Monday, February 13, 2012

National Weather Service: Freezing drizzle tonight

(From the National Weather Service 6:15)

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...PERIODS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL PERSIST
THROUGH THIS EVENING. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 60 CORRIDOR.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...ALL OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...AN ADDITIONAL DUSTING OF SNOW WILL BE
POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ALONG AND NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 60
CORRIDOR.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A THIN GLAZE OF ICE IS EXPECTED THIS
EVENING...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 71 CORRIDOR WHERE
TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING. AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE
HIGHWAY 71 CORRIDOR MAY SEE A THIN GLAZE LATER THIS EVENING AS
TEMPERATURES FALL BACK TO THE FREEZING MARK.

* IMPACTS...THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTS THAT
UNTREATED ROADS REMAIN SLUSHY FROM EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS
TOWARDS THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR. MEANWHILE...MANY ROADS REMAIN
SNOW COVERED EAST OF HIGHWAY 65.

DUE TO THE SETTING SUN...ICE WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE MORE
EFFICIENTLY ON EXPOSED SURFACES. ROADWAYS THAT WERE WET DURING
THE AFTERNOON HOURS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE REFREEZING. MOTORISTS
ARE THEREFORE URGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE
AND SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

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