Winter Weather Advisory........

[gocrow77]

The weather this year has been wacko....yesterday was beautiful, sunny, and 75 - today it is freezing, and alternating between rain, sleet and snow. Now we have a winter weather advisory for the next 2 days - after that it doesn't skip a beat and is supposed to be right back into the 60's on Monday......

Issued by The National Weather Service
Springfield, MO
12:01 pm CDT, Sat., Mar. 20, 2010

... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SUNDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SUNDAY.

* SHORT TERM TRENDS... RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI WHILE TEMPERATURES HOVER IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY DEVELOP WEST OF A CASSVILLE... TO BOLIVAR... TO VERSAILLES LINE.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED... RAIN WILL BECOME MIXED WITH OR CHANGE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA THIS AFTERNOON GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A GALENA... TO SPRINGFIELD TO LAKE OF THE OZARKS LINE. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL THEN CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING LATER SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL MAY BE SWITCH TO RAIN AT TIMES.

* SLEET ACCUMULATIONS... MINOR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS... MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO TWO TENTHS OR LESS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. MOST OF THE ICE ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS TREES AND POWER LINES. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE SOME ICE ACCUMULATION.

* IMPACTS... TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE LATER TODAY AND ESPECIALLY FROM TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY BECOME HIGHLY VARIABLE... WITH THE BULK OF ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OCCURRING ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. THIS WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL IMPACT HIGHWAYS 54... 60... 65... AND 160 AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 44.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.




What is this crazy world coming to?!?!?!?!?!?!? Someone needs to fix the weather fast, quick, and in a hurry. I was planning on breaking out my summer clothes this weekend.........

 

[redhen]

 

[artsyrobin]

yep- down here in NE oklahoma they are saying 8-12 inches, been snowing here since noon- real weird!

 

[agnes_day]

oh i know it...we had 70 degree weather yesterday, and now there is 4 inches of snow on the ground, high wind..its freezing..
naturally i planted my garden last week too.

i hate oklahoma weather!

 

[Katy]

We had it last night.....glad it's moved on to you guys!!

At least I hope we're done with it!!

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

We have a spare bedroom.

 

[biddyboo]

Gocrow, we're right here with you. We're enjoying (since we're not going outside!) an everchanging panorama out our window overlooking the pond out back: snowball-fall, sleet, rain, showery snow, you name it, all blowing sideways with the north wind. Yuck! Tuesday and Wednesday may be springlike days, let's hope Poor hens...they must be so tired of cold wet feet. ~G

 

[gocrow77]

Yup, you are pretty close there in Ashland! I hate winter and would like my nice warmish weather back please. Now I am glad I hadn't taken away ALL of the heat lamps from the girls, they still have two in each coop, but geez it's COLD out there today!!

 

[EweSheep]

It was beautiful yesterday and nice as well. Today it was cold and windy, cooped up in the house again!

Hurry up Spring! Today IS Spring!

 

[gocrow77]

Yes, this is the scene here in Mo on the first day of Spring

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