MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0005
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1200 AM CST SUN JAN 04 2004
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...NERN KS TO NRN MO
   
   CONCERNING...WINTER MIXED PRECIPITATION 
   
   VALID 040600Z - 040830Z
   
   ...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD NEWD ACROSS NERN KS
   INTO NRN MO EARLY THIS MORNING...
   
   STRONG WARM ADVECTION APPEARS TO BE PARTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST
   RECENT CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT OVER ERN PORTIONS OF KS. SCATTERED
   THUNDERSTORMS ARE INTENSIFYING AHEAD OF DEVELOPING 850MB LOW WHICH
   WILL LIFT ACROSS KS INTO WCNTRL MO LATER THIS MORNING. SFC
   TEMPERATURES HAVE COOLED BELOW FREEZING AND IT APPEARS POCKETS OF
   HEAVY SLEET WILL ACCOMPANY THIS ACTIVITY...WITH NRN MOST PORTIONS
   POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SNOW.  KANSAS CITY METRO AREA SHOULD RECEIVE
   MOSTLY HEAVY SLEET WITH FREEZING RAIN THE DOMINANT TYPE FROM SERN
   PORTIONS OF THE METRO INTO CENTRAL MO.
   
   ..DARROW.. 01/04/2004
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...EAX...TOP...ICT...
   
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