HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 724 PM CST WED DEC 30 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST THU DEC 31 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL
AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT.
PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW AND DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE EVENING...ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT WITH
THE PASSAGE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT. TEMPERATURES WITHIN THE
PRECIPITATION AREA ARE ABOVE FREEZING...SO LITTLE TO NO
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.
WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS FRONT...CLEARING SKIES AND NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL USHER IN A RAPID 10 TO 15 DEGREE TEMPERATURE DROP...WITH
READINGS FALLING THROUGH THE 20S AND INTO THE TEENS. THIS WILL
RESULT IN A FLASH FREEZE...TURNING ANY WATER ON THE ROADS INTO
BLACK ICE AND MAKING FOR EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SNOW THIS WEEKEND...AS A SERIES OF
CLIPPERS DIVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY. SEVERAL BANDS OF SNOW COULD BRING A COUPLE INCHES OF NEW
ACCUMULATIONS TO THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND...ACCOMPANIED BY
BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
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