HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 600 AM CST SAT JAN 2 2010
Expiration: 100 PM CST SAT JAN 02 2010
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 WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH
OF A ST. JOSEPH TO CHILLICOTHE TO MACON LINE THROUGH 10 AM. EVEN
WITH LIGHT WINDS...BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES COMBINE TO PRODUCE
WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO.
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL DIVE INTO THE PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON
INTO TONIGHT...SPREADING LIGHT SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN KANSAS
INTO FAR WESTERN MISSOURI. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF A ST. JOSEPH TO CLINTON LINE BY SUNDAY
MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
LIGHT SNOW WILL LIKELY BE ONGOING ACROSS WESTERN MISSOURI AND
ADJACENT EASTERN KANSAS SUNDAY MORNING...AND SHOULD TAPER OFF BY
NOON WITH AN INCH OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY
TOWARD BUTLER AND CLINTON.
BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK WITH MOST
AREAS SEEING LOWS AROUND OR BELOW ZERO...WITH HIGHS FAILING TO REACH
20 DEGREES.
ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW AND A REINFORCING SHOT OF
ARCTIC AIR TO THE REGION WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...HOWEVER SNOWFALL REPORTS
TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
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