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STRONG Winter System Monday Into Wednesday

12/6/2009 2:14:51 PM

A system moving in from the Pacific is expected to move into the region Monday into Wednesday. Some areas may see anywhere between 2-6+ inches of snow.

A system moving in from the Pacific is expected to move into the region Monday into Wednesday. Some areas may see anywhere between 2-6+ inches of snow. The models are calling for this to effect the Central Plains Monday night through Tuesday night. Locations over North Central Kansas and East Central Nebraska may pick up in excess of 6 inches of snowfall by Tuesday night.

 

 

Tuesday into Wednesday...

 

 

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL
BEGIN TO IMPACT THE OUTLOOK AREA LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND EXITING
TUESDAY NIGHT.  AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS
EASTERN KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI AFTER MIDNIGHT MONDAY. AS THIS
AREA OF PRECIPITATION LIFTS NORTHWARD...WARMER AIR ALOFT WILL ALSO
BEGIN TO PUSH INTO THE REGION. WHILE PRECIPITATION IS MAINLY EXPECTED
TO REMAIN IN THE FORM OF SNOW IN AREAS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 36...THIS
WARMER AIR WILL ALLOW FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION AREA OF RAIN...SNOW AND
PERHAPS SLEET IN AREAS FROM KANSAS CITY TO MOBERLY. TO THE SOUTH...IN
AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CLINTON TO
SEDALIA...PRECIPITATION MAY REMAIN IN THE FORM OF RAIN THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING.

COLDER AIR WILL BEGIN TO ROTATE EASTWARD INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA BY
TUESDAY EVENING...RAPIDLY TRANSITIONING AREAS OF MIXED PRECIPITATION
BACK TO SNOW.  CURRENTLY...AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
ATCHISON KANSAS TO KIRKSVILLE MISSOURI HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF
RECEIVING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS GREATER THAN 6 INCHES.  SOUTH
OF THIS LINE...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE
AMOUNT OF WARM AIR WHICH LIFTS NORTHWARD AND THE INTENSITY OF
SNOWFALL TUESDAY NIGHT.

A CHANGE IN THE TRACK OF THE STORM SYSTEM BY AS LITTLE AS 50 MILES
COULD LEAD TO A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN LOCATION AND AMOUNTS OF THE
HEAVIEST SNOWFALL. INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS REGARDING THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM.
IN ADDITION STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY AS THIS STORM EXITS. THIS WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE URGED TO REPORT ANY SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THEY RECEIVE
FROM THE STORM SYSTEMS THIS EVENING...AND MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY NIGHT.

James Skivers

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