Welcome to winter and chances for snow arrive

Winter begins at 10:28 AM today (Thursday)! There's only 9.5 hours of daylight today, which does make this the shortest amount of daylight in the year. Sunsets will get later as we move forward, but sunrise doesn't get any earlier until about the middle of January.

The highly advertised cold snap is finally here! There's no stopping this big change, but it's not going to be anything record setting. It's just a big turn from where we have been recently. The system dragging in the cold air just dumped nearly a foot of snow on Bozeman, MT.

And roads in Billings, MT were completely snowpacked Wednesday evening.

Wichita right now has the 2nd warmest December on record! But this approaching cold snap will knock that back significantly.

Snow Chances this weekend: We do have a fast moving system coming in from the west Saturday - Sunday. The timing couldn't be more perfect for those wanting some Christmas snow.

• The track - basically west to east (from Colorado across Kansas)
• This kind of setup doesn't normally produce anything more than just a light dusting to maybe an inch. 
• What does fall will likely stick as temperatures will stay rather chilly through the weekend

Possible storm later next week: Details on what may develop toward the end of next week are uncertain to say the least. However, the data we look at continues to suggest some moisture may move into Kansas around Thursday (Dec. 28). We introduced this into the 10 day forecast last night on the air, but just a heads up for holiday travelers. Right now, it doesn't look like a big snow maker given the track it may take, but so much can change as we get closer.