Following Friday’s slushy snow event, is it safe for residents of Northeast Missouri to put their snow shovels away?
“Absolutely not,” said Mark Fuchs of the National Weather Service (NWS) Friday afternoon.
Another storm is due to arrive in the area overnight Sunday, according to Fuchs.
“This could be a pretty decent little storm for a lot of folks,” he said. “Looking at two longer-range models, they’re both giving you guys up to 4 to 6 inches of snow. It’s a little far out to be really getting excited about amounts, but that’s what we’re looking at in the models right now.”
The snow will arrive late Sunday night to early Monday morning. According to the weather models, Fuchs says the heaviest snow will fall Monday night before tapering off during the day Tuesday.
Unlike Friday’s snow, which according to the official measurement taken at the Hannibal Filter Plant amounted to 2 inches, next week’s snow won’t be as wet.
“It will be drier for sure,” said Fuchs. “We’ll have colder surface temperatures, probably more in the mid to upper 20s rather than the low to mid 30s to begin with. Then we’re going to have colder temperatures aloft, too.”
A winter weather advisory remained in effect for Northeast Missouri through midnight when snow was expected to taper off to flurries. The total snow accumulation was still expected to reach 3 to 5 inches.
The steady snow prompted officials with the Hannibal public school district to dismiss classes early.
“When you look at everything being predicted, it looked to us like we could have expected this to go on clear through to the evening so we decided we had better get the kids home a little earlier rather than the normal time,” said Dana Ruhl, business manager with the school district.
District buses had no mishaps despite encountering icy roads Friday morning, according to Ruhl.
“It was real slick this morning and I would say the afternoon conditions are only slightly better,” he said. “It hasn’t piled up inches by inches, but the slush is so bad. That just seems to make it extra slick.”
While a spokesman with the Hannibal Fire Department reported it had been called to some traffic accidents Friday morning, none were serious. Sgt. Karen Porter of the Hannibal Police Department said officers had reports of six accidents from midnight to 4 p.m.
Out in the county, a number of slide-off accidents had occurred. Virtually all were believed to be non-serious in nature.
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Following Friday’s slushy snow event, is it safe for residents of Northeast Missouri to put their snow shovels away?
“Absolutely not,” said Mark Fuchs of the National Weather Service (NWS) Friday afternoon.
Another storm is due to arrive in the area overnight Sunday, according to Fuchs.
“This could be a pretty decent little storm for a lot of folks,” he said. “Looking at two longer-range models, they’re both giving you guys up to 4 to 6 inches of snow. It’s a little far out to be really getting excited about amounts, but that’s what we’re looking at in the models right now.”
The snow will arrive late Sunday night to early Monday morning. According to the weather models, Fuchs says the heaviest snow will fall Monday night before tapering off during the day Tuesday.
Unlike Friday’s snow, which according to the official measurement taken at the Hannibal Filter Plant amounted to 2 inches, next week’s snow won’t be as wet.
“It will be drier for sure,” said Fuchs. “We’ll have colder surface temperatures, probably more in the mid to upper 20s rather than the low to mid 30s to begin with. Then we’re going to have colder temperatures aloft, too.”
A winter weather advisory remained in effect for Northeast Missouri through midnight when snow was expected to taper off to flurries. The total snow accumulation was still expected to reach 3 to 5 inches.
The steady snow prompted officials with the Hannibal public school district to dismiss classes early.
“When you look at everything being predicted, it looked to us like we could have expected this to go on clear through to the evening so we decided we had better get the kids home a little earlier rather than the normal time,” said Dana Ruhl, business manager with the school district.
District buses had no mishaps despite encountering icy roads Friday morning, according to Ruhl.
“It was real slick this morning and I would say the afternoon conditions are only slightly better,” he said. “It hasn’t piled up inches by inches, but the slush is so bad. That just seems to make it extra slick.”
While a spokesman with the Hannibal Fire Department reported it had been called to some traffic accidents Friday morning, none were serious. Sgt. Karen Porter of the Hannibal Police Department said officers had reports of six accidents from midnight to 4 p.m.
Out in the county, a number of slide-off accidents had occurred. Virtually all were believed to be non-serious in nature.
