Thursday, December 12, 2013

Weather Update: Winter Weather Returns Friday

Rain, freezing rain, sleet and snow are all in the forecast tomorrow. How much snow and ice you see depends on where you live. We still expect the highest snow accumulations to be across central and northeast Missouri into Illinois, while areas further west may see a thin glazing of ice Friday morning (any ice will be short-lived as temperatures should quickly warm above freezing Friday afternoon).

Please keep in mind that our forecast confidence with this system is quite a bit lower than with other winter storms. A change in temperature of just 2 degrees could mean the difference between all rain or 5 inches of snow for any given location. On top of that models are struggling to come together on where the heaviest precipitation will fall.

Given all the data we have available, here is what we think is the most likely outcome tomorrow. These amounts may be adjusted upward or downward as more data arrives today.


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