Wintry mix headed for Kansas

Welcome to Tuesday. Just over a week away from Christmas and some of you are wanting to know if we will have snow for Christmas. It's not looking very likely, but we will go over some of the stats on the blog coming up tomorrow and talk about the pattern that is setting up.

In the meantime, we have a weak storm system that is coming through Wednesday night and Thursday. It's very likely we will get some moisture out of it, but it definitely won't be as much as we had over the weekend. However, this next round of precipitation is going to be running into some colder air, so we are likely to see what most of us didn't in the weekend storm... sleet and snow. The forecast models are showing up to an inch for most areas that get snow early Thursday. It will likely just be a dusting of snow over western Kansas.

Here's a summary of how I think the next few days will go:

Wednesday morning: Mostly cloudy - dry

Wednesday after 5 p.m.: Cloudy - some rain/sleet possible (southern KS) - some snow mixed in for central KS

Thursday A.M. - Light snow, especially for central and eastern KS. Accumulations around an inch possible

Thursday P.M. - Dry but still mainly cloudy (temps in the mid 30s)

Wednesday night - Thursday

So although there could be some wet/slushy/icy roads early Thursday, driving conditions will improve in the afternoon. This will not be a major winter storm, but as is the case with any wintry precipitation, you'll probably need to give yourself some extra time for the commute Thursday morning. We will of course have updates on the newscasts later this afternoon and evening. Thanks for sharing a little time with us.