Carbondale Bytelife

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 12 PM CST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MAINLY THE OZARKS AND HIGHLAND AREAS IN
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI INTO SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 3 AM TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. THE ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ROUGHLY
ALONG AND NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM POPLAR BLUFF MISSOURI...TO
CAPE GIRARDEAU...TO CARBONDALE ILLINOIS TO FAIRFIELD.

RAIN WILL DEVELOP AND EXPAND ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...AND AS IT
DOES...A COLD FRONT WILL BLAST ARCTIC AIR INTO THE REGION LATE
TONIGHT...PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING. THIS WILL CHANGE
THE RAIN TO FREEZING RAIN AND CREATE AT LEAST MINOR ICING...WHICH
WILL IMPACT AREA ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY SECONDARY ROADS AND
ELEVATED SURFACES...AS WELL AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. THE
FREEZING RAIN MAY BRIEFLY MIX WITH SNOW OR SLEET WITH UP TO 1/4
INCH ACCUMULATIONS BY MONDAY MORNING POSSIBLE.