..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.
This blog features observations from Randy Turner, a former teacher, newspaper reporter and editor. Send news items or comments to rturner229@hotmail.com
Saturday, March 01, 2014
Four to eight inches of snow possible in Stockton, lakes area
(From the National Weather Service)
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