Winter Weather Advisory

Good Afternoon bloggers,

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather advisory for the Kansas City Metro.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
329 AM CST Mon Dec 28 2020

...Wintry precipitation is expected to impact the region Tuesday
morning through Wednesday morning...

KSZ025-057-102>105-MOZ020-021-028-029-037-043-281730-
/O.NEW.KEAX.WW.Y.0018.201229T1200Z-201230T0000Z/
Atchison KS-Miami-Doniphan-Leavenworth-Wyandotte-Johnson KS-
Buchanan-Clinton-Platte-Clay-Jackson-Cass-
Including the cities of Atchison, Paola, Osawatomie, Louisburg,
Wathena, Elwood, Troy, Highland, Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth,
Lansing, Kansas City Kansas, Overland Park, Stanley, Olathe,
Shawnee, Lenexa, St. Joseph Airport, St. Joseph, Cameron,
Plattsburg, Lathrop, Parkville, Platte City, Riverside,
Weatherby Lake, Weston, Gladstone, Liberty, Excelsior Springs,
Kansas City, Independence, Belton, Raymore, Harrisonville,
and Pleasant Hill
329 AM CST Mon Dec 28 2020

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...

* WHAT...Mixed precipitation expected. Total snow accumulations
  of up to one inch and ice accumulations of around one tenth of
  an inch.

* WHERE...Portions of east central and northeast Kansas and
  northwest and west central Missouri.

* WHEN...From 6 AM to 6 PM CST Tuesday.

* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous
  conditions could impact the morning or evening commute.

Not a whole lot has changed regarding tomorrow’s weather, but I have seen a slight warmer trend in the models. I am not expecting tomorrow morning to present too many issues with temperatures likely remaining only a degree or two below freezing. Based off the modeling data, there is a fairly good consensus that 0.1-0.3 QPF will fall before noon. I have high confidence that anything that falls before 9 am will likely be in the form of snow. After that, warm air aloft will move giving a small window for sleet and freezing rain. This will result in a trace-dusting of snow with a few hundredths of an inch of ice. The temperatures will slowly move above freezing up to the middle 40’s by the late evening hours.

Friday’s storm is looking much more impacting. There has been a good trend for snow lovers; there also looks like a potential for some freezing rain as well. Regardless, there is a lot to go over for the end of the week, and I will have an in depth blog in the next 2 days. There is a good chance someone will end up with 10 inches of snow between Topeka and Columbia…

Stay tuned!

Jack