UPDATE AS OF 7:30 AM 12/23/2010

Here is the latest NAM snowfall forecast for Southwest and South Central Missouri:

 Next is the latest Special Weather Statement issued at 5:13 AM:

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
513 AM CST THU DEC 23 2010

BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-
ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-
LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-
LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...
BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN...
CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...
MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...
NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON...
PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...
BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON
513 AM CST THU DEC 23 2010

...WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED FOR CHRISTMAS EVE...

WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY IMPACT TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVER THE
MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS CHRISTMAS EVE. A LIGHT WINTRY
MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONING TO SNOW IS EXPECTED
CHRISTMAS EVE AS A STORM SYSTEM TRACKS THROUGH THE REGION.

A MIX OF LIGHT RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST
KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI SHORTLY BEFORE DAY BREAK FRIDAY THEN
OVERSPREAD THE MISSOURI OZARKS DURING THE DAY FRIDAY.
PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY AND CONTINUE INTO
EARLY FRIDAY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES AND PATCHY
LIGHT SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT.

FLURRIES AND SOME PATCHY LIGHT SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE
CHRISTMAS DAY WITH MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES.

A SNOW ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IS EXPECTED FRIDAY AND
FRIDAY EVENING...MAINLY IN COUNTIES ALONG AND EAST OF MISSOURI
STATE HIGHWAY 13. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE OKLAHOMA
AND KANSAS BORDERS WITH MISSOURI.

TRAVEL MAY BE IMPACTED BY THE WINTER WEATHER FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY
NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES TURN COLDER. THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS CHRISTMAS
EVE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR SLIPPERY
ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES. UNTREATED SECONDARY ROADS WILL BE
THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO A LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION.

Next is the latest Hazardous Weather Outlook:

  HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
558 AM CST THU DEC 23 2010
 
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-
ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-
LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-
LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
558 AM CST THU DEC 23 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL U.S. WILL PRODUCE A MIX OF
RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW OVER FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN
MISSOURI LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY. THROUGH TONIGHT...THE
PRECIPITATION WILL AFFECT MAINLY COUNTIES ALONG AND WEST OF
MISSOURI HIGHWAY 65 BETWEEN 2 AM AND 6 AM WITH THE BEST CHANCES
FOR PRECIPITATION ALONG THE MISSOURI BORDER WITH OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD EAST FROM KANSAS AND WESTERN
MISSOURI INTO THE MISSOURI OZARKS FRIDAY MORNING. IN
GENERAL...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW
DURING THE DAY...GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES FROM WEST TO
EAST FRIDAY NIGHT. A GENERAL ONE TO TWO INCH SNOW ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED IN COUNTIES ROUGHLY ALONG AND EAST OF MISSOURI HIGHWAY 13
WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE WEST.

VERTICAL TEMPERATURE PROFILES ARE VERY BORDERLINE FOR
SNOW...RAIN...AND SLEET INITIALLY WITH THE PRECIPITATION ON
FRIDAY...SO A LIGHT SLIPPERY WINTRY MIX WILL BE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL
WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE IMPACTED...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED LESS
TRAVELED SECONDARY ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES.

UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH PATCHY LIGHT SNOW AND
SNOW FLURRIES CAN BE EXPECTED CHRISTMAS DAY. THE COLD WEATHER WILL
CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE
SINGLE DIGITS AT TIMES.

Next is the Weather Story from the NWS in Springfield: