The Emporia Gazette

...LIGHT SNOW PROGRESSING EASTWARD WITH AREAS OF DRIZZLE
AND FREEZING DRIZZLE...
.LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE SNOW TAPERING OFF ACROSS WESTERN
MISSOURI. MOST AREAS WILL SEE TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO
INCHES...WITH SCATTERED TWO TO THREE INCH AMOUNTS. AREAS OF LIGHT DRIZZLE
AND FREEZING DRIZZLE HAVE BEEN REPORTED ON THE BACK EDGE OF THIS
SYSTEM ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI. THESE
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD EASTWARD INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.
* LOCATION...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI AS WELL AS
ADJACENT AREAS OF KANSAS...INCLUDING THE GREATER KANSAS CITY
METROPOLITAN AREA.
* TIMING... PATCHY LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE EAST OF THE ADVISORY AREA
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH PATCHY DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.
* SNOW AMOUNTS AS OF 12 PM...MORNING SNOWFALL TOTALS AVERAGED AROUND
ONE TO TWO INCHES FROM KANSAS CITY TO ST. JOSEPH TO THE IOWA
BORDER...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO AROUND THREE INCHES OVER
THE NORTHERN KANSAS CITY METRO AREA. A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE IS
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THE PATCHY FREEZING
DRIZZLE...BUT IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE SIGNIFICANT.
* IMPACTS...ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN SLICK FROM THE SLUSHY CONDITIONS
WITH THE MORNING SNOWFALL AND THE PATCHY LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE.