Winter weather advisory issued for Branson area

(From the National Weather Service)

LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE LATE TONIGHT AND
MONDAY MORNING...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY MARCHING SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES ARE DROPPING SHARPLY BEHIND THE FRONT
AND WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AND REMAIN
BELOW FREEZING THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY. MOISTURE IS LIMITED BUT
BETTER MOISTURE IS LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI ON TO THE
SOUTH.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT INTO
MONDAY MORNING BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE GENERALLY SOUTH OF I-44 WITH MEASURABLE
PRECIPITATION EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF A GALENA TO AVA TO
EMINENCE LINE. THERE WILL ALSO BE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME POCKETS
OF SLEET WITHIN THE AREA OF FREEZING RAIN AS THE VERY COLD AIR
MASS OVERSPREADS THE REGION.

THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP DURING
OR JUST PRIOR TO THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE AND WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. SLICK SPOTS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP...MAINLY ON BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND SOME UNTREATED ROADS
AND PARKING LOTS. PATCHY DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO MONDAY
AFTERNOON BUT THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL END BY AROUND NOON.

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/O.NEW.KSGF.WW.Y.0012.141201T0900Z-141201T1800Z/
DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...
KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...
THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON
208 PM CST SUN NOV 30 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON CST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME
SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON CST MONDAY.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI ALONG AND
  SOUTH OF A GALENA...TO AVA...TO EMINENCE LINE LATE TONIGHT TO
  NOON MONDAY.

* SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINOR BUT
  THERE COULD BE POCKETS OF LIGHT SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WITHIN THE
  FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A THIN GLAZE TO AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH
  OF ICE ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR MAINLY ON ELEVATED  SURFACES...WITH
  THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL OCCUR BEHIND
  THE FRONT WHICH WILL HELP TO COOL ELEVATED SURFACES BELOW
  FREEZING.

* IMPACTS...SLICK SPOTS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR MAINLY ON
  BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...AND SOME UNTREATED ROADS AND PARKING
  LOTS. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL VARY FROM GOOD TO POOR ACROSS VERY
  SHORT DISTANCES AS SLICK SPOTS DEVELOP DURING THE MONDAY MORNING
  COMMUTE AND THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS MONDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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