WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – Weather Alert Day: Snow and dangerous wind chills will take over Kansas this weekend and Presidents’ Day.
Today there is a cloudy to mostly cloudy sky with a maximum temperature of about 5 to 15 in Kansas. Because of the wind it will feel more like 0 to -5 in the afternoon. The chances of snow will increase tonight to Sunday morning.
The snow starts tonight in western Kansas. It will move east by midnight, closer to the I-135 corridor. Overnight it will expand to cover the entire state. This continues for most of the day on Sunday. Around 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, the snow will start to diminish to the west, but it will linger in downtown Kansas (especially in the south, central, and southeast) through Monday morning.
By the time the snow builds up, 4 to 7 inches is possible along and north of I-70 (except in the Northeast, where totals will be about 2 to 4 inches) and 7 to 10 inches for areas south off I-70 with the heavyweights of southwest Kansas and along the Kansas / Oklahoma state line.
Highlights this weekend are in single digits, with chills well below zero, especially early in the morning and late evening. Monday and Tuesday morning the wind chills will be around -20 to -30 and in the afternoon around -5 to -15.
We will gradually warm up next week, by Wednesday again in the 20’s and by Friday in the 30’s and 40’s (for some).
Wichita Area Weather Forecast:
** Wind chill advice until midnight **
*** Winter weather advice – Monday midnight to 6:00 AM ***
Today: mostly cloudy. Wind: NO 10-15. High: 9 (wind chill: -10)
Tonight: Snow develops after midnight. Wind: N 10-20; gusty. Low: 0 (wind chill: -20)
Sunday: snow, sometimes heavy. Wind: NE 15-20. High: 4 (wind chill: -15 to -20)
Sunday evening: light snow and wind. Wind: N 10-20; gusty. Low: -7 (wind chill: -25 to -30)
Ma: High: 2. Morning gusts, otherwise cloudy and bitterly cold.
Tue: High: 9. Low: -15. Partly cloudy, during the night.
Wed: High: 20. Low: 3: Mostly cloudy with light snow and wind.
Thu: High: 25. Low: 4. Partly cloudy, breezy.
Fri: High: 32. Low: 12. Mostly sunny.
Sat: High: 41. Low: 20. Mostly sunny. windy.
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