Here's the latest. There aren't too many changes from earlier thoughts, other than to move the heavier snow band around to cover more of northern Kansas where I think the changeover to snow happens a little quicker.
Friday afternoon: Mainly rain with some snow for far western Kansas.
Temperatures will be above freezing statewide, so roads are only going to be wet - not icy. Even where we do see snow in the west, it's just not that cold, so I think we are going to be fine in all areas for evening rush Friday.
Friday after dark - more areas seeing the switch to snow - AND a strong potential of some blowing snow in western Kansas. This is not going to be a blizzard!
The faster the switch happens, the more snow we would be likely to get. In some cases, the snow may come down around an inch per hour, so it wouldn't take very long for it to pile up in spots (especially on grassy areas) - roads will be wet or slushy in spots.
Saturday morning - snow ending from west to east - roads wet/slushy and snowpacked in spots - we are fairly certain there won't be any roads closing due to this storm.
The snow will end by early Saturday afternoon for just about all areas of Kansas. Roads will be just fine later in the day and with temperatures above freezing, we will have wet to slushy conditions for some areas, but I think we'll be in better shape later in the day Saturday. We will have some low wind chills, but they will be far from dangerous. It's just not going to be that cold this weekend. Be safe out there!
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