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Really coming down here visibilities are bad i cant even see the highway and its probly 600 feet or so away. Looks like 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch on the ground allready to

yeah there is some pretty heavy stuff developing on radar up that way.

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
543 PM CST WED JAN 19 2011

.UPDATE...

HAVE ADDED PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE TO AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE
HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR THIS EVENING. GETTING REPORTS OF FREEZING
DRIZZLE BACK TOWARDS WICHITA EARLY THIS EVENING WHERE CLOUD ICE
HAS BECOME DORMANT. ALTHOUGH SHORT TERM MODELS SEEM TO BE
STRUGGLING WITH MOISTURE PROFILES IN THE LOW LEVELS...THERE IS
SOME INDICATION THAT A SLUG OF DRIER AIR IN THE -10 TO -20 CELSIUS
LAYER WILL MOVE EAST INTO WESTERN MISSOURI BY MID EVENING.
ALTHOUGH ANY ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE MINOR...IT WILL HAVE ADDED
CONSEQUENCES TO ROAD CONDITIONS AND TRAVEL.

THE SNOW FORECAST STILL LOOKS ON TRACK. WILL LIKELY SEE SNOWFALL
RATES APPROACHING AN INCH PER HOUR AT TIMES ACROSS CENTRAL
MISSOURI THROUGH MIDNIGHT. AS THAT BAND EXITS CENTRAL MISSOURI
LATE TONIGHT...A NEW BAND WILL SHIFT INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
543 PM CST WED JAN 19 2011

.UPDATE...

HAVE ADDED PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE TO AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE
HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR THIS EVENING. GETTING REPORTS OF FREEZING
DRIZZLE BACK TOWARDS WICHITA EARLY THIS EVENING WHERE CLOUD ICE
HAS BECOME DORMANT. ALTHOUGH SHORT TERM MODELS SEEM TO BE
STRUGGLING WITH MOISTURE PROFILES IN THE LOW LEVELS...THERE IS
SOME INDICATION THAT A SLUG OF DRIER AIR IN THE -10 TO -20 CELSIUS
LAYER WILL MOVE EAST INTO WESTERN MISSOURI BY MID EVENING.
ALTHOUGH ANY ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE MINOR...IT WILL HAVE ADDED
CONSEQUENCES TO ROAD CONDITIONS AND TRAVEL.

THE SNOW FORECAST STILL LOOKS ON TRACK. WILL LIKELY SEE SNOWFALL
RATES APPROACHING AN INCH PER HOUR AT TIMES ACROSS CENTRAL
MISSOURI THROUGH MIDNIGHT. AS THAT BAND EXITS CENTRAL MISSOURI
LATE TONIGHT...A NEW BAND WILL SHIFT INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

I can confirm the freezing drizzle that's falling here in Wichita. Round 2 (for most of you on here...) looks to be developing along the slopes of the Rockies and into W Kansas. It will be very interesting to see where exactly that band of heaviest snow sets up and its entirely plausible that WFO's ICT and SGF issue a winter storm warning for areas east and south of I-35 if/when that band becomes established. My guess is that there will be a sharp cutoff of accumulations.

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I can confirm the freezing drizzle that's falling here in Wichita. Round 2 (for most of you on here...) looks to be developing along the slopes of the Rockies and into W Kansas. It will be very interesting to see where exactly that band of heaviest snow sets up and its entirely plausible that WFO's ICT and SGF issue a winter storm warning for areas east and south of I-35 if/when that band becomes established. My guess is that there will be a sharp cutoff of accumulations.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
611 PM CST WED JAN 19 2011

