HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 601 AM CST SAT DEC 19 2009
Expiration: 615 AM CST SUN DEC 20 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
PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE OR FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY THIS
MORNING. THE FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE VERY LIGHT IN NATURE BUT MAY
STILL COAT EXPOSED SURFACES WITH A THIN GLAZING OF ICE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
A SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL
PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY...BUT THERE REMAINS DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE
VARIOUS COMPUTER MODELS ON THE TIMING AND TRACK OF THIS STORM. AHEAD
OF THIS STORM TUESDAY NIGHT...PRECIPITATION MAY BE SPREADING
NORTHEAST INTO EASTERN KANSAS AND THE SOUTHWEST HALF OF MISSOURI.
THIS PRECIPITATION MAY BE EITHER RAIN OR SNOW OVER EAST CENTRAL
KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI...DEPENDING ON THE
STRENGTH OF THE COLD AIR HOLDING IN PLACE OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST.
THE PRECIPITATION...RAIN OR SNOW...IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY WITH IT
OVERSPREADING ALL OF MISSOURI...AND CONTINUING IN EASTERN KANSAS. BY
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...IT APPEARS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL BE
SLIDING TO THE SOUTH OF MISSOURI...WHICH WOULD PRODUCE SNOW OVER THE
LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY. AT THIS TIME IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL
WHERE THE GREATEST SNOW AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR...SO INTERESTED PARTIES
WILL NEED TO MONITOR FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AS WE HEAD INTO MID
WEEK PERIOD.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. REPORTS OF ANY PROBLEMS FROM
THE FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS MORNING ARE REQUESTED.
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