Sunday, November 30, 2014

Freezing drizzle expected tonight in Joplin area

(From the National Weather Service)

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
329 PM CST SUN NOV 30 2014

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329 PM CST SUN NOV 30 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

  LIMITED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK.
  ELEVATED ICE ACCUMULATION RISK.

DISCUSSION...

  FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
  OVERNIGHT TONIGHT GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE
  44 CORRIDOR. MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS...MAINLY ON ELEVATED
  SURFACES...OF A GLAZE TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH ARE
  POSSIBLE BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND SUNRISE ACROSS SOUTHERN
  MISSOURI.

  NORTH TO NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR AT TIMES
  THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER
  SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

  FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO
  MONDAY MORNING ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI. THE HEAVIEST IS
  EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM TONIGHT
  AND MONDAY MORNING WILL BE A GLAZE TO AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN
  INCH SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44 WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS EXPECTED
  ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. THOSE TRAVELING TONIGHT THROUGH
  MONDAY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POTENTIAL OF SOME SLICK SPOTS
  MAINLY ON BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...AND UNTREATED ROADS AND PARKING
  LOTS.

  WIND CHILLS WILL DROP IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER TEENS MONDAY
  MORNING.

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