HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 554 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST TUE DEC 08 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
A POTENT WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP OVER EASTERN KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS...IF ANY ARE EXPECTED WITH THE OVERNIGHT
SNOWFALL. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
AREAS OF SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET...ARE EXPECTED TO BE
ONGOING TUESDAY MORNING. AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES CLOSER...THE
PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION. WARMER AIR ALOFT WILL
ALSO BEGIN TO PUSH INTO THE REGION FROM THE SOUTH. WHILE
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE FORM OF SNOW IN AREAS
GENERALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 36...THIS WARMER AIR WILL ALLOW FOR A
WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SNOW AND PERHAPS SLEET IN AREAS FROM KANSAS
CITY TO MOBERLY. TO THE SOUTH...IN AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM CLINTON TO SEDALIA...PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE OVER TO RAIN
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.
COLDER AIR WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE OUTLOOK AREA FROM WEST TO
EAST BY TUESDAY EVENING...RAPIDLY TRANSITIONING AREAS OF MIXED
PRECIPITATION BACK TO SNOW. CURRENTLY...AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A
LINE FROM ATCHISON KANSAS TO KIRKSVILLE MISSOURI HAVE THE POTENTIAL
OF RECEIVING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS GREATER THAN 6 INCHES.
SOUTH OF THIS LINE...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE
AMOUNT OF WARM AIR WHICH LIFTS NORTHWARD...AND THE INTENSITY OF
SNOWFALL TUESDAY NIGHT.
A CHANGE IN THE TRACK OF THE STORM SYSTEM BY AS LITTLE AS 50 MILES
COULD LEAD TO A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN LOCATION AND AMOUNTS OF THE
HEAVIEST SNOWFALL. INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS WINTER STORM. IN
ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY AS THIS STORM EXITS. THIS WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE URGED TO REPORT ANY SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THEY
RECEIVE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
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