Thursday, November 21, 2013

Cold front hitting Joplin area tonight; sleet, snow possible Sunday night

(From the National Weather Service)

PERIODS OF RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS
  THE AREA TODAY. OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTING CAN BE
  EXPECTED WITH THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS A LIMITED RISK FOR
  FLOODING ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI...WHERE UP TO TWO INCHES
  OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE.

  A MUCH COLDER AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT. THERE
  IS A RISK FOR BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES LATE TONIGHT ACROSS
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
  MISSOURI...GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM NEVADA MISSOURI
  TO COLUMBUS KANSAS. IF LIGHT SHOWERS LINGER ACROSS THIS AREA LATE
  TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...A THIN GLAZE OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE
  ON ELEVATED SURFACES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

  LIGHT SNOW OR SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY
  MORNING. AT THIS TIME...ACCUMULATIONS ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO
  RANGE FROM A DUSTING TO LESS THAN ONE HALF OF AN INCH. ANY
  ACCUMULATIONS WOULD QUICKLY MELT DURING THE DAY MONDAY AS
  TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S.

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