Saturday, March 01, 2014

Four to eight inches of snow possible in Stockton, lakes area

(From the National Weather Service)

..WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY.

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT FREEZING
  HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE FREEZING RAIN AND
  DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING WHILE
  TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE LOWER 20S. SOME ROADS WERE ALREADY
  BECOMING SLICK AND HAZARDOUS.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND TO THE
  NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 54 FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY
  MORNING.

* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL
  OCCUR THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY BEFORE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO MOSTLY
  SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES...WITH
  LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS TO AROUND 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. THE HIGHEST
  AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF A WARSAW TO OSAGE BEACH LINE.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A GLAZE TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF FREEZING
  RAIN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT BEFORE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO A MIX
  OF SLEET AND SNOW.

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH WITH
  GUSTS OF 20 AND 30 MPH WILL OCCUR THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT RESULTING
  CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY BE
  REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE IN AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY
  SNOWFALL.

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