Winter storm arrives in St. Louis by lunchtime – KSDK.com, Ksdk.com

                        

ST. LOUIS – If you were holding out hope that Sunday’s winter storm could miss us, no luck. Light snow showers and flurries will start the day off. Heavy snow moves in by lunchtime.

Ahead of this storm, the National Weather Service has upgraded St. Louis from a Winter Storm Watch to a Winter Storm Warning. Snow totals will come in between one and four inches Sunday, with a bit more on Monday.     

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Ice will be an issue with this system. Watch the video below and follow the freezing rain, sleet line (pink) as it pushes northward Sunday afternoon.

Notice, some areas will luck out with just cold rain. The majority of us though will be in the snow and ice nearly all day Sunday.

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In the map below, areas in the medium blue will see about two. to four inches of snowfall. There is the potential for some localized areas to see even higher snow totals. In the light blue shades, anywhere from a dusting to an inch and a half, but ice will be more of a problem.

    

Heavy snow for areas north of St. Louis

    

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While the heaviest snow, freezing rain and sleet will fall Sunday. We are not out of the winter woods for Monday. Below is the snow Futurecast for Monday, once again some areas will see freezing rain and sleet (pink).

********************Day ForecastThe last hurrah for this winter storm will hit in the evening Monday and wrap up by Tuesday morning. With more people on the roads and back to work on Tuesday, the roads could actually be worse than Monday. Morning temperatures Tuesday will be in the teens and twenties so slick icy conditions are guaranteed.

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