.UPDATE...
DESPITE THE COLD AIR BEING ADVECTED IN FROM THE NORTHEAST...AN AREA OF LIGHT
TO MODERATE FREEZING DRIZZLE IS MOVING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE
REGION. BECAUSE OF THIS HAVE UPDATED TO EXPAND THE REGIONS OF
FREEZING DRIZZLE IN THE FORECAST THROUGH 03Z. SATURATION
THROUGHOUT THE LAYER IS NOT COMING TO FRUITION...AS OF YET...AND
EXPECT THIS AREA OF FREEZING DRIZZLE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS AND EXPOSED SURFACES WILL BE BETWEEN A
TRACE AND 0.25 INCHES. SNOW IS PRESENT ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS AND
BRINGING ACCUMULATIONS UPWARDS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES. DO EXPECT THE
LAYER TO SATURATE...AND COOL SUCH THAT ICE CRYSTALS WILL FORM AND
SNOW WILL DEVELOP PAST 03Z. DUE TO THE WIDESPREAD FREEZING
DRIZZLE...SNOW FALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE HINDERED. CONTINUE TO
FEEL THE BEST CHANCE FOR THE LARGER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE OVER
SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

DID UPDATE TEMPERATURES/DEWPOINT/WINDS FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS
COLDER AIR IS BEING ADVECTED SOUTH AND IS A LITTLE COOLER THAN
INITIALLY EXPECTED. THE RUC SEEMS TO HAVE THE BEST HANDLE ON THE
TEMPS AND HAVE FOLLOWED THAT AT THIS TIME.

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Don't be stingey... LOL

Not being stingey lol....was just weird to see that much snow fall when it wasnt even predicted during that time phrase. The forecast said 50 percent chance of snow lol....was just weird like these storms sometimes are. Whats it doing down that way anything? Nothing here at the moment but the radar is lit up....

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I am thinking that area of enhanced precip in NC OK on the HRRR will likely be an area of moderate mixed precip (possibly freezing rain). Temps in that area are a couple degrees either side of freezing and the arctic air is shallow in that region with 850 mb ranging from 0 to +4 degrees Celsius. Of course, that is all contingent on the upper system making a move to the east sometime soon. Is it me or does it seem to be slower than advertised?

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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0037

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

0725 PM CST WED JAN 19 2011

AREAS AFFECTED...CNTRL MO

CONCERNING...HEAVY SNOW

VALID 200125Z - 200500Z

BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WITH REPORTED SNOWFALL RATES TO

AROUND 1 IN/HR WILL SLOWLY SHIFT EWD ALONG THE I-70 CORRIDOR IN

CNTRL MO. SNOWFALL RATES SHOULD GRADUALLY WANE WITH

TIME...ESPECIALLY DURING THE OVERNIGHT.

LATEST RADAR/SURFACE OBSERVATIONS CONFIRMS A SWATH OF MODERATE TO

HEAVY SNOW CENTERED ALONG THE I-70 CORRIDOR NEAR TO JUST E OF THE

KANSAS CITY METRO AREA...WITH REPORTED RATES OF 1 IN/HR /REF KMCI/.

HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES APPEAR TO BE AT OR NEAR PEAK GIVEN THE

CESSATION OF IR CLOUD TOP COOLING...ALONG WITH HIGH CONSISTENCY

AMONGST AFTERNOON MODEL GUIDANCE OF DIMINISHING QPF WITH TIME THIS

EVENING. THIS SEEMS REASONABLE WITH FORECAST WEAKENING OF 850-700 MB

FRONTOGENESIS AND LOW/MID-LEVEL ISENTROPIC LIFT. 21Z SREF

PROBABILITY MATCHED 3-HR SNOWFALL TOTALS SUGGEST THAT RATES AOA 1

IN/HR WOULD BECOME INCREASINGLY LOCALIZED...ESPECIALLY AFTER 06Z.

NEVERTHELESS...AT LEAST MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP EWD ALONG THE

I-70 CORRIDOR TOWARDS THE SAINT LOUIS METRO AREA...CONSISTENT WITH

THE AXIS OF ONGOING WINTER STORM WARNINGS.

..GRAMS.. 01/20/2011

ATTN...WFO...LSX...SGF...EAX...

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