Special Weather Statement issued this morning from the NWS on the Friday/Saturday event: POTENTIAL FOR WINTRY PRECIPITATION FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY... A NEW STORM SYSTEM WILL TAKE AIM ON THE REGION FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY BRINGING SEVERAL ROUNDS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION. WHILE SOME LIGHT SNOW OR SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY...THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE GREATEST PROBABILITY OF SNOWFALL WILL BE ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WHERE ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS PORTIONS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI INTO SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...IT APPEARS THERE WILL BE A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WITH MINOR ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. BECAUSE THE PRECIPITATION TYPE IS HIGHLY SENSITIVE TO MINOR CHANGES IN THE TEMPERATURES...THERE IS GREATER THAN NORMAL UNCERTAINTY WITH THIS EVENT. RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI AND WESTERN ILLINOIS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS FOR THE MOST UP TO DATE INFORMATION ON THE UPCOMING WINTRY PRECIPITATION. #stlwx #mowx #ilwx
Posted on: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 10:42:32 +0000
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