Blizzard timing - Updated Friday

It's so hard to wrap your brain around the fact we are going from 90s to snow in 24 hours. What?! As some people at work were saying yesterday, that's just beyond crazy even for Kansas.

Here we go: Rain showers will move into western Kansas by early afternoon. It will still be warm enough that what falls will be rain.

After 5 p.m. - snow begins to mix in with the rain across the northwest. Meanwhile, the wind will be increasing and some gusts will be over 50 mph.

Into the night - snow continues across northwest Kansas, but the area is also growing and expanding into central Kansas too. Wind gusts over 60 mph are expected, especially north of I-70 where some power interruptions look possible. Near white-out conditions will be common, and I expect I-70 (and many roads) will be shutting down sometime during the night.

Saturday A.M. - Light snow will continue for central and northern Kansas. Yes, some flakes of snow could even fall around Hutch and Wichita, but unlike last weekend, there won't be accumulations for southern Kansas. Some roads will still be closed Saturday morning, but visibility should be improving by late Saturday morning. Still, wind gusts over 40 mph look likely.

Saturday early evening - Storm will be pulling away, but the wind gusts will continue. Some of us will still see wind gusts over 30 mph into the night.

One Final Thought! - There could be a fairly strong storm moving toward the Plains at the end of next week (April 20-21) This wouldn't be a blizzard, but chances for thunderstorms and some widespread (statewide rains) could impact a big part of the region. Stay tuned!