ACCUMULATING SNOW POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... .AN ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO DIVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO TEENS AND WIND CHILL VALUES DIPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE AND BELOW ZERO. UPPER LEVEL ENERGY WILL DIVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE AREA ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT AND WILL CAUSE SNOW TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA. THE MOST FAVORABLE LOCATION FOR HEAVIER SNOW APPEARS TO BE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI WITH THIS SYSTEM WHERE THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. FURTHER NORTHWEST...WE ARE GOING WITH ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW. THERE WILL BE A VERY DRY AIR MASS TO OVERCOME DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY WHICH COULD SLOW THE ONSET OF SNOWFALL AND ALSO LESSEN AMOUNTS A BIT. THERE CONTINUES TO BE A SIGNAL FOR SEVERAL SNOW BANDS TO DEVELOP. ANYTHING THAT WOULD DEVELOP IN THESE BANDS WOULD HAVE HIGH SNOW RATES AND SNOW AMOUNTS COULD BE HIGHER THERE. IN ADDITION...THE HIGHER LIQUID TO SNOW RATIOS GIVEN THE COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ALLOW THE SNOW THAT OCCURS TO ACCUMULATE QUICKLY. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW SOME DISAGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO PLACEMENT AND TIMING OF THE SNOWFALL WHICH COULD ALSO HAVE IMPLICATIONS ON THE SNOWFALL FORECAST...SO FORECAST SNOW AMOUNTS FOR ANY SPECIFIC AREA COULD POSSIBLY CHANGE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS OR SO. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-151015- /O.NEW.KSGF.WW.Y.0005.150215T1500Z-150216T1200Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 301 PM CST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY MID TO LATE MORNING OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI AND WILL SPREAD SOUTHWEST OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI WHERE UP TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. LESSER AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR TO THE NORTHWEST WHERE UP TO AN INCH OR TWO ARE EXPECTED OVER WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY... VISIBILITY WILL SIGNIFICANTLY DROP WITHIN THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL LIKELY ACCUMULATE QUICKLY ONCE IT BEGINS AND WILL CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS AS SNOW BEGINS TO ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS. 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.
This blog features observations from Randy Turner, a former teacher, newspaper reporter and editor. Send news items or comments to rturner229@hotmail.com
Saturday, February 14, 2015
Accumulating snow possible Sunday, Sunday night
(From the National Weather Service)
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