By now, you've probably heard something about a potential MAJOR winter storm by Wednesday and Thursday. Here is our first post about this potential storm. First of all, there remains a HIGH level of uncertainty as this storm is still about 3500 miles to our Northwest in the Pacific Ocean. However, there IS reasonable agreement within the forecast data to indicate a large portion of the central United States will see wintry precipitation and some of it could be significant Wednesday night through Friday. There are also indications that impacts from this storm could stretch from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico. Locally, it's still FAR TOO EARLY to determine exact amounts of snow, ice, sleet, or rain that will fall with this system.
All we ask, however, is that you begin to monitor your local forecast now in preparation of this potential storm and become informed since we still have 4-5 days to go.
Courtesy of Bates County Missouri Office of Emergency Management
