...WINTER STORM TAKING AIM ON REGION TUESDAY...
STRONG WINDS ALONG WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING
RAIN ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE REGION LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY.
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
SUNDAY NIGHT AND THEN TRACK SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE REGION
MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT
PRECIPITATION COULD BEGIN PRIOR TO SUNRISE TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...WITH PRECIPITATION SPREADING NORTH ACROSS
THE REGION TUESDAY. GIVEN THE EXPECTED AVAILABILITY OF MOISTURE
AND STRENGTH OF THE STORM THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
PRECIPITATION TOTALS.
TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO HOVER PRECARIOUSLY CLOSE TO THE
FREEZING MARK WHICH LEADS TO A HIGH DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY
REGARDING PRECIPITATION TYPE. PRECIPITATION COULD START AS
FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...OR POSSIBLY JUST PLAIN RAIN...ESPECIALLY
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION IS THEN EXPECTED
TO TRANSITION TO WET SNOW...WITH SOME POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS.
THIS STORM SYSTEM IS STILL IN THE DEVELOPING STAGES AND SEVERAL
DAYS AWAY. ANY CHANGE IN THE FORECASTED TRACK OR INTENSITY OF THE
STORM COULD HAVE LARGE IMPLICATIONS IN BOTH THE AMOUNT AND TYPE OF
PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE
ADVERSE TRAVEL CONDITIONS OF A LARGE PORTION OF THE REGION...SO
ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS THE MIDWEST ON TUESDAY SHOULD
CLOSELY MONITOR LATER FORECASTS.
