Lows overnight will drop into the low 20s and upper teens.
For New Year's Eve, most of the day will be quiet and cold.
Look for a high in the low 30s.
Clouds will increase as the next winter storm arrives in the evening.
THE GROUND.EVENING FORECAST WILL ALSO BEQUIET, THE WIND WILL DIE DOWN ALITTLE BIT AS WELL, UPPER 20’SHEADING TO THE FIRST HALF, THENMIDDLE 20’S AT 10:00.LOWE’S BY TOMORROW MORNING WILLBE COLD, 18 TO START OFF OURDAY, 22 IN LEE’S SUMMIT, 21 INOLATHE AND COLDER FARTHER TO THENORTH, LOW TEENS EVEN A FEWSINGLE DIGITS POSSIBLE.NEW YEAR’S EVE THINGS WILLREMAIN DRY, 20’S IN THE MORNING,RIGHT AROUND FREEZING CLOSE TOLUNCHTIME, MID 30’S IN THEAFTERNOON.CLOUDS INCREASE FOR THE SECONDHALF OF THE DAY AND THAT WILLSET US UP FOR THE NEXT STORMSYSTEM THAT COMES IN TOMORROWNIGHT.I THINK THURSDAY EVENING, COLDAND DRY.TEMPERATURES COOL INTO THE UPPER20’S.THURSDAY NIGHT IS AN ALERT PARTOF YOUR FORECAST, FREEZING RAINAND SNOW WILL MOVE IN FROM THESOUTH, TEMPERATURES THE 20’S.WELL BELOW FREEZING, MORE THESAME FRIDAY MORNING.A TEMPERATURE OF 27 EGREES WITHFREEZING RAIN.THERE WILL BE A CONCERN NOT ONLYFOR TRAVEL BUT ALSO THEPOTENTIAL OF POWER OUTAGES WITHTHE WIND AND FREEZING RAIN.THE RAIN CHANGES OVER TO SNOW ONFRIDAY, A TEMPERATURE OF 29 ANDTHEN FRIDAY AFTERNOON, WE SEESOME OF THE SNOW AROUND WITHTEMPERATURES NEAR 30.I EXPECT TRAVEL IMPACTS ALSO THEPOTENTIAL OF POWER OUTAGES.WE ARE HEADING TOWARD MIDNIGHT,NOW WE ARE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.FREEZING RAIN, SNOW, MIXING MORESO INTO FREEZING RAIN AS WE GOTHROUGH THE MORNING HOURS, THENIT CHANGES BACK OVER TO SNOWHEADING TOWARDS MILLET -MIDDAY.EVENTUALLY WE START TO DRY OUTHEADING INTO OUR FRIDAY EVENING.HOW MUCH ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?IN THE METRO GENERALLY 1INCHES.CLOSER TO PLATTE CITY ANDLEAVENWORTH AND ATCHINSON, ST.JOSEPH WHERE WE SEE THE PINK ONTHE MAP, BETTER CHANCES OFSEEING FOUR INCHES.THE FARTHER SOUTH 1-2, EVEN LESSFOR OUR SOUTHEASTERNCOMMUNITIES.AS FAR AS OUR I CIRCULATION,AROUND A 10TH OF ATTENTIONALEYES, HIGHER AMOUNTS INWARRENSBURG, SEDALIA, CLINTON,AND BUTLER.A THIRD TO UPWARDS A HALF INCHOF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE.YOU HAVE A HIGHER POTENTIAL OFSEEING SOME POWER OUTAGES.WE WILL MONITOR THAT CLOSELY ONFRIDAY AND THAT IS WHY FRIDAY ISAN ALERT DAY.SATURDAY MAY BE A FEW FLURRIESIN THE MORNING, A HIGH OF 31DEGREES.SUNDAY LOOKS GREAT, A HIGH OF 39AND THEN NEXT WEEK WE HAVE HIGHSIN
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