This isn't the typical path for a winter storm in the first month of the year, but it does appear that a rare kind of winter storm will cause problems for at least part if not all of Missouri this Friday.
Missouri is just now starting to dig out from winter storm Blair, but you need to be aware that another system is expected to bear down on the state at the end of the week and all of the state is now in the path.
If there is any way you can avoid it, authorities are warning that you should not travel through most parts of Missouri and Illinois on Sunday as conditions are expected to be treacherous.
As we get closer to the time when the winter storm system will impact Missouri, we're starting to get estimates on what is possible and that's a key word. Current ensembles of computer models show a high probability that parts of Missouri will get slammed by up to a foot of snow by early next week.
There are still questions about exactly what type of weather will impact Missouri this weekend, but confidence is growing that a majority of the state is likely to experience a heavy snow event.