Into the deep freeze, but for how long

Good Monday everyone. January is wrapping up with some much colder weather for much of the central Plains. If you dislike cold, then be glad you don't live in Minnesota or Chicago this week. Wow!

Some areas will be -20 to -30 on the AIR temperature... not the wind chill. In meteorology, there's what is called the Polar Vortex that will be in full gear this week, pulling the bitter cold south. You can see the huge low pressure spinning near the Great Lakes.

Kansas will be just far enough west that we will escape most of the dangerous cold. This setup for the week is also a dry forecast too. We should get through the week without any rain or snow. When the winds come from the northwest, most of the precipitation changes get pushed south and east of our area.

Looking at our first weekend in February, we will have to keep an eye on the west coast. Active weather returns with chances for rain and snow. And while there is a chance for another storm system to roll through the Plains around Super Bowl Sunday, it doesn't appear this will be a big deal for Kansas.

Early look at February:
Several computer models continue to show wave after wave of cold air coming. So we have a great deal of confidence that February will be a pretty chilly month for much of this area. As far as precipitation, we will take a closer look at that in the next few days. But be prepared, the cold winter winds will continue for a big part of February.

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