Inland Waterway Weather Report

Weather Highlights: 

• Cold front moving across southern portions of the basin today. Light snow north of front in the Upper Miss, rain mainly south of Memphis.
• Dangerously cold temperatures and wind chills later this week and weekend basin-wide. Extreme Cold Warnings and Cold Weather Advisories are in effect from St. Louis and north and could be expanded further south.
• Significant winter storm expected this weekend across the Lower MS River Valley. Winter Storm Watches are in effect from south of St. Louis to Baton Rouge.

7-day QPF totals (through next Thursday morning)

• Upper Mississippi/Red/Souris: 0.01-0.10” of liquid precipitation
• Middle Mississippi/Lower Ohio Valley: 0.50-1.00” of liquid precipitation
• Lower Mississippi Valley: Less than 1.00-3.00+” of liquid precipitation

ANNA WOLVERTON – MVD/NWS Meteorologist, USACE