MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2158
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0356 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...NERN KS...NWRN MO
   
   CONCERNING...FREEZING RAIN 
   
   VALID 310956Z - 311230Z
   
   A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN...WITH RATES AOA 0.05 IN/HR...WILL BE
   POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NERN KS AND NWRN MO DURING THE NEXT FEW
   HRS.
   
   A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS N TO S ALONG A LINE FROM 20 E OF EMP
   TO 20 N OF BVO AT 0945Z. IN ADDITION...A STRONG SURFACE BAROCLINIC
   ZONE EXTENDS NEWD FROM EMP ACROSS THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA...WITH
   A SHALLOW LAYER OF SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES N OF THIS
   LINE...OVERLAYED BY A WARM NOSE WITH MAX TEMPERATURES NEAR 9 DEG C
   AT 870 MB /BASED ON LATEST RUC FORECAST SOUNDINGS/. PARALLEL
   STRATIFORM NATURE OF THE NEWD MOVING MCS IS ADVECTING PRECIPITATION
   NWD ACROSS THE SUBFREEZING AIRMASS...WHICH IS FAVORING FREEZING
   RAIN. IF THE MCS MAINTAINS INTENSITY...IT WILL REACH THE KANSAS CITY
   METRO AREA DURING THE NEXT HR...WHICH COULD LEAD TO A PERIOD OF
   FREEZING RAINFALL RATES AOA 0.05 IN/HR.
   
   ..GARNER.. 12/31/2010
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...EAX...TOP...ICT...
   
   LAT...LON   39059460 38159598 38279638 38469662 38919661 39689576
               40369449 40039358 39059460