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...WINTER STORM TAKING AIM ON REGION...
.THE LATEST DATA CONTINUES TO SHOW THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS OF HEAVY WET SNOW LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY
ACROSS THE REGION. LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN AS IS IT
MOVES FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY NORTH INTO THE OHIO
RIVER VALLEY. TEMPERATURES INITIALLY WILL BE TOO WARM TO SUPPORT
SNOW...BUT BEGINNING LATE SATURDAY EVENING COLDER AIR WILL FILTER
INTO THE REGION CHANGING THE RAIN TO SNOW FROM NORTH TO SOUTH
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WITH THE
POTENTIAL OF THUNDERSNOW A REAL POSSIBILITY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 70...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. FURTHER SOUTH
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL TAPER OFF TO JUST AN INCH OR TWO ACROSS THE
OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.
WHERE CONFIDENCE IS HIGH ENOUGH IN WHAT THE PRECIPITATION TYPE
WILL BE AND IN THE EXPECTED AMOUNTS...THE WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED
TO A WARNING.
THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER TO FLURRIES SUNDAY EVENING.
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
* TIMING...RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING. THE
RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW...HEAVY AT
TIMES...SHOULD THEN CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF
TO FLURRIES SUNDAY EVENING.
* ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW.
* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
* IMPACTS...SNOW WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO NOT ONLY ACCUMULATE
ON ROADS BUT ACCUMULATE AT A RAPID PACE. THE SNOWFALL WILL
LIKELY GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES AND RESULT IN SNOW
PACKED AND SLICK ROADS...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. HEAVY WET
SNOW COULD ALSO COAT PINE TREES AND POWER LINES LEADING TO
POWER OUTAGES.