Winter storm set to impact mid-Missouri New Year's Day. Here's the latest.

[Sherman A1]

NEW BLOOMFIELD — Winter weather will be arriving in mid-Missouri to kick off the year 2022. Out ahead of this storm, winter weather advisories have been issued for all of us in mid-Missouri starting at 3:00 AM Saturday. For some counties the advisory begins at 6:00 AM Saturday.

Ground temperatures are warm thanks to the December temperatures we have had up to this point. The good news is sleet and freezing rain will have a hard time sticking to the ground, powerlines and roadways upon its arrival. That will change as sleet and freezing rain fall in a heavier fashion past 5:00 AM Saturday. Roads will become slick quickly, especially county letter routes and less-traveled roadways.

The cutoff to where precipitation will fall as just rain, or as sleet and freezing rain, is going to be sharp. You'll notice that sharp line in the pictures of futurecast included in this article. The farther southeast you live, the better travel conditions you will experience throughout the morning. The story will be different in our northwestern counties. The "futurecast look 3" picture includes two drawn white lines. It is in between these two white lines where the highest amount of uncertainty remains. That transition line in our forecast looks to line up closer to the Jefferson City area, not as far southeast as our futurecast model shows.

Accumulations are going to vary a bit across mid-Missouri. Lighter amounts of freezing rain, sleet, and snow are expected the closer you are to Interstate 44. More significant and impacting accumulations will be found along and northwest of Highway 54. If you read our article yesterday, you may have seen higher ice totals forecast. This system looks to bring more sleet than freezing rain to mid-Missouri, but sleet on its own can make roads very icy. Snow totals will be limited thanks to seeing more freezing rain and sleet. Much heavier snowfall is expected north of our area.

https://krcgtv.com/news/local/winter-storm-set-to-impact-mid-missouri-new-years-day-heres-the-latest

[Siwsan]

1. Our weather forecast depends on the site I check

Weather Underground forecasts 3.2". AccuWeather says 4 to 8". Weather.gov, around 4". Our local news says a 52% chance they will be declaring Saturday/Sunday as 'Alert' days. So, who knows. I have no need to go anywhere on Sunday. Or Monday. Possibly Tuesday.

We're going to make a run to the grocery store and get my snow blower gassed up and started. It's going to be pretty cold, Saturday night, so I anticipate (hope) the snow will be light and fluffy.