Today is forecast to be Much Warmer than yesterday.
Nowcast as of 11:51 PM CDT on March 21, 2010
Now
Light rain and sprinkles will persist over portions of southern Missouri this evening. Locations that experience this activity will receive amounts ranging from a trace to just a few hundredths of an inch through midnight. This area of light rain will eventually exit east of the Ozarks during the overnight hours...allowing for dry conditions on Monday.
Forecast for Greene
Updated: 12:16 am CDT on March 22, 2010
Flood Watch in effect until 7 am CDT this morning...
Rest of Tonight
Mostly cloudy after midnight then becoming partly cloudy. Near steady temperature around 30. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
Monday
Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
... Flood Watch remains in effect until 7 am CDT Monday...
The Flood Watch continues for
* portions of southeast Kansas and Missouri... including the following areas... in southeast Kansas... Bourbon... Cherokee and Crawford. In Missouri... Barry... Barton... Benton... Camden... Cedar... Christian... Dade... Dallas... Dent... Douglas... Greene... Hickory... Howell... Jasper... Laclede... Lawrence... Maries... McDonald... Miller... Morgan... Newton... Oregon... Ozark... Phelps... Polk... Pulaski... Shannon... St. Clair... stone... Taney... Texas... Vernon... Webster and Wright.
* Until 7 am CDT Monday
* light rain will exit the region overnight. However... a large area of snow pack across western Missouri and southeast Kansas will quickly melt Monday through Tuesday. Minor flooding could result from this snow melt over the next few days.
* Additional rainfall amounts of less than two tenths of an inch will occur over portions of south central Missouri tonight.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
A Flood Watch means there is a potential for flooding based on current forecasts.
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible flood warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop.
Local Storm Report
03/20/2010 1009 PM
5 miles S of Ash Grove, Greene County.
Snow m6.0 inch, reported by NWS employee.
Off duty NWS employee measured 6 inches in western Greene County.
03/21/2010 0800 am
5 miles NW of Springfield, Greene County.
Ice storm, reported by official NWS obs.
1/4 inch of ice on tree limbs. More accumulation is on the top of trees
03/21/2010 0800 am
4 miles S of Ash Grove, Greene County.
Snow m4.0 inch, reported by co-op observer.
03/20/2010 1009 PM
5 miles S of Ash Grove, Greene County.
Snow m6.0 inch, reported by NWS employee.
Off duty NWS employee measured 6 inches in western Greene County.
03/21/2010 0800 am
5 miles NW of Springfield, Greene County.
Ice storm, reported by official NWS obs.
1/4 inch of ice on tree limbs. More accumulation is on the top of trees
03/21/2010 0800 am
4 miles S of Ash Grove, Greene County.
Snow m4.0 inch, reported by co-op observer.
03/21/2010 0800 am
5 miles NW of Springfield, Greene County.
Ice storm, reported by official NWS obs.
1/4 inch of ice on tree limbs. More accumulation is on the top of trees
03/21/2010 0800 am
4 miles S of Ash Grove, Greene County.
Snow m4.0 inch, reported by co-op observer.
03/20/2010 1009 PM
5 miles S of Ash Grove, Greene County.
Snow m6.0 inch, reported by NWS employee.
Off duty NWS employee measured 6 inches in western Greene County.