FXUS63 KLSX 090957 AFDSTL AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 430 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2002 MODELS ARE SMLR IN DIGGING CLOSED 500 LOW DWN TO THE VCNTY OF KC BY THIS EVE AND INTO MO/IL BY SUN MRNG. ETA SLOWER WITH SYSTM FOR SUN MRNG THAN NGM OR AVN. MODELS ARE SLOER IN BRINGING IN ENUF COLD AIR TO SUPPORT SNOW. MESOETA SOUNDING FCSTS FM 00Z KEEP LWR ATMOSPHERE ABV FREEZING MOST LOCATIONS THRU TNGT. FWCS PREC TYPE IS ALL R ACRS MOST OF AREA TIL 09Z SUN WITH A MIXTURE THEN FCST AT UIN AND COU. 06Z UPDATED SOUNDING FCST ON MESOETA SMLR TO 00Z RUN. DROPPED SNOW FM E CNTRL AND ERN OZARKS ZONES ALG WITH SW IL ZONES. COORD WITH LNK WITH PCPN TYPE. .STL...NONE