Several area counties are now in a winter weather advisory for Saturday.
Chase, Morris and Wabaunsee counties are part of separate weather alerts. Chase County is in an advisory from 6 am Saturday to 12 am Sunday. Morris and Wabaunsee are in an advisory from 6 am Saturday to 6 am Sunday.
The National Weather Service is now expecting a wintry mix of precipitation changing to snow for the affected counties, with 1-4 inches of snowfall expected west of Emporia and up to 3 inches north and northwest of Emporia. Slick road conditions are expected in the alerted counties.
For Lyon County and the remaining nearby counties, light rain and snow is expected to start the event, followed by a wintry mix and straight rain before returning to a wintry mix after sunset. Snow accumulations currently look to be less than an inch for Lyon County.
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6:45 am Friday: Travel issues possible Saturday morning, evening with incoming storm system
Isolated travel issues are possible with a round of light snowfall Saturday morning. More widespread travel issues could develop after sunset.
The National Weather Service now expects less than an inch of snowfall for Lyon and surrounding counties, and places east of a Council Grove to Strong City line may get no more than a dusting. Rainfall becomes likely for the afternoon, possibly melting the snowfall in the process, before a rain-snow mix could develop between sunset and midnight — which could well lead to more widespread travel concerns than the morning snow. Temperatures will start in the mid-20s Saturday and climb to near 40 degrees before falling back into the mid- and upper 20s for early Sunday.
Around 0.20 inches of total precipitation could come with this winter storm.
Another wintry mix of rain, snow and freezing rain is possible Monday night into Tuesday. Travel issues could also come with that winter storm.
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