HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1258 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 100 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
...WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA...
AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE
TO NEAR JEFFERSON CITY BY MIDNIGHT AND THEN INTO FAR NORTHEAST
MISSOURI BY FRIDAY MORNING WHILE RAPIDLY STRENGTHENING DURING THIS
TIME FRAME. AS THIS OCCURS...THE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO PULL COLDER
AIR FROM THE NORTHWEST INTO EASTERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI CAUSING AREAS
CURRENTLY RECEIVING RAIN SHOWERS TO TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX OF
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND TONIGHT. THIS MIX WILL
GRADUALLY TRANSITION OVER TO ALL SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. HOWEVER...BEFORE THIS TRANSITION TAKES PLACE...SOME
MINOR ICING MAY OCCUR...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SLEET ACCUMULATIONS
FROM EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH WESTERN AND NORTHERN MISSOURI LATER
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
TEMPERATURES IN FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI HAVE ALREADY FALLEN BELOW
FREEZING ALONG AND WEST OF A KANSAS CITY TO GRANT CITY MISSOURI LINE ..WITH
REPORTS OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW. THIS FREEZING LINE WILL
CONTINUE TO TRANSITION EASTWARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON SETTING THE
STAGE FOR WIDESPREAD MIXED WINTER PRECIPITATION.
EVENTUALLY THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING...THE
ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW...WITH THE MOST
PERSISTENT BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLY ALIGNING ALONG THE
KANSAS AND MISSOURI BORDER. PERIODS OF LOCALLY MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW MAY
BE POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY THIS EVENING...AND MAY REACH 25 TO 30 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS...CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW
AND OCCASIONAL BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS.
.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 BETWEEN THURSDAY AFTERNOON
AND SATURDAY MAY RANGE FROM ONLY A COUPLE INCHES OVER CENTRAL AND
NORTH-CENTRAL 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 IS NOT ANTICIPATED...HOWEVER REPORTS OF MIXED
WINTER PRECIPITATION ONSET AND SNOWFALL TOTALS WOULD BE MUCH
APPRECIATED.
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