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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 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 BY 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 LESS THAN THREE INCHES ACROSS
THE OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.
THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER TO FLURRIES SUNDAY EVENING.
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...
* TIMING...RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON
AND SATURDAY EVENING. THE RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE OVER TO
SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH SUNDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES SUNDAY EVENING.
* ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE...WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
* WINDS...NORTH 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.