Winter Weather Advisories remain in effect Sunday
Weather
December 22nd, 2013 by Ric Hanson
332 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013
GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS and ADAIR COUNTIES:
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...
* SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. IT WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST
BY MID MORNING. EXPECT SNOWFALL RATES TO BE MODERATE AT TIMES. INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE FURTHER
REDUCTIONS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TOTAL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP WITH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH BY MID
MORNING. BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES FURTHER IN ADDITION TO FALLING SNOW.
* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT COUNTIES...
340 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING...
* TIMING...SNOW ENDING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...MOST SNOW AMOUNTS SHOULD RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES.
* OTHER IMPACTS...NORTHERLY OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW.
ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL COULD BE DIFFICULT.