HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 955 PM CST SAT DEC 19 2009
Expiration: 1000 PM CST SUN DEC 20 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
AREAS OF FREEZING FOG WILL DEVELOP OVER MOST AREAS THROUGHOUT THE
NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES SETTLE INTO THE LOWER 20S. SIGNIFICANT
VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS ARE ANTICIPATED...HOWEVER TRAVELERS ARE
URGED TO BE ALERT FOR SLICK ROADS AND HIGHWAYS...ESPECIALLY ON
ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
THE POTENTIAL FOR A WINTER STORM IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY LIKELY
SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE PLAINS AND MIDWEST 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 UNCERTAIN.
ANY VARIATION IN THE TRACK OR STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE A
LARGE IMPACT ON THE LOCATION AND AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS.
EARLY INDICATIONS POINT TOWARD A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE
BEGINNING TUESDAY. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO SNOW ACROSS
CENTRAL KANSAS SOMETIME TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE
INTO THURSDAY...WITH HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. SOUTH-CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST KANSAS WILL SEE MAINLY A WINTERY MIX WITH MINOR ICE
ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE...EVENTUALLY CHANGING TO SNOW SOMETIME
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH LOWER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
EXPECTED.
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 TONIGHT.
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FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT
(LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 338 PM CST SAT DEC 19 2009
Expiration: 400 AM 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 POTENTIAL 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 WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION
COULD BEGIN AS FREEZING DRIZZLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA
BEGINNING TUESDAY OR TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS COULD RESULT IN
SLICK ROADS AND HIGHWAYS 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...AND ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 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 POTENTIAL WINTER STORM COULD 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
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