START OF THE NEW YEAR
A cold front will finally shift
through southern Missouri on Tuesday, providing a sharp temperature
gradient from northwest to southeast. The eastern Ozarks could reach
the 50's on Tuesday, while west central Missouri may be capped off in
the 30's. Hey! It is winter you know!
There is also a signal for some drizzle
or maybe some light rain that occurs with this frontal passage. Any
precipitation that falls will remain very light.
Wednesday through Thursday will be
unseasonably cold as a Canadian air mass continues to deepen across
the Ozarks. Wednesday's high temperatures will only warm into the 20s
and lower 30s. Wednesday will be dry, however, late Wednesday night
into Thursday, some light snow is not out of the question.
THURSDAY SNOW?
The models have been struggling to
adopt a solution for Thursday's snow chances. The ECMWF has been the
most stable solution, and suggests that some light snow will spread
across the region, and taper off by Thursday night. We won't
discuss what the GFS is showing since it's been extremely erratic
with it's solutions for Thursday. With the inconsistency in
solutions, we have maintained a slight chance for snow accumulations.
Confidence in snow accumulations remains very low at this time.
FRIDAY
An upper level shortwave will track
southeast and into the central and southern Plains late Thursday with
snow spreading across Oklahoma and Arkansas. We are expecting most of
this activity to remain south of Missouri tonight and no additional
snow accumulations are forecast for our area. The main weather story
for our area will be the cold temperatures and wind chills. High
pressure will continue to build into the area at the surface and with
the snow pack in place, we are expecting temperatures to dip into the
single digits to around 12 degrees across far southern Missouri. Wind
chills will dip into the single digits below zero for a good portion
of the area. High temperatures on Friday will only warm into the
teens to low 20s once again. www.taneyservices.com
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