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...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS
MORNING...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER
CENTRAL MISSOURI LATE SATURDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT SATURDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI AND
AROUND THE LAKE OF THE OZARK AREA.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE GUSTY BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH
WHICH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. THIS
WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES DOWN TO LESS THAN HALF A MILE AT TIMES.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE WITH
HEAVY SNOW AMOUNTS CREATING SNOW PACKED ROADWAYS.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING.
* SHORT TERM TRENDS...WHILE MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING WINTER PRECIPITATION
HAS ENDED...PATCHY LIGHT SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL PERSIST
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ANY ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL BE
LIMITED TO AREAS NEAR THE ARKANSAS BORDER...OR ALONG AND SOUTH
OF A LINE FROM CASSVILLE TO WEST PLAINS WHERE UP TO AN
ADDITIONAL INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN LOCALIZED AREAS.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...MUCH OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS UNTIL 7 AM.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATION OF SNOW WILL RANGE
FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS AROUND 7 INCHES
ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BOLIVAR TO FORT LEONARD
WOOD. TOTALS WILL BE LIGHTER ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE
ADVISORY AREA WITH ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM A TRACE TO NEAR 2
INCHES.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A THIN GLAZE OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE...
MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI FROM CASSVILLE TO BRANSON.
* VISIBILITY...VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO AROUND ONE HALF
MILE IN THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS.
* IMPACTS...THE SNOW HAS RESULTED IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI WITH MANY ROADS PARTIALLY OR
TOTALLY SNOW COVERED GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60.
SLICK SPOTS ON AREA ROADS AND BRIDGES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
THE REMAINDER OF THE ADVISORY AREA.