER COLD AIR AND STRONG
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS DROPPING BELOW
ZERO...MAINLY ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS THURSDAY NIGHT.
ADDITIONALLY...THE STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW...ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
PLEASE STAY TUNED TO FORECASTS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...AS
DETAILS SURROUNDING THIS WINTER STORM SHOULD BECOME MORE FINE
TUNED.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 422 AM CST SUN DEC 20 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST SUN DEC 20 2009
...A WINTER STORM COULD IMPACT TRAVEL BY MID-WEEK...
A WHITE CHRISTMAS IS LOOKING MORE LIKELY FOR PART OF THE CENTRAL
PLAINS...AS A WINTER STORM COULD AFFECT THE AREA BY TUESDAY NIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY. LOW PRESSURE ALOFT IS FORECAST TO DROP SOUTH ALONG
THE WEST COAST AND INTO THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES FROM MONDAY INTO
TUESDAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM IS THEN EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY.
CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION COULD BEGIN AS
FREEZING DRIZZLE ACROSS A PORTION OF THE AREA BEGINNING TUESDAY OR
TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS COULD RESULT IN SLICK ROADS AND HIGHWAYS ACROSS
CENTRAL KANSAS FOR EARLY HOLIDAY TRAVEL. AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES OUT
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...COLDER AIR IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE THE
PRECIPITATION TO ALL SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS ON
WEDNESDAY...ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND FINALLY
SOUTHEAST KANSAS ON THURSDAY. WHILE IT IS STILL SEVERAL DAYS
AWAY...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR A SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS PARTS OF
THE AREA FROM WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL
ALSO COMBINE WITH THE POTENTIAL SNOWFALL...CREATING BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...WHICH MAY MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.
THIS WINTER STORM WILL MOST LIKELY IMPACT TRAVEL ACROSS MUCH OF THE
HEARTLAND BEYOND CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS FROM TUESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE DAYS BEFORE
CHRISTMAS...PLEASE CHECK LATER FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS ON THE
POTENTIAL OF THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM.
DARMOFAL/SCHRECK
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