Saturday Morning, December 17

TODAY: A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for all of Mid-Missouri through midnight tonight. Patchy freezing fog/drizzle north of 70 and fog/drizzle south of 70 this morning. The freezing line is slowly working south, with all of Mid-Missouri seeing below freezing temperatures by morning. Arctic air moves in and temperatures fall quickly through the morning with below freezing temperatures and northwest winds at 15 mph, gusting to 25. Freezing drizzle is possible in the morning, gradually turning to light snow in the afternoon. A glaze of ice is possible on roads before the light snow moves in. Snow is likely from 2 until 9 PM, tapering off as it moves to the southeast. Snowfall amounts of a half inch to near an inch are expected with lowest amounts southeast. Areas northwest of HWY 54 will see an inch to two inches with highest amounts farther northwest.

TONIGHT: A wind chill advisory goes into effect this evening for all of Mid-Missouri (excluding Gasconade county). For areas along and south of the lake, the advisory is from 10 PM until noon Sunday. For areas north of the lake, the advisory is in effect from midnight until noon Sunday. Temperatures will drop into the teens by early evening with wind chills as low as zero by 7 PM. A low of 0 tonight, with wind chill values nearly 20 below by morning.

EXTENDED: Sunshine returns Sunday but we’ll stay bitterly cold with highs near 10. Temperatures will slowly climb early next week as we see a warmer weather pattern shaping up before Christmas with mainly dry weather next work week. For additional weather updates follow @ABC17Stormtrack on Twitter.