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KEY MESSAGES

- Light snow chances(15-30%) mainly over the eastern Ozarks this evening. Any snow accumulation would generally be 0.3" or less.

- Bitterly cold again Friday night into Saturday morning. Lows in the single digits and wind chills as cold as -15 degrees. A Cold Advisory will be issued for mainly the southern half of the CWA which has a different threshhold for the advisory. -5 as opposed to -10 for areas north of U.S. 60.

- Warm up starts next week with temperatures returning to near normal.

- Upper level system moves into the area by the middle of next week and could bring a wintry mix to the area.

SHORT TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/

Issued at 133 PM CST Thu Jan 29 2026

Upper level analysis shows a shortwave trough tracking through the area. An oblong area of low pressure stretched from New England. Surface low pressure and frontal boundary was to our south over Arkansas. Some mid/upper level cloud cover has spread into the area with the shortwave energy. Temperatures have warmed into the upper 20s in parts of central MO to the low 40s along the MO/AR border with low to mid 30s for most other locations. Dewpoints remain quite dry in the teens.

Tonight: Shortwave energy continues to push across the area while the larger scale upper trough begins to shift south towards the OH Valley and Mid Mississippi valley. Hard to find any CAMS that bring much precipitation in with this wave tonight, but did keep in some low pops for light snow over the eastern Ozarks. Clouds should continue to increase with bases lowering throughout the night. Lows should dip back into the teens for most locations.

Friday: Upper level shortwave will start to push into the forecast area late in the day while Arctic high pressure will continue to build south into the area. Highs will likely range from near 20 in the north to around 31 in the south.

AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY/

Issued at 1103 AM CST Thu Jan 29 2026

For the 18z TAFS, some mid level cloud cover moving into the area with a shortwave but remains in VFR. Have lowered ceilngs a bit for this afternoon but should remain VFR. This evening, far southern MO including BBG may have some MVFR develop with a prob30 for light snow, but CAMS struggling on developing anything. JLN/SGF should remain with VFR ceilings. Winds will come around to a northerly direction as Arctic air mass begins to drop south into the region.

SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

KS...Cold Weather Advisory from midnight Friday night to 10 AM CST Saturday for KSZ073-097-101. MO...Cold Weather Advisory from midnight Friday night to 10 AM CST Saturday for MOZ077-082-083-088>098-101>106.