Snowfall Forecast - Now Posted

Very Important for tonight (Wed. Evening): Freezing drizzle-icy roads
Light freezing drizzle is expected to lead to some icy roads in central and northern Kansas (including Salina, Hays, Russell, and especially areas to the north) - Please use caution. These conditions should improve Thursday once the clouds finally begin to clear!

Snowfall Forecast for Friday night-Saturday:
We are releasing our first prediction on snow accumulation for the next storm. New data coming in continues to suggest this will be a fast moving storm with some rain and some snow. However, snow amounts will be nothing like the last storm for many areas of Kansas.

Timeline:

Snow will begin in northern Kansas by late Friday afternoon and then spread south. Central and south central Kansas will get some drizzle or very light rain showers Friday around dark. During the night, it will change to all snow and become VERY windy. A few hours of blowing snow and reduced visibility seem likely (so still near blizzard like conditions for 6-8 hours in central and eastern Kansas).

Another Change:
Something else that looks different now is to back off a bit on the extreme cold. We are still headed for some very low wind chills, but the magnitude of cold air looks like it will be most significant over the eastern 1/2 of Kansas.

All of this being said, we still have a decent storm coming through, but it's not looking quite as intense as it did a few days ago. Still, if you plan to travel early Saturday, be prepared for some slick roads and at least through 10 a.m., visibility that may be reduced because of blowing snow.