...FIRST ACCUMULATING SNOW OF THE SEASON APPEARS LIKELY OVER PARTS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT... THE LATEST WEATHER DATA CONTINUES TO INDICATE THE INCREASING POSSIBILITY OF ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS THE AREA FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THE MOST FAVORED REGION AT THIS TIME APPEARS TO BE NEAR THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR IN MISSOURI AS WELL AS MUCH OF THE EASTERN SUBURBS OF ST LOUIS AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...HOWEVER ALL AREAS IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS APPEAR LIKELY TO GET SOME SNOW. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS LIGHT RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER MUCH OF THE AREA BEFORE GRADUALLY INCREASING IN INTENSITY HEADING INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. COLDER AIR SPILLING INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL HELP CHANGE THE RAIN OVER TO SNOW OVER MANY AREAS IN MISSOURI DURING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING IN ILLINOIS. BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SOME AREAS MAY SEE A FEW INCHES OF SNOW. IT MUST BE STRESSED THAT THERE IS STILL A DECENT AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH REGARDS TO THIS STORM...ESPECIALLY WITH RESPECT TO HOW QUICKLY THE COLD AIR WILL BUILD IN TO CHANGE THE PRECIPITATION OVER TO SNOW AND ALSO WITH THE EXACT TRACK OF THE STORM. ANY CHANGE TO THESE TWO ITEMS COULD DRASTICALLY IMPACT THE EXPECTED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS.Note: In order to comply with National Weather Service safety tests, occasionally this product will display test alerts, which are normally conducted during calm, quiet weather.
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