A winter storm is taking aim on the region over Friday and Saturday with a good chance for several inches of snow.
First, rain will last most of the day before the cold air arrives.
Then the rain will change to a mix of ice, then changing to all snow overnight into Saturday.
These snowbursts will occasionally come down heavy with accumulations racking up during the day on Saturday.
PRECIP BECAUSE THE SOUTHWESTWINDS WILL TURN AROUND ALITTLE BIT.THE EVENING HOURS.48 AT 5:00.46 AT 6:00 P.M.
INTO THE40'S.DRY FOR THE EVENING.THEN, BUT LATER ON, WE WILLSEE RAIN FOR MOST OF THEDAYTIME HOURS ON FRIDAY.SWITCHING OVER TO A MIXTOWARD FRIDAY EVENING ABOUTTHIS TIME.THESE ARE THINGS WE'RE MOSTCONCERNED ABOUT.ROADS AND SIDEWALKS BYSATURDAY AND WHEN IT ISDONE.WE'RE HIGHLY IMPACTED.EVERY ONCE AWHILE THE BURSTSOF SNOW LIMIT VISIBILITIESAND MAYBE CLOSING OR DELAYSNOT TALKING CYCLE ON THEWEEKEND █BUT WECOULD SEEPOWER OUTAGES BECAUSE OF THEHEAVY SNOW POSSIBILITY NOTTHINKING IT IS TOO MUCHGLAZING.OK.TALK ABOUT TOMORROW, FIRST.WINDY.41 AT 10:00.43 AND WARM AND BREEZY BYNOON.RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUETHROUGH AT LEAST THE EVENINGHOURS.SO KEEP IN THAT MIND AS WENOSE IN AND GET CLOSER ANDCLOSER TO FREEZING.BUT THATEAS WE'RE CONCERNEDABOUT THE RAIN TO WINTRY MIXFRIDAY EVENING.A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW FRIDAYMATING.MODERATE SNOW THROUGH THEEVENING ON SATURDAY ANDTHEN, THERE WILL BE ICE ANDSNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE.SO HERE'S THE FIRST ALERTFUTURE SCAN.MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.OR FRIDAY MORNING EARLY.THEN, NOTICE HOW ARE THERERAIN SHOWERS SHOWING OUP INTHE MISSOURI SIDE AS WE GOTOWARD MORNING.STILL FARLEY DRY.SAY MAYBE A SPRINKLE OFLYING RAIN.THEN BY AFTERNOON MID TONGUEMORNING.WE'RE SEEING THE RAIN FILLTO THE NORTH AND THE COLDERAIR MORE OF A MIX AND WELLTO THE NORTH OF THAT UPTOWARD MARYVILLE.I TURNS TO SNOW.NOW LOOK AT THE EVENINGDRIVE.A COUPLE OF BANDS OF A MIXTIRE THINK.FURTHER DO IN THE SOUTH ANDTHERE COULD BE HEAVY RAINAND EVEN A THUNDERSTORM ORTWO.THEN, THAT CONCERNS MEBECAUSE IF WE HAVE THUNDERAT THE SIM TIME TIME FORSARE BELOW FREEZING ALL THEAMOUNTS COULD GO UP A LITTLEBIT.HERE IS WHAT WE'RE TALKINGABOUT IN GENERAL TERMS.BETWEEN 8:00 AND 6:00.RAIN FOR THE METRO.WITHIN TRY ACROSS NORTHERNPORTIONS OF MISS SORE RAINKANSAS.ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHOF THE METRO.THE BIG PEM TURE CONTRASTNORTH TO SOUTH.NOW, PICKING IT UP FROM 6:00P.M.
ON.HERE COMES THE COLDER AIR.THAT IS WHY THEY HAVE AREISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCHBECAUSE OF THIS.LOOK AT THE DEEP-FRYREPRESENTS A HEAVY BAND OFSNOW.AND BEYOND THIS THEN, YOUTHINK THAT IS THE BACK EDGEOF THE STORM.IT IS NOT.THERE IS ANOTHER WAY THATWILL BE MOVING THROUGH ONSATURDAY.THAT IS WHERE WE ARE GOINGTO GET THE ACCUMULATION,TOO.SO BETWEEN 6:00 ANDMIDNIGHT.WE START TO SEE THECHANGE-OVER.TEMPERATURES FALLING THROUGHTHE 30'S.WINDY CONDITIONS AS WELL.IN THE, NOT DONE WITH THESTORM AT CAN WHICH IS JTHERE IS AS ALERT WEATHERDAY ON SATURDAY AS WELL.17 TO 2 A DEGREES.THE ICE AND SNOW.THEN, SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOWI THINK SOME FOLKS COULD GETAS MUCH AS SIX OR SEVEN.EVERYBODY SHOULD GET ACOATING OF THREE INCHES OFSNOW.ON SUNDAY.ALL COMES TO AN END BUT SNOWON THE GROUP AND KEEPTEMPERATURES DOWN.12 TO 36 DEGREES AND WE STAYCOLD FOR AWHILE.THEN ANOTHER ARCTIC OUTBR