NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

600 AM CST WED JAN 14 2009

TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO BITTERLY COLD LEVELS BY TONIGHT...WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ATCHISON

KANSAS TO RICHMOND...MARSHALL AND BOONVILLE. LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT...HOWEVER LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

DAYTIME HIGHS ON THURSDAY WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE. THE ALREADY COLD START WILL HELP PUSH THURSDAY NIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES BACK INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI. IN ADDITION...SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS MAY START TO INCREASE LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...POSSIBLY LEADING TO ANOTHER WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR A PORTION OF FAR NORTHERN AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.

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Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT


...STRONG WINDS TO FOLLOW COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE...

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS THIS MORNING BRINGING AN ARCTIC AIR MASS TO THE REGION. BEHIND THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH HIGHER GUSTS. CAUTION SHOULD BE TAKEN AS THE STRONG WINDS MAY PRESENT HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.