Cold, Cold, and more Cold!!

Well, ready or not, just six days into the new year and already another Arctic blast is coming down through the Dakotas and headed into Kansas later Tuesday night. It's becoming a game as to how many times we will say "Arctic", but that's where all of this bitterly cold air is coming from.

Take a look at where the high temperatures will be this afternoon and then compare that to Wednesday. Look at the upper Midwest across Chicago and parts of Iowa. Some places will be looking at highs of -5 to -10 (before the wind chill gets factored in)

Of course, it just wouldn't be Kansas without some wind, so dangerous wind chills are expected tomorrow and then again Thursday. Although very uncomfortable, wind chills between 0 to -10 aren't necessarily dangerous unless you were exposed to those kinds of numbers for several hours. Frostbite can happen within about 30 minutes when wind chills get down to around -15, and it's possible we could see some of those numbers early Thursday. 

I continue to be very impressed with the photos that we get into the Storm Center. Most nights (when time allows) you'll see me show some pictures at the end of the weathercast. They are pictures that help tell the weather story for the day, or maybe it's just to bring some positive news back to the evening newscast. Either way, we like to see what you see in the Kansas sky (or on the ground). Here are some pictures that came in Monday from Mickey Shannon of the weekend snow storm. Just amazing. Have a good day.

All pictures courtesy of Mickey Shannon