The Emporia Gazette

...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SOME SNOW TONIGHT...
.THE FINAL PHASE OF A STORM SYSTEM THAT HAS BROUGHT WIDESPREAD SNOW
AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL IMPACT THE REGION OVERNIGHT. OCCASIONAL
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL FINALLY END WEST OF HIGHWAY 65 BY LATE THIS
EVENING...BUT WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65
CORRIDOR OVERNIGHT. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL
ALSO IMPACT THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI OZARKS...WITH UP TO A
HALF INCH OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED LATE THIS EVENING. THE SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO PUSH EAST OF THE AREA SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
* SHORT TERM TRENDS...PERIODS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL PERSIST
THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR
THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A THIN GLAZE OF ICE IS EXPECTED THIS
EVENING...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 71 CORRIDOR WHERE
TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING. LOCALIZED AREAS ALONG AND WEST
OF THE HIGHWAY 71 CORRIDOR MAY SEE A THIN GLAZE OF ICE LATE THIS
EVENING AS TEMPERATURES FALL BACK TO THE FREEZING MARK.
* IMPACTS...THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTS THAT
UNTREATED ROADS REMAIN SLUSHY IN SPOTS ACROSS WESTERN MISSOURI
AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.
WITH A THIN GLAZE OF ICE EXPECTED OVER MANY AREAS THIS
EVENING...MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION.