Meteorologist: 'Southeast Missouri lucked out'

Snow is steadily falling, but at nowhere near the "catastrophic" level predicted by meteorologists Monday. With temperatures hovering at or above the freezing mark, roads are mostly wet, not icy, and the National Weather Service in Paducah, Ky., predicts little or no ice accumulation this afternoon.

Earlier today, the National Weather Service was expecting 2 to 4 inches of snow and sleet, but by 2 p.m. had downgraded the total daytime precipitation accumulation to around an inch.

And with a high of 49 degrees tomorrow, any ice that does stick today is expected to melt.

"There really wasn't the widespread precipitation we thought there was going to be," said National Weather Service meteorologist Mary Lamm.

Lamm predicted the evening commute could be "a little slushy."

A band of snow setting up across Southeast Missouri will move east over the next couple of hours, she said at 2:15 p.m.

Saint Louis was hit hard by the snow and ice, but "Southeast Missouri probably lucked out," she said.