The Ozarks braces for our second winter storm this month.
A Winter Storm Warning is in effect from Noon Wednesday through 9 p.m. Thursday for areas along and south of I-44, with a Winter Weather Advisory for areas along and north of a line from Lamar to Warsaw.
The National Weather Service says we’ll see mixed wintry precipitation, including freezing rain, sleet and snow.
The highest freezing rain accumulations will occur along and southeast of Interstate 44.
We’re expecting anywhere from .10 to .25 inch of freezing rain in the Springfield area, with .25 to .50 inch from Branson to Ava and West Plains, down into northwest Arkansas.
Very little freezing rain will occur with this storm north of Springfield.
Those areas will see more sleet and snow, although snow/sleet accumulations will be on the light side, with a trace to one inch north of I-44, and less than an inch of snow south of the interstate.
Areas from Warsaw to Osage Beach could see up to two inches of snow, with two to three inches of sleet and snow in the Columbia area.
As far as impacts go, forecasters say we’ll have minor impacts for sleet and snowfall along and north of I-44, and moderate impacts for ice accumulation over far southern Missouri.