Computer Model Shows Missouri Blizzard Next Week, But Don’t Worry

I am not a betting man, but I'd almost guarantee that over the next couple of days, you're going to see many sharing a possible Missouri blizzard next week. I'm here to tell you that you should not worry about it - yet.

I learned something about weather today. Meteorologist Travis Roberts just dropped a video which shows a computer model run inferring that Missouri could get blasted with two days of snow. Look at what it shows for Missouri starting next Tuesday night, December 10. It shows heavy snow over the southern half of Missouri.

The next morning, Wednesday, December 11, the snow then impact the northern half of the state.

Why is this not a potential problem for Missouri?

I won't get into all of the technical mumbo jumbo, but Travis explained that the computer model that shows the potential heavier snow is from a computer model that runs on off-hours which uses LESS DATA than normal models.

Here's the same time period from a computer model run with all of the potential variables baked in. It shows next to nothing happening in Missouri.

This is what the next Wednesday looks like with the full computer model run.

Now, a word of caution. This does NOT mean that a system will not bring precipitation to Missouri and/or Illinois next week. As a matter of fact, some trustworthy models do show the potential for impactful weather by the middle of next week. I'm sharing this to avoid someone causing panic inferring that a big snow event is imminent for Missouri. At this point, there isn't enough data to say for sure, so don't sweat it.