Friday, January 02, 2015

Light snow expected Saturday, single digit wind chill Sunday

(From the National Weather Service)

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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-
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925 AM CST FRI JAN 2 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

  LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK.
  LIMITED ICE ACCUMULATION RISK.

DISCUSSION...

  AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID MORNING...
  ESPECIALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM JOPLIN TO EL DORADO
  SPRINGS. A THIN GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE AND MAY
  AFFECT AREA ROADWAYS...PARTICULARLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

  A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTH
  CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE MAIN HAZARD WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
  OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

  A FEW EMBEDDED RUMBLES OF THUNDER WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE INTO
  SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI...WITH SOME LOCALLY
  HEAVY RAINFALL ALSO POSSIBLE.

  LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND TOWARDS THE NEVADA AREA EARLY
  SATURDAY. ONLY A GLAZE TO LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF
  ACCUMULATING ICE IS POSSIBLE.

  LIGHT SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SATURDAY EVENING INTO
  EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WITH THE BEST CHANCES ACROSS THE WESTERN
  AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA.

  WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO SINGLE DIGITS BELOW
  ZERO WILL OCCUR SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BE BREEZY FROM LATE
  SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH AT TIMES. WIND
  CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WILL ALSO OCCUR INTO EARLY PORTIONS
  OF NEXT WEEK.

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