Sunday, February 09, 2014

Winter weather advisory: Snow heading this way

(From the National Weather Service)

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
NOON CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO NOON CST MONDAY.

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EXTREME
  SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AFTER MIDNIGHT.
  THE SNOW WILL THEN SPREAD SOUTHEAST ACROSS MUCH OF THE REMAINDER
  OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS BY SUNRISE. THE SNOW WILL THEN END FROM
  WEST TO EAST FROM MID TO LATE MORNING.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A COLUMBUS
  KANSAS TO AVA MISSOURI LINE AND ALONG AND SOUTH OF A PITTSBURG
  KANSAS TO FORT LEONARD WOOD MISSOURI LINE FROM LATE TONIGHT
  THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDES THE SPRINGFIELD AND JOPLIN
  AREAS...ALONG WITH A LARGE SECTION OF INTERSTATE 44.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED.

* VISIBILITY...THE FALLING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES DOWN TO
  AROUND A MILE AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...ROADWAYS ACROSS THE REGION ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SNOW
  COVERED AND SLIPPERY FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY
  MORNING. THIS INCLUDES THE MORNING COMMUTE TO WORK AND SCHOOL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